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
Raffle Donations
Fountains Care Home held a FaceBook live raffle on their very first Sports Day and raised just short of £170 for Dementia UK
Prizes were donated from Tesco Extra on Stratford Road as well as kindly donating complimentary suncream for our residents which went to great use in the warmer days.
Big thank you to Julia Mitchell for her Tai Chi Voucher for two, Lisa Flowers Floral Design for a £50 bouquet voucher, Pom Pom Party for a £20 voucher to spend on party items and last but not least Brum Tours for a voucher for 2 to tour the Peaky Blinders set and supper in The Crown Pub!
Some really great prizes!
McMillan's World's Biggest Coffee Morning
Fountains held an in-house coffee morning and cake sale in support of McMillan.
Our residents and staff enjoyed sampling all the delicious cakes and cookies that had been baked and we are all extremely pleased, that in total, we raised £105!
Massive thank you to friends and families of Fountains Care Home for supporting this great cause.
Memory Walk
Residents at Fountains Care Home took part in a memory walk of their own around the gardens.
As they walked the grounds they saw their own memories strategically placed as they walked by.
It was a bracing and windy walk that also turned into a wonderful reminisce session.
It was lovely for our residents to hear the stories behind each photograph and to take a walk down Memory Lane together.
National Fitness Day 2020
Fountains teamed up virtually with “Inclusive Sporting Academy” who are a group that provide a wide range of inclusive sporting activities tailored to the needs of the participants.
No better day to start but on National Fitness Day and our residents loved it! Andy the instructor is really good fun and engaged our residents with ease. It didn’t take long before the armchair exercises were in full swing with full participation!
We will be adding this to our weekly schedule from now on.
Huge thanks to Andy and his team.
Fresh Flowers delivered
Marks & Spencer in Solihull surprised our residents with a wonderful donation of fresh flowers.
The kind gesture left our residents and staff team hugely touched and it meant that all our residents had fresh flowers in their rooms to enjoy.
Thank you Marks and Spencer!
Postcards of Kindness
Fountains Care Home signed up to receive postcards from wonderful members of the community who agree to send postcards to care home residents.
It really is a special scheme and one that is already bringing lots of joy to our residents, as well as being great conversation starters. Our postcards have so far been received from Devon through to New Orleans and they are all so unique.
Some of the postcard senders have shared their address so our residents are busy penning replies.
For more information about this scheme visit www.facebook.com/groups/postcardsofkindness/
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.
