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
Clay workshop at Fountains
Fountains welcomed Rachel Akers from Akers of Art to deliver a fun and engaging “play with clay” workshop and it was a huge success.
Rachel’s workshops are for all abilities and ages, artistic or not so artistic .Our residents enjoyed making figures and abstract items of their choice, allowing their creative side to emerge. It was a really wonderful session and a great way to relax, spend time together and create a unique keepsake.
A big thank you to Rachel for delivering a truly inspiring workshop.
Next is to paint our creations……
Lorraine Shannon
Everyone 4 Sport
Here at Fountains staying active is very important to us all. We look forward to our weekly sporting sessions with our coach Sam from ‘Everyone 4 Sport’.
Sam provides a variety of exciting sporting sessions from Bowls to Tennis, even Archery and Basketball too. It’s great fun for everyone.
Solihull Embroiders kind donation for memory lane residents
Fountains received a surprise and wonderful donation of fiddle muffs and beautiful fiddle lap blankets from Solihull Embroiders Guild.
Members of the guild have been busy during lockdown making these for our memory Lane residents at Fountains.
The attention to detail and quality of these is so impressive - they are innovative, colourful and so interesting.
We have enough to offer these as welcome gifts for new admissions on Memory Lane and we couldn’t be more delighted.
A massive thank you to all the members of the guild for their kindness and hard work
International Friendship Day
International Friendship Day was spent celebrating friendships, old and new between residents and staff as well as marking those special friendships that have been built with our community.
Residents at Fountains spent the day enjoying time together, appreciating their friendships and enjoying a special meal where everyone came together.
For our community friends, residents and staff put together goody bags with homemade vanilla cupcakes, hand made coasters and friendship cards, amongst a few other goodies!
Lorraine Shannon- Home Services Advisor and Esme Lloyd Kelly - Activities co-ordinator, delivered the surprise goody bags and it was lovely to be able to show our appreciation in this way and further cement those all important relationships.
Garden centre visit
Fountains residents and staff were delighted to be able to hop into our minibus for a visit to our local garden centre today.
After a leisurely stroll around the beautiful blooms, we headed for the café to enjoy pots of tea and slices of delicious Victoria sponge.
It was a perfect opportunity for our residents to mingle, share stories and enjoy a wonderful afternoon treat.
Lolipop Ponies visit
Fountains residents and staff were delighted to receive a visit from the Lollipop Pony Parties today – the ideal ‘animal therapy’ session.
Salome and Lollipop brightened everyone’s morning and filled the home with genuine excitement and joy. They were so gentle and affectionate, and our residents loved getting to know them, hearing about their favourite foods and being able to give them friendly pats and cuddles.
We find the animal therapy like this is hugely relaxing for all of our residents, and we are very much looking forward to welcoming them to Fountains once again.
Thank you to the Lollipop Pony Parties team for a truly wonderful morning.
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.
