Edingley LodgeBarchester Healthcare

Activities at Edingley Lodge Care Home

Name: Edingley Lodge Care Home
Address: Station Road, Edingley, Newark, NG22 8BX, GB
Telephone: 01623 549413

Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.

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.

Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Phoebe Hind

Activities Coordinator

Hi, I'm Phoebe, I am the Activities Coordinator at Edingley Lodge. My role is all about creating engaging and stimulating activities for our residents, ensuring they have fun, stay active, and feel connected. I'm a people person at heart, and I love getting to know everyone.

Whether organising arts and crafts sessions, days out, or individual time, I aim to provide fulfilling experiences that brighten our residents day.

Celebrating life at Edingley Lodge Care Home

Exercise Fun

We did our usual armchair exercises, stretching and strengthening our arms and legs with some gentle movements

Then to add to the fun, we got some balloons in the mix and gave all of our residents a racket, and we tried our best to not let the balloons touch the floor.

Afternoon entertainment from Roger

We had a wonderful time yesterday when we welcomed Roger into our home for a musical afternoon

Roger played the piano and sang lots of familiar songs that our residents know and love. Residents sang along to all of the favourites, whilst tapping their feet and clapping their hands along with the music

World Cocktail Day

Last week we celebrated World Cocktail Day in our home with some Cocktail tasting and making! We travelled around the home with some different cocktails to taste, like a pina colada, strawberry daiquiri and a passion fruit martini.

As well as this, residents also enjoyed a choice of an alcoholic or non-alcoholic ‘elderflower spritz’ if they wished, topped with fresh mint leaves and lemon/lime.

These were an all-round favourite and everyone said how delicious they were.

Edingley Lodge Easter Fair

What a wonderful morning we had at our Easter Fair! A huge thank you to everyone who came along to support us, browse the stalls, and enjoy the atmosphere.

Well done to all of our raffle winners – who loved their prizes.

Garden Centre Brings Smiles

Trip to Planters Garden centre this morning

We took a stroll round the garden centre and enjoyed browsing the shop- all before stopping for a coffee and cake!

Whilst we were looking around the shop, one of our residents Margaret met an old friend of hers for a coffee in the cafe

Edingley Lodge’s at home shopping!

PWS clothing join us for some in house shopping fun .

PWS clothing travel around to different places providing an at home shopping service, they bring a variety of different clothes and pyjamas for both men and women to browse and purchase.

Having it in our home was important, as it meant it was accessible to all of our residents who wanted to get involved.

And they could browse at their own leisure, all afternoon, from the comfort of their home.

A morning at Reg Taylor’s garden centre

We took a lovely trip over to Reg Taylor’s this week in our minibus.

We explored the homeware and gifts together before heading for a coffee

We had a great time chatting and laughing together as we enjoyed our treats.

We all had a tasty coffee in front of us, and some of us had scones, and some of us cake!

We then headed for the tills via the outdoor plant

CQC rating celebrations

At the weekend, our staff, residents, families and friends got together to celebrate our ‘Good’ CQC rating with a party in the sunshine. We had the incredible David Fox Magic in for a morning magic performance. He performed lots of different tricks to everyone, including rope tricks and card tricks, as well as some close-up magic. David stayed to make balloon animals for those who requested them, and later travelled around the home doing more close-up magic for families and residents. It was amazing and very impressive!

Our general manager, Jilu, then had a heartfelt speech to share with everyone. She spoke about the true hard work that has gone into achieving this rating for our home and how proud of everyone she is. As well as a big thank-you to not only the staff, but all the residents and their friends and families that have helped us along the way.

Followed by the cake cutting of an incredible homemade cake. Enjoying a glass of fizz together to celebrate! We then had delicious BBQ food together, inside and in the sun, prepared by our wonderful chefs. It was really yummy and enjoyed by all. The treats didn’t end there! After our BBQ, we had an ice cream van arrive ready to serve everyone a fresh ice cream.

It was a lovely day full of laughter, delicious treats, great entertainment and good company.

Mary's 95th birthday!

We had a wonderful time celebrating the lovely Mary’s big 95th birthday here today.

Mary was joined by her close family and friends, making the day extra special. Everyone enjoyed a relaxing afternoon together with a glass of prosecco and a slice of delicious cake.

As well as, lots of smiles, laughter, and special moments together.

Ladies Day

Our Ladies Day was a highlight, with residents dressing up in hats and enjoying a glass of prosecco together

Kick-starting wimbledon!

We recently enjoyed some wimbledon celebration’s here at our home

We sat to complete a Wimbledon quiz and Oomph discussion pack together. Where residents shared memories from when they attended Wimbledon and the interesting matches they watched on television

Morning visit to see the knife angel sculpture

It is an inspiring sculpture, made from over 100,000 seized blades, visiting Newark as part of the UK National Youth Anti-Violence Tour.

It was amazing to see such an incredible piece of art made for such an important reason. The residents and families spent time observing the sculpture and learning more about its purpose. It was incredibly interesting and equally just as moving!

We then stopped off for a coffee and a biscuit on the way back to the bus.

Singing Mamas

We were joined by the lovely Emily Brown NottSinging for an intergenerational morning in our home.

There was a big group of mamas with their babies and young children. They sung an amazing variety of songs led by Emily

Residents and staff at our home loved listening to the mamas talented voices. Everyone joined in with the songs they knew, and learnt the ones they didn’t!

Trip to Sherwood Forest

We recently enjoyed a lovely trip out to the Sherwood Forest Visitors Centre.

We had a good time exploring the courtyard, enjoying a browse around the independent shops where there was plenty to see and enjoy.

We then stopped for a well-earned coffee and slice of cake!

Pam and David's 64th wedding anniversary

The couple marked their incredible milestone with a big cake to cut, along with cards and gifts. It was lovely for everyone to come together to celebrate the many years of memories they’ve shared.

Congratulations Pam and David on 64 amazing years together! With love and best wishes from everyone here at home.