Activities at Friston House Care Home

Our activity coordinators are constantly working to stimulate our residents both mentally and physically by organising group and individual activities for every one within the home to participate in. We have regular outings in our mini bus to various attractions within the area and in the summer we like to take our residents to the seaside, where they can enjoy fish and chips by the beach. Our activity programme is just one of the important aspects of the care home and we try our best to arrange the activities that our residents will enjoy.

Enriching life
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David Johnson

Head of Activities

I am David, I have been working at Friston House since December of 2023.

I have a background in the visitor attraction sector as an events and activities manager, working with families to create engaging, fun activities that result in long-lasting memories. It is my belief that care home activities should be just as fun, engaging, inclusive to all and worthwhile. Either as a group, self-led or on a one-to-one basis.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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 Friston House Care Home

Valentines Special

Valentines Special

We celebrated Valentines Day in style with a party! With Polly Raymond singing, our very own waiters serving up delicious cocktails and lot's of singing and dancing! Valentine cards for all of the lovely residents and not to mention a surprise birthday treat for Becca who turned 21! What a lovely Afternoon, thank you to everyone who came! 
Dogs Trust Visit

Dogs Trust Visit

Lara from the Dogs Trust and her trusty side kick Maggie came along to tell us all about the work that Dogs Trust do and we were able to meet Maggie as well! This was a lovely opportunity for the residents to learn a little about what is going on in our community, thank you so much Lara for joining us and thank you Maggie too!

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

We celebrated the Chinese New Year by trying lot's of Chinese cuisine from chow mein, spring rolls, sweet and sour pork and much more! We also spent the morning writing our names in Chinese! Here we are all dressed up too! 

Long Service Awards

Long Service Awards

Keeley Gregory, our Health Care Assistant recently celebrated 20 years of working for Barchester! General Manager Linda Donovan presented her with her award & a group shot with her colleagues. Congratulations!
Story Telling Week - Charles Dickens

Story Telling Week - Charles Dickens

Every year in Rochester, festivals are held in honour of the famous Author Charles Dickens where his stories are brought to life. The ladies and gentlemen who put on this brilliant display year after year thought they would visit us dressed in character! As it is National Story Telling Week, what better way to partake in this National Tradition than to meet some characters themselves. They read snippets of their characters books & then joined us for a cuppa tea & biscuits afterwards. Thank you for joining us!
Burns Night Celebrations

Burns Night Celebrations

We celebrated Burns Night with our very own piper! Alex kindly joined us for the afternoon and played some traditional Scottish music along with some of our old favourites that we could sing a long too. We tried Haggis and spent the morning painting our own Scottish Flags. Haste Ye Back!

Upcoming events

Countdown to Christmas

Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.

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