Activities at Fountains 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.
Louise Crooks
Hello I am Louise, my first role with Barchester was caring for our residents. Previously I worked in an early years environment for 17 years where I organised activities and events. I am thrilled to now be Activities Lead and being able to continue enriching the life’s of our lovely residents here at Fountains.
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 Fountains Care Home
Baking is good for the soul
Today the residents at Fountains took part in some baking. We had two groups and we worked together to make two delicious sponges.
One sponge was Vanilla and one was Lemon and as we added the ingredients we reminisced about when we used to bake with family and what we used to bake ourselves. The residents smiled as they mixed the ingredients together, especially as the flour was going everywhere
Celebrating 30 years of caring
Today the residents at Fountains helped to celebrate Barchester's 30th Anniversary and we had a fabulous time together. Fountains is so proud to be part of the Barchester family and to help celebrate 30 years of caring.
We started the party with the wonderful Ian who came to sing for everyone and the residents were singing along and tapping their feet. We then had a quiz about the year Barchester first started and followed this on by enjoying some delicious party food and cake.
Birthday celebrations
Here at Fountains, we know how important it is for families to be able to spend time together, and especially to be able to celebrate important events coming up in our residents lives. Today a wonderful family from Fountains spent time together in one of our dining suites to celebrate one of the residents birthdays.
Social time and floral arrangements
One of our lovely residents here at Fountains expressed how that they would like to have some beautiful flowers for their room. So we decided to turn this into an activity, so the residents could create their own floral arrangements and spend time together while enjoying some coffee/tea and cake.
Once the beautiful flower arrangements were completed, the residents said they would like to give one of them to one of our new residents here at Fountains, how lovely!
We then went on to create some sweet gift bags, which we will be selling at our Christmas fayre on the 9th December.
Virtual trip to the Donkey Sanctuary
Across our services, Residents enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of the Donkey Sanctuary Manchester. Residents were thrilled to meet the lovely herd of donkeys, including Henry and his best friend Tiny Tim and to learn more about their every day care. They were introduced to the sanctuary’s work and the impact they make to the lives of donkeys in need worldwide. The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Community spirit
Today Michelle and Darren went to Notcutts to collect a Christmas tree they have kindly donated for our residents. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful community around us and we know how important it is to be engaged and supportive of each other.
A massive thank you to Rebecca at #Notcutts for our tree and we cant wait to send you a photo of it all decorated.
Upcoming events
Reminiscence Cafe
Please join us for our monthly Reminiscence Cafe where we will pick a topic and talk about our memories, whilst making new friends and enjoying some refreshments.
July
Hello July! - we have another month filled with activities for our Residents and community to enjoy. Please come along.
Don't Dine Alone
We know meal times can be a lonely time for some people, that's why we're inviting local older people to join us for lunch every Friday from 12.30pm.
Room for Hire
Looking for somewhere to hold your meeting or event? We have a meeting room that is available for free to members of the local community and professionals.
