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
Exhibition at The Dales Nursing Home
During the past 12 months, we have been working with Pioneer Projects to bring art into our home. We had such good fun creating puppets, and had residents, families and staff joining in to create altered images. We also made porcelain trees and plaster of paris blocks. This was very therapeutic as we moulded clay and stamped into it.
The exhibition was a great success with relatives coming in to see all the art work and to have a coffee and a chat. It is definitely something we will do again.
Tim Clarke Entertains
It seems that The Dales is enjoying some culture at the moment as Tim Clarke came to entertain residents with his saxophone. He entertained us with classical favourites as well as a few modern tunes. The residents really enjoyed it and kept asking for more. Tim had them dancing, clapping and having fun - and that's what it's all about.
Pioneer Projects at The Dales
Pioneer Projects visited our home again. This time the residents were making collages, having loads of fun gluing and sticking whilst chatting and laughing with each other. After crafting, everyone involved joined in to tell a story that utilised the collages they had made. They went home with more bits of paper stuck to them than what had been glued on the collages.
Trawden String Quartet
We were well and truly spoiled when the Trawden String Quartet said that they would come and play for us. It was a real treat to hear classical music being played alongside modern music. They inspired us so much that one of our residents asked if they could recite a poem. This lady recited the whole of The Owl and The Pussycat absolutely perfectly; we were absolutely in awe as this was so unexpected and brilliantly done.
Puppet Making
Ball Games at The Dales
We have a giant football that we play games with. It's one that can't be missed as its bright pink and about 5 times bigger than a normal football. We have lots of fun and laughter when we throw it around and it bounces from person to person. Some times we will be singing songs and tell stories as the ball goes from person to person but its all good fun!
