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
Home presents cheque to local charity
The Dales care home in Draughton recently presented Inspire Highfield with a cheque for £1165.00. They are a user-led group set up and established to combat growing health issues, not only but especially those which were highlighted in the 2011 census. They, as a group, encourage positive behavioural changes in relation to health and wellbeing. They have successfully completed projects like Winter Warmth, where we organized coffee mornings for over65's isolated during the winter months, and activities designed to encourage people to share and celebrate their cultural heritage.
They have completed many projects which were funded by Leeds Community - like Northern gas partnering fund, Holiday hunger project, winter warmth fund. They wish to continue to work to combat mental health provision in a non-clinical way.
Richard and Honey
A wonderful mid-morning sing along with Richard and Honey. Richard playing his guitar and singing fabulous songs, we remembered the songs and were singing along with a little bit of dancing. To finish off little Honey showed us her magical tricks, loved by everyone!
Starting the Halloween feeling
It's been lovely having Carmel, Jocelyn and Nicola joining in with a little bit of Halloween art. We started with making some mini pumpkin houses to go on show and finishing off with painting some mini false pumpkins, this gives us something that will last forever. We're all starting to get the Halloween feeling!
Home hosts charity event
To mark Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together on Thursday 21st September at The Dales Care Home in Skipton to raise funds and enjoy a Coffee Morning held at the home.
The Dales hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including themed games, art, pamper and time to talk. There was also live entertainment, with a local talent called Terry which was enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.
Music for Health
I know I’m always taking pictures of this wonderful activity but it’s just fabulous sharing the regular fabulous fun we have here at The Dales. Wonderful Music for Health with Richard yesterday, enjoyed by everyone! Music really does work it’s magic!
Rural Art
We are always happy when it comes to Rural Art with Jane here at The Dales. This month was like travelling the world! We talked about where we’ve been, where our favourite places are, where we’d love to go and then put together some more collages to go on show! Our next theme will be getting ready for Halloween!
