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
Flower Club
Beautiful flowers given to us from Clare Reed – Community Champion Morrison’s in Skipton. We were all ready for some flower arranging to go on show in our dining room. Lovely flowers, lovely company and a lovely cup of tea to finish.
Easter celebrations
Staff and residents at Barchester’s The Dales care home, in Skipton, celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including Easter Egg art, Easter bunny art, Jigsaw puzzle art, chocolate Easter bunny search, a church service and much more.
Residents at The Dales enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from egg painting, attending a church service and chocolate bunny hunting.
Home celebrate 30-years service
A nurse at The Dales in Draughton has received a prestigious 1993 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 30 years.
Elaine Turnbull, a nurse started at Barchester in April 1993 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.
Roisin Doyle, General Manager of The Dales Care Home said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 30 years of loyal service with Elaine. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at The Dales when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Elaine!”
Home hosts Crufts inspired dog show!
Tails were wagging at The Dales care home in Skipton when staff and residents welcomed a whole host of four-legged friends and their owners from the local area for a celebration of all things canine! Staff and residents were marking the return of Crufts, the world’s largest dog show, by throwing open their doors and inviting their local community and all its pooches to a Crufts-inspired dog show in aid of local dog rescue charity, Aireworth Dogs in Need.
St. Patrick's Day & Comic Relief
What a fun day with a double celebration of St Patricks Day and Comic Relief! We had fun playing games, doing puzzles, singing and dancing to Irish music and finishing off with tasty food and drinks.
Jigsaw Club
What a wonderful afternoon with our jigsaw club. Admiring the beautiful colours in the picture and talking about the image once we have finished. Fabulous having everyone enjoying working together.
