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
Meeting the Neigh-bours
Sunday was a fun day for our residents as they took the opportunity to step outside and enjoy the Spring sunshine and meet our next door neigh-bours!
Chef Andy fed the horses as Paul, Myrtle, Alvar and Bob watched on. It was a super day, one we hope we can repeat tomorrow as we hide lots of chocolate eggs and treats for all the visiting children to our Easter Egg Hunt from 2pm Tuesday 12th April.
Easter Arts & Crafts
Our residents enjoyed this week’s Arts & Crafts session as it saw them 'getting ready for Easter' and particularly the community Easter Egg Hunt scheduled for Tuesday 12th April.
We look forward to meeting you all at Glebefields from 2pm for fun and frolics around our grounds as you hunt for all those luscious chocolate eggs. No need to book, just follow the bunting and balloons, you might even catch the Easter bunny in action!
Local Coop Chocolate Gifts
What a wonder Act of Easter Kindness.
We'd like to send a big THANK YOU to store manager; Carol from the Co-op Convenience Store, Grimsbury in Banbury for inviting the Glebefields team over to collect a stack of yummy chocolate eggs; one for each of our residents.
Happy Easter to all Coop stores from Glebefields Care Home, thank you for sharing the love.
Happy Mother's Day
We celebrated Mother’s Day with visits and video calls from family members near and far. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting for the occasion.
Staff at Glebefields arranged an afternoon tea party, with fresh flowers posies for every lady, music and games. Chef, prepared a special menu of finger sandwiches, fresh fruit slices and sweet treats to mark the day.
General Manager, Nisha Shaji said: “We’ve all had a really lovely day. It has been so good to see family members who were able to visit in person and to have video calls with those who are further away. Our residents enjoyed a fantastic lunch and then a delicious afternoon tea prepared by our brilliant chefs. Our wonderful ladies have loved being spoilt, days like these are so special.”
We are welcoming new residents and have an open day arranged for Saturday 2nd April 2022, if you or a loved one are considering later life care please give us a call on 01295 642884 to book a show round our beautifully refurbished home.
Flower Arranging for all the Senses
Our residents so enjoy Flower arranging with Kay, with soft music playing, and fragrant blooms of all colours and textures, its a real sensory tonic. The fabulous displays they've created will brighten the home and are hearts for days to come.
International Day of the Forests
Art club this week celebrated 'International Day of Forests'. Our residents enjoyed learning about different trees from around the world, we took a walk in the gardens to identify the trees we have at Glebefields, before returning to the art tables and creating the most beautiful forest and woodland scenes.
Upcoming events
Community Games Afternoon
We're welcoming our local community, families and friends for a lovely weekly get-together. Please join us every Thursday from 14:00-15:30 for fun and games.
Community Knit & Natter
Please join us on the second Tuesday of every month 2pm - 4pm. Enjoy friendly company as you knit and natter over tea, coffee and cake!
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 Wednesday 12.30-14.30pm, call now to book.
Community Scrabble Club
Join us every Thursday 11:00am - 12:30pm for a friendly game of Scrabble in a relaxed setting, come and test your word skills and make new friends.
