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.

Enriching life
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Kay Thompson

Activities Coordinator

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.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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

Trawden String Quartet

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

Puppet Making

We have been asked to join a local project were professional artists come into the home and do art and craft projects with the residents. The first session that we under took was puppet making, we had lots of fun making collage puppets and telling stories. We will see what happens the next time the artists come to the home and the things we can create.
Ball Games at The Dales

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!

Helping the Floods

Helping the Floods

The residents from The Dales wanted to help those that were in trouble with the floods and the way they thought of this was by sending food parcels, toys and blankets up to Cumbria. We had lots of donations from residents, families and staff, with a local business man offering his time and van for free. Here we are loading up the van ready for the trip. We hope that what we collected helped in some way!