Activities at Forest Hill Care Home
We are a team of four activity organisers here at Forest Hill. We have a wide range of activities within the home including: musical entertainment, Arts & Crafts, Clubs for like minded people such as flower arranging and gardening, board games, baking (where the best bit is the eating afterwards!), and we celebrate special events throughout the year, such Easter, Mothers Day & Fathers Day and Christmas. We also have trips out on a regular basis using our own minibus, where we find out places of interest each person would like to visit. One of our more popular trips is to the local ice cream farm. We recently fulfilled one of our ladies dreams to visit the Chelsea Flower Show, something she had always wanted to do.
For our ladies and gentlemen who are nursed in bed, we have one to one times, which may be hand or foot massage or reading, & listening to music. We encourage families to get as involved as they can with activities and outings and have recently created a Terrace Cafe area, where visiting families can take their loved one for tea & biscuits and spend valuable time together.
Sue Bestwick
Sue arranges activities and outings for our residents and makes each day as interesting and stimulating as possible for them. Sue's bubbly enthusiasm and determination to put a smile on people's faces is a real asset to Forest Hill. Sue is always keen to get family members involved too so that they can share happy, fulfilled and quality moments with their loved ones.
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 Forest Hill Care Home
Employee of the Month - May
Congratulations to Second Chef, Dan Peatfield, who was named as our Employee of the Month for May. Well done, Dan!
Long Service Award
Congratulations to Activities Coordinator, Sue Bestwick, who recently received her Long Service Award for working at Barchester for 20 years. She was extremely pleased and a little overwhelmed. We're so pleased that she has stayed with us for the last 20 years – we're very lucky to have her.
Long Service Award
Congratulations to our Activities Coordinator, Mags Parkes, who was presented with her Long Service Award by two residents. As you can see from the photos, she was surprised and very pleased to receive the recognition and the vouchers. We’re very proud of her and all that she has done for us here at Forest Hill.
Backyard BBQ
We had such a lovely time at our BBQ recently. Residents thoroughly enjoyed the long-awaited sunshine. Later in the afternoon, we were joined by Lost Chord, who rounded off the day with some fantastic music. Thank you to our wonderful activities team and our Maintenance Manager, Ian, for helping us to arrange such a delicious lunch for everyone.
Employee of the Month - April
Congratulations to John Whitehouse, who is our Employee of the Month for April. He received 5 nominations from his colleagues and is a very deserving winner. Staff have stated that he is “reliable, really hard working and so kind to all the residents and staff members." What an accolade – well done, John!
Employee of the Month - March
Well done to Ian Kettleborough, who was named as our Employee of the Month for March. He was nominated by over 14 employees for his dedication to getting members of staff to and from work in the heavy snowfall here in Worksop. He worked extra hours to make sure residents received the great care they were used to, despite the horrendous weather.
