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
Breakfast networking
What a great way to start the day - a cooked breakfast whilst networking with like-minded local experts.
That's how we started our morning yesterday at Fountains as we hosted LENS networking (Local Expert Networking)ran by Orton Media.
We all enjoyed a very interesting presentation from Ann-Marie of The Wilkes Partnership before finding out each others area of expertise.
Thank you to those that attended and to our kitchen team who came in especially early to ensure the breakfast was ready and delicious.
Congrats to Gail for winning the biz card draw.
"Flipping" fun on Shrove Tuesday
Fountains residents and staff enjoyed getting into the spirit of Shrove Tuesday with some Pancake flipping fun!
Our resident John is the current winner of our competition with 10 flips in a row!
Remember you still have time to enter our competition… send us your videos and use the hashtag ‘#CommunityPancakeCompetition’
To end the day our residents enjoyed homemade pancakes in the company of friends.
Happy Pancake Day everyone!
St David's Day
Fountains residents enjoyed a Welsh themed dining experience to celebrate St David’s Day today.
Our home was filled with beautiful daffodils
and had everyone excited for spring.
Our wonderful kitchen team prepared a selection of delicious Welsh treats for all to enjoy.
We had Leek Soup to start, Traditional Welsh Cawl Stew for main and a second option of Welsh Onion Cake. For dessert our residents tucked into a Welsh Amber Pudding.
The food went down a treat and everyone enjoyed socialising with friends with a glass of wine too.
Happy St David’s Day to all that celebrated today!
Weekly sporting sessions
Fountains residents continue to enjoy their weekly sporting sessions with Chloe our instructor from ‘Everyone 4 Sport’.
Last week they took part in an inclusive Basketball class and had great fun together.
Chloe ensures that everyone can be a part of the session no matter what their abilities may be. Our residents love the classes as it’s an opportunity to share in the enjoyment with friends and be competitive together.
Pamper sessions
Fountains residents love relaxing and feeling pampered, thanks to our wonderful beautician Beauty at Home - Georgina Grace
Georgina provides beautiful manicures and hand massages, for both our male and female residents.
The sessions give everyone the opportunity to unwind, enjoy a chat and feel their best.
London Fashion Week
To celebrate the beginning of London Fashion Week, Fountain’s residents enjoyed a ‘step back in time’ to look at the history of fashion.
We admired the clothing designs from the 40’s 50’s 60’s and 70’s, enjoyed watching catwalk shows and took a look at some of the most iconic models from Twiggy to Kate Moss.
Our residents loved sharing stories on their favourite outfits and were amazed at the way the trends have come back around.
It was then time to get crafty, we enjoyed a creative afternoon designing our own outfits using paints, colours and a variety of materials.
We had a wonderful day reminiscing and created the most beautiful designs too. We certainly look forward to celebrating it again next year.
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.
