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
101 Cards For 101 Years
On Monday 4th July we celebrated our amazing Flo turning 101 & just a few weeks ago we reached out to our local community seeking 101 cards for 101 years.
We can now officially announce that we received …
(Drum roll please)
A hugely impressive 156 cards!!
Flo & all the team at Fountains would like to thank EVERYBODY who took the time to send in a card and played a very special part in a very special day!
Flo enjoyed a day of celebration with her nearest & dearest and said ‘Thank you so much for all of this, it’s amazing’
It really goes to show that great things can be achieved when the generosity of kind hearted people & the power of social media unite, proving together we are stronger.
The Barchester Baton
Today we welcomed staff & residents from The Spires Care Home - Barchester Healthcare into our home as we officially took over the Barchester baton ready for our leg of the relay.
Today, new friendships were formed and memories created as we all got to share the opportunity to enjoy some LIVE entertainment whilst having a nibble on some of our famous Fountains scones, lovingly made by our kitchen team.
One of residents from The Spires said ‘Thank you so much for this afternoon, it has been truly fantastic’
Keep your eyes peeled for further updates as Fountains completes their leg of the tour this THURSDAY!
Meet Our Manager
The rain didn’t dampen our spirits here at Fountains Care Home today as we welcomed our local community into our ‘Meet The Manager’ event.
The Pimms was chilled, the home made scones were creamed and the hallways were filled with song as we enjoyed LIVE entertainment from Nick at Mini Concerts.
The day was a huge success and we’d just like to say a big Fountains ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who came along to support us today!
One of our visitors said ‘I have been blown away by the kindness of everyone I have met today. Not only is this a beautiful home, but it’s clearly filled with such kind hearted people too’
National Cream Tea Day
Tea was introduced to the UK in the 17th century by the East India Company but its popularity grew when Catherine de Braganza (daughter of Portuguese King John IV) married Charles II in 1662 and brought the ritual of drinking tea to the English Royal Court.
When and where the cream tea originated though is not cast in stone. Local historians in Tavistock, Devon, believe putting cream and jam on bread began as far back as the 11th century after studying ancient manuscripts leading up to the 900th anniversary of the granting of Tavistock’s Royal Charter by King Henry I in 1105.
Every year on the last Friday in June, British tradition comes alive on National Cream Tea Day & we certainly celebrated in style!
Residents, relatives & members of the local community tucked into our delicious home made scones whilst enjoying live entertainment from Mini Concerts.
A huge thank you to Hugo & Alice Special Events for our beautiful balloons.
Thank you to all that came & we can’t wait to do it all over again.
National Cup Cake Day
Supporting our local community is not only a promise we’ve made, but a promise we’ll keep.
To celebrate National Cupcake Day, Home Manager Arvinder & Home Services Advisor Paul, were out & about in our local community expressing their thanks to healthcare professionals for all of their hard work with a box of freshly made cup cakes from our talented kitchen team.
Some of the incredible people we visited today were Bluebird Care Solihull, Home Instead Solihull & Solihull Hospital and Community Services NHS
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO & we hope you enjoyed the cakes!
Keeping The Local Community At The Heart Of Everything We Do
We were delighted to welcome Penny from Alzheimer's Research UK to our home to discuss ways in which we could support the amazing work they do.
We also met with the incredible Kerry from Citizens Advice Solihull Borough CAB to drop off some goodies for the team and chat through some really exciting new ideas - Watch this space!
We then stopped by to meet Gill, the community champion at Tesco, to discuss our upcoming ‘Meet The Manager’ event on Saturday 2nd July.
We’d also like to thank Mandy, who stopped off to kindly donate some beautiful books and CD’s to our family of residents, they really are very much appreciated.
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.
