Activities at Glebefields Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience, and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Kay Boland
Hi, my name is Kay and I’m the Activities Lead for all things ‘Life Enrichment’ at Glebefields care home in Drayton, Banbury.
Throughout my career within the care industry, I have thrived o the many challenges presented and developed immense satisfaction through enabling others. As an activities coordinator, I act with integrity and always ensure that I place residents at the heart of what I do. I work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to help create and maintain a robust service. I am committed to my personal and professional development which aligns Health and Social Care core values, providing diversity, empowerment, equality and independence for all residents.
Making links with local groups and organisations to ensure our residents remain part of the local community is a key part of my role, if you would like to make contact with me and our residents, please feel free to call me on 01733 246840 or drop me an email Glebefields.activities@barchester.com
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 Glebefields Care Home
Residents Christmas Cake Competition
'Twas the night before Christmas ... and the residents of Glebefields care home have been busy making icing decorations for their Barchester Christmas Cake entry into this years competition. Christmas isn't the same without the traditional Christmas cake and this Noël our residents hope to be in with the chance of winning £100 high street voucher for this beautifully decorated bake!
Residents, Minnie, Ivy, Sheila, Bert, Marlene and Pam along with staff members, Cristina, Snobia and Dinesh had a lovely time carefully cutting out and placing each star and iced bauble to their final design.
Save the Children - Christmas Jumpers
Our residents and staff were jumper-ing for joy to raise money for Save the Children. Resident’s Edith and Helen said: “We both chose to wear green, we love the colour; its festive and above all warm! It has been a very festive day and everybody looks fantastic.”
Nisha Shaji General Manager, said: “Today has been a whole lot of fun everyone enjoyed dressing in their best jumpers and my ‘Mrs Christmas’ knitted dress gave them all a good giggle! We are always proud to take part in Christmas Jumper Day and show our support for Save the Children.”
Decorating for Christmas
Residents and staff have been busy baking sensational scones, buttery biscoff cakes & delicious chocolate brownies. The smell around the dining room was delicious. Residents also made homemade candles all from natural products made with love. Varied fragrances and colours - Jasmine, Gingerbread, Lavender and more. They also created lots of home-made bunting/garlands/wreaths/paper chains to make the home as festive as can be. Residents just loved to make their own wreath for their doors with wonderful ideas. The residents have also been crafting home-made decorations for the Christmas tree which they all helped to decorate, the tree is looking truly magnificent covered in beautiful Christmas lights, bows and residents homemade decorated baubles.
Employee of the Month - November 2022
Please join us in congratulating Senior Care Assistant Siju James on receiving ‘Employee of the Month’ for November 2022.
Siju was nominated by our residents, his colleagues and residents’ relatives because of his kind nature, patience and the way he leads the team. The home’s General Manager, Nisha presented Siju with a £25 voucher and chocolates as a special 'thank you' for his continued hard work and dedication to all at Glebefields care home.
Everyone here sends you thanks for being ‘simply the best’!
Christmas Fayre
‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY AT GLEBEFIELDS... We'd like to thank everyone for making our Christmas Fayre so very special!
Held on Saturday 3rd December our fayre was full of artisan foods and unique hand crafted gifts from cakes to cushions, candles and jewellery. The home was full of Christmas cheer as guests meandered around the stalls enjoying complimentary homemade mulled wine and mince pies courtesy of Head Chef, Bose and the hospitality team.
General Manager, Nisha Shaji said: “Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year and our fantastic residents love to get festive so we’ve pulled out all the stops for this years’ ‘Countdown to Christmas’ starting with a super Christmas Fayre. It is so lovely to see them mixing once again with the local community and everyone getting into the Christmas spirit, it’s definitely my favourite time of year.”
Jean Walker, resident at Glebefields said: “It has been a lovely day. It was wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort to get into the Christmas spirit. I really enjoyed meeting so many new people and wondering the various stalls with my family and grandchildren.”
National Elf Day
Last Friday 2nd December our staff swapped their uniforms for costumes on National Elf Day in an effort to raise funds to help people living with dementia.
Launched by the Alzheimer’s Society and delivered direct from the North Pole, Elf Day was created to sprinkle some festive cheer on fundraising towards finding a cure for dementia.
From stripy socks to head-to-toe elf outfits, these naughty little Glebefields elves were up to mischief all day... there’s snow better way to raise money to help beat dementia!
