Activities at Cumberland Grange Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Gosia Andrews
Hello, my name is Gosia and I am the Activities Co-Ordinator here at Cumberland Grange.
I have been in the care sector since 2008, and I also have a degree in teaching. I am here to arrange and run a varied Life Enrichment Programme which is full of fun activities for our residents to take part in. We do lots of different activities here which change on a regular basis, including weekly trips out in our mini bus, flower arranging, live musical performances, arts and crafts, cheese and wine nights and so much more. We also have groups which happen every week, mostly lead by our residents, including Poetry Club, Gardening Club, Politics and Pastries, Cumberland Grange Choir and Knit and Natter.
We have monthly resident meetings where we discuss life at Cumberland Grange. We talk about the activities that we currently run, including activities that our residents would like us to incorporate into the planner.
Making wishes come true is also something that we love to do. So, if our resident has a wish, together we try our best to make that happen, because life at Cumberland is about having fun and making even more special memories.
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Cumberland Grange Care Home
KNIT & NATTER
A new group here at Cumberland Grange has evolved - Knit & Natter.
Lead by our resident Jean, we came together for a good ol’ chin wag and shared some of our skills and knowledge in the world of knitting.
We have other weekly groups which take place here at Cumberland Grange so if knitting is not your thing then we also have:
• Politics & Pastries
• Poetry Club
• Gardening Club
• Cumberland Grange Choir
• Yoga
• Gentle Seated Exercise
In between our regular group activities we also do weekly mini bus trip outings, have live music entertainment, visits from many different animals, baking classes, movie nights, games, relaxation sessions, story telling and more!
Our residents are at the heart of all of our activities.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
Love has certainly been in the air today!
This afternoon our residents, family, friends and community enjoyed live music, plenty of cocktails and some delicious sweet treats.
We sang and we shimmied along to the amazing Ian who sang some of our favourite songs!
Thank you to everyone who joined us, it’s been a day full of love.
Raising money for FORCE Cancer Charity
We would love to thank everyone once again for joining us this morning for our fundraiser, raising money for the wonderful FORCE Cancer Charity.
We had such a brilliant morning with our residents, family members, friends, our community and professionals including our brilliant local PCSO’s and the lovely Julia from Hospital Radio Exeter.
Any amount raised is a truly special thing, and tomorrow we will find out the exact total of what was so very kindly donated.
Thank you Ceri from FORCE for joining us and helping us to serve cake, give out raffle tickets and spending time with some of our residents!
& of course, thank you SO much to those businesses who supported our event by donating goodies: Greendale Farm Shop, Zunzun, Illumine Candle Co., Waitrose and Tesco. You’re all amazing.
January's Employee of the Month
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Our absolutely brilliant hostess Jenna!
Congratulations on being our employee of the month in January.
Since Jenna has been with us she has made a huge impact here at Cumberland Grange. Putting our residents at the forefront of everything that she does! Loved by all of our residents and staff. We are very lucky to have her.
A visit from a bunny, a ferret and a reptile!
Yesterday our residents had a lovely morning having lots cuddles from these beautiful animals!
Thanks to Troy once again for coming in and putting a smile on our residents faces.
We all had a great morning together. Many of our residents grew up with these animals so it was lovely for them to be able to spend some time with them!
NATIONAL CROISSANT DAY
What better way than to start the day by honouring National Croissant Day with a variety of different flavoured croissants!
Upcoming events
