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
Christmas lunch at Fountains
Christmas is all about spending time with those we care about. Our ladies at Fountains did just that on Christmas Day!
Thank you to our Caring team for capturing this wonderful moment on camera.
Christmas gifts
Our residents were delighted to receive their Christmas presents from the Fountains team.
They are certainly looking forward to their Christmas Lunch cooked by our wonderful kitchen team.
From all of us at Fountains we wish you a very Merry Christmas.
For more information on life at Fountains visit our website
National Robin Day
Fountains residents had great fun enjoying a variety of activities to celebrate National Robin Day.
Robin Day is a nationwide event raising awareness of small birds and how we can help them in the winter.
We started the day by stepping outside for a morning of bird watching. Our residents love spending time outdoors and had fun looking out for our feathered friends.
We then came indoors and made bird feeders using a variety of ingredients such as: breadcrumbs, pumpkin seeds, oats and fruit.
Our residents loved listening to the sounds of the Robins singing and chirping through a live webcam, they found it so relaxing.
To end a busy day we enjoyed relaxing with a Mindfulness Art Session whilst enjoying an episode of Countryfile with a cup of tea.
We certainly look forward to celebrating National Robin Day next year!
Annual Barchester Quiz
Fountains residents and staff had such fun this afternoon at the Annual Barchester Christmas Quiz.
We got our quiz team together and headed down to the cafe ready to begin. We were joined virtually with many of the Barchester homes from all of the regions.
It was a wonderful way to get together and celebrate another year of fun in our homes.
I am very pleased to say that we were the winners! With a fantastic 164 points!
Well done team ‘Snow It Alls’ and a big ‘Thank You’ to Barchester for organising a festive and funfilled afternoon.
Tesco gifts for staff at Christmas
A big ‘Thank You’ to Gillian Smith and Tesco for the most wonderful gift to Fountains for Christmas. Such a beautiful hamper of delicious festive treats for everyone to enjoy.
We would also like to thank Gillian for joining us to help prepare for our Christmas Light Switch on.
We are so lucky to have such kind and caring members of our community.
Zoo Lab returns
Fountains residents were delighted to welcome back Dominique from Zoo Lab for a show and tell.
This time Dominique brought a new group of animals. They included; a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach, a Rose Hair Tarantula, a Corn Snake, a Domesticated Rat and a Bearded Dragon.
Once again our residents showed such courage and even enjoyed handling the different animals. Everyone's favourite was the Bearded Dragon!
It was an extremely interesting afternoon for us all. Our residents loved learning about the different species and sharing their experiences too.
Thank you to Dominique and Zoo Lab for another fantastic afternoon.
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.
