Activities at Dudwell St Mary Care Home
Our activity coordinator provides our home with a fun-packed weekly programme to engage all residents. Past activities include bread making, pottery, knitting, and card making. Not only do we run regular exercise programmes for the residents but we also have our regular entertainers come in to entertain our residents and their families. The activity coordinator visits residents on a one-to-one basis, for a chat, manicure and hand massage. The activity co-ordinator said "Residents love the one-to-ones and especially enjoy the manicure and hand massage, as not only is it stimulating but it boosts their confidence and pride in their appearance.''
Linda Lawes
My Name is Linda and I am one of the Activities Co-ordinators at Dudwell St. Mary care home.
I joined Dudwell St Mary in April 2008 as a Housekeeping Assistant and later became the Head of Housekeeping. In 2018 I then became an activities co-ordinator where I brought lots of new exciting ideas to the role.
I am passionate about my role within the home and aim to bring a smile to all our residents’ faces through different types of activities. My personality is bright and bubbly so aim to share this each day at work.
As I gather the residents likes and dislikes if you would like to come and chat with me about your family member please contact the home to arrange.
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 Dudwell St Mary Care Home
Employee of the Month - January
Healthcare Assistant, Sara Handley, was awarded January's Employee of the Month award for her continued efforts and high level of care. General Manager, Happiness, stated that, "Sara works tirelessly and quietly when working with residents in her care, and is always very sympathetic and understanding of their needs. She is an unsung hero." Sara was nominated by a resident.
10 Year Service Award
Witold celebrated his 10 year anniversary at Dudwell St Mary recently. Happiness, the General Manager, thanked Witold for his dedication, loyalty and flexibility, stating that Witold was an asset to the company. In response, Witold said that he would not leave Dudwell until his retirement!
Burns Night Supper
We started with a Scotch broth soup, a wee whisky and some Scottish shortbread. Afterwards, we made our way into the lounge to be entertained by Rosie Measor’s family, Graham and Rachel, who provided us with traditional Scottish music and dance demonstrations. Some residents joined in with the dancing, along with our General Manager, Happiness.
Employee of the Month - December
Rose Lodge's Employee of the Month for December goes to Sharon Greenacre. Well done, Sharon, from all staff at the home. Thank you for all your hard work in caring for residents.
Community Heroes Awards
Congratulations to our General Manager, Happiness Chiniyimba, who as been nominated in the 'Carer' category for the BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey Community Heroes Awards 2016.
You can view her certificate here.
Winnie the Pooh Picnic
Residents, Leila and Joan, enjoyed talking about their memories of Winnie the Pooh. Joan remembed going to 100 acre woods with her school as a child and throwing a stick into the stream and watching it come out the other side. We had a lovely picnic and an afternoon to remember.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
