Activities at The Dales 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.
Kay Thompson
Hi, my name is Kay and I am the activities coordinator here at the Dales. I joined the team in June 2021 and I love spending time with the residents each day, delivering meaningful activities that keep our residents active and social stimulated, more importantly we have fun! Our life enrichment programme is varied and we have lots to do!
Before I joined the home I was a lecturer teaching young individuals with high needs, it is very different being an activities coordinator but it does help with understand how to ensure everyone is happy each and every day in everything that we do.
I look forward to meeting you when you visit our home.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 The Dales Care Home
Bucket List!
What an amazing afternoon! Talking to our residents and their family is what helps us make their dreams come true.
This was a day that we ticked one of our residents bucket lists and that was taking him and his wife to the amazing Brasserie and Bar at Devonshire Arms Hotel & Spa. It was also a double celebration as it was our residents 90th birthday!
We cannot thank everyone at the wonderful Brasserie enough for the amazing generosity they offered to our residents.
We all had a wonderful lunchtime, the food was more than amazing and with everyone being so welcoming they loved every second of it.
Our residents and his wife said, “it’s been the best day ever!”
Virtual Trip to the North Pole
Santa Claus popped it!!
Wonderful having Santa visit and give everyone a virtual tour around The North Pole! It was amazing having food from his home for everyone to have a taste of and finish off with some perfect Christmas songs!
Great having Santa arriving in a different way as his reindeers had to have a good rest before Christmas Eve!
We’d also like to thank Santa and his team for the woodwork they have made and left for everyone to paint and decorate before Christmas Day!
The Owl Adventure
What an amazing day with Eleanor from the Owl Adventure.
Everyone was amazed with meeting, feeding and totally admiring Diego, Caspar, Roland and Eva the Deva! They are beautiful birds of pray and we cannot wait to have them with us again! Amazing adding new activities for everyone to enjoy!
We also had lots of fun with it being the Elf Day raising awareness of Alzheimer’s!
Service and Communion
A lovely church service and communion with Rector, Revd Canon Dr James Theodosius from the Holy Trinity Church in Skipton. A wonderful morning and fabulous singing some hymns as James played his guitar!! Everyone is looking forward to next time in December already!
Amazing having the connection with the local community.
Rise and Shine Exercise for Life
A fabulous mid-morning with Karen and Sarah on Memory Lane! Wonderful music, perfect moves and so much fun and laughter! Everyone adding a little extra to the exercise with singing and dancing! Amazing with Karen and Sarah being with us every other Wednesday, the magic it has on both staff and residents fully joining in. Look forward to every time!
Remembrance Sunday
Lest we forget!
A lovely afternoon with residents, family, family friends and the local community for a wonderful Order of Service for Remembrance Sunday at our local church - St Augustine, Draughton.
A national opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life!
We finished off with a lovely cup of tea and a slice of cake in our village hall!
