Activities at Dovedale Court 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.
Brian Sandham
My name is Brian, I’m the activities coordinator down here at Dovedale. I’m new to the care sector, I’ve been a photographer and photography tutor since 2004 dealing with different ages groups and abilities. I’m looking forward to putting my people skills to good use down here at Dovedale.
I might be new to the care sector but I’m super looking forward to spreading a bit of extra sunshine and cheer around the 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 Dovedale Court Care Home
Singing and dancing
At Dovedale court our residents love nothing more than to sing and dance. This afternoon was extra special with singer Louis Devire who absolutely engaged with them from when they arrived in reception until when they went back. He went round before he started to great everyone individually and his passion for putting on a great show shone through. The residents danced all afternoon and left with beaming smiles. A great afternoon had by all.
Kitchen Club
Every week at Dovedale the residents get stuck into making something different. From sweat treats to savouries there isn’t anything they won’t try. This Kitchen club they decided to make a pizza snack. Armed with Lots of different ingredients they followed along and made some great Pizza. Not only could you see the fun they had making them but when the tea trolley came out in the afternoon they got to have Pizza along with their afternoon drink. They made a mountain of pizza’s enough to go round everyone that wanted one.
Game on
The football table was out and a few residents got right into the football spirit. The football anthems were playing in the background. There was a couple of fouls and definitely a bit of rule breaking. A couple of sly tackles but a good tournament had by all.
When Elvis came to visit
What a great afternoon we had when Elvis ( aka Eddie P) came to play. The music was rocking and people were dancing and singing along. Eddie even stayed behind to meet all the residents that attended. Eddie will be coming back soon.
Shopping Trip
We took a little trip over to Capital way retail park, Preston. Our resident's sure know how to shop as we stopped to look at everything. We definitely needed a coffee stop to recover. Not back at the home 10 minutes and they were already asking to go back soon.
Christmas Treats
From Cocktails to Gingerbread houses we had fun making and eating some fabulous treats. We had the most fun building our own gingerbread village. It kept collapsing so we added more and more icing and just when you’d thought you’d won it collapsed some more. We did get there in the end and the very next day it got devoured by all. The plans are to go bigger and better for 2024.
