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.
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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
St David's Day
To mark the Day Fountains staff and residents enjoyed an art class using paints, materials and colours to produce Wale’s national emblem - the daffodil.
Everyone had fun learning some welsh phrases such as good morning and good night before relaxing and enjoying a virtual tour of the stunning St David’s Cathedral.
Prize Draw for Random Acts of Kindness Day
For Random Act of Kindness Day we ran a Facebook competition and asked entrants to like and share our page whilst tagging a worthy individual to receive a Random Act of Kindness too.
The Prize Draw Generator picked Linda Watson as our winner and her tagged individual was Poppy Watson.
Both lucky ladies will receive a £25 voucher of their choice.
Thanks to everyone for entering!
Real Bread Week - Part 3
The 3rd and final part of Real Bread Week saw residents and staff make their own Pizza bases and then turning them into delicious pizzas.
Shaping them into the perfect pizza base became quite a competition between residents and created some real laughs J
Residents chose their toppings and they had pepperoni, pineapple, olives, sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese – the list was endless.
What better way to enjoy delicious pizza, than with a glass of wine and a James Bond Movie – it was the perfect end to Real Bread Week.
Real Bread Week- Part 2
Residents and staff enjoyed making a Brioche tear and share loaf.
It was nice after a savoury loaf to enjoy a sweet one.
The dough was kneaded and rolled out before raisins, currants and chocolate chips were added
Adding the dough to the baking tin was a team effort ensuring it looked perfect, before a final egg wash.
The brioche loaf went into the oven and the sweet smell filled the kitchen.
Everyone was eager to see and taste the end result.
They weren’t disappointed as the loaf turned out perfectly and tasted really good with a nice cup of tea.
Real Bread Week - Part 1
Real bread week was launched by the Real Bread Campaign in 2009 and is an annual, international celebration of real bread and the people who make it.
Fountains wanted to mark the week by making different breads and enjoy tasting sessions.
Our residents started off the baking by making a cheese and onion sourdough loaf and a wholemeal granary loaf too.
Kneading the dough was a lot of fun and doubled up as a sensory activity too. Everyone was in agreement though that it was a lot of hard work too!
Watching the dough rise was very satisfying but not quite as much as sampling the end result.
The loaves were accompanied with ham, cheese and grapes and washed down rather nicely with a nice cup of tea.
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday was marked with a beautiful virtual Church service at Fountains, by St Albans Church.
Residents really enjoyed the service, reflecting and preparing for Lent.
Singing along to the hymns was particularly special and uplifting for everyone.
Virtual Church services are available each week for our residents to attend.
We look forward to when restrictions are eased and our residents can enjoy attending Church services in person.
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.
