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.
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
Minibus Excursion - Boundary Mill
It was horrible weather, cold, foggy and raining, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying going out!
Perfect trip to Boundary Outlet, a lovely look around, and we couldn’t resist doing a little bit of shopping. We could spend a whole week there, but we thought we better not!
A lovely lunch at the café, a good chinwag, and we were then ready for another quick look around, making sure we didn’t miss anything! A lovely ladies day!
28 Miles in 28 Days!
Residents and staff at The Dales care home in Skipton are donning their branded beanies, lacing up their walking boots and taking on the 28 mile fundraising challenge for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Throughout February, staff and residents are attempting to walk a mile each day, or as much as they can manage. We started on February 1st and, taking place each day, all participants should gather at the home to take on some or all of a bracing mile, outdoors weather permitting, to raise funds for this worthy cause.
After everyone has done their steps for the day, there will be warming hot drinks and delicious home-made cakes to reward all participants. On days when the weather is not playing ball, not to be deterred, the walking will take place indoors instead.
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.
