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
U sit U exercise
We enjoy our popular sessions with ‘U sit U exercise’ as it’s good to keep us moving together! We are always ready for a good exercise with Mark from U sit U exercise. We sing along with the music and even though we are sat down we can feel the magic movements working.
Live entertainment
Always lovely having vocalist, Lianne with us here at The Dales. Everyone enjoys her popular performances and ensures we are singing along too! We also have a lot of fun with toe tapping and dancing along too!
Holy Trinity Service
A lovely service here at The Dales yesterday. We enjoyed the distribution of Holy Communion, prayed, talked and sang ‘I dance in the morning’. We finished of with a lovely talk and a cup of tea!
Good luck to retiring carer
After almost 15 years of continuous service at The Dales in Skipton, much-loved carer, Linda McCann has decided to retire. Staff and residents at the home sent Linda off in style with an afternoon tea party and presents to thank her for many years of dedication to the home, it was a lovely party for all to recognise and celebrate her long service. Everyone at the home has very fond memories of Linda and she will be sadly missed.
Royal Botanic Garden
Our homes enjoyed a wonderful virtual tour of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with Community Engagement Manager, Charlotte Walker, and Botanic Cottage Operations Co-ordinator, Laura Gallagher.
The residents were thrilled to learn more about the history of the beautiful Garden, which is now a home to an impressive plant collection from around the world.
Charlotte and Laura also gave a demonstration of making fresh herbal tea and were happy to answer our questions. The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined.
Church Service
A lovely service with Holy Trinity Rector, James Theodosius from Skipton. We all came together and paid our respects to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we were praying, singing hymns and finished off with a lovely cup of tea honouring the Queen and talking about her extraordinary life.
