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
Watery Arts & Crafts
Marbling and Aqua painting fun during this weeks Arts & Crafts session with Kay.
Our residents enjoyed creating vats of floating paint or simply dropping and splashing paint in random blobs to create their very own marble effect masterpieces.
Some preferred the less messy activity of using water to reveal colourful paintings that overtime revert back to line drawings - as if by magic!
Men's Breakfast Club at The Hill
We had such fun taking a couple of our gentlemen residents; Alvar and Paul to the Men's Breakfast Club at The Hill Community Centre, Banbury for a hearty breakfast.
It was such a wonderful morning and the team at The Hill were so accommodating, Alvar even got the chance to play resident DJ as he was shown the 'music studio' including guitars, decks and mic’s.
Music is a real passion for Alvar, mixing on the decks made his day!
The Queen's 96th birthday
Our residents had a truly royal time marking the date of The Queen's 96th birthday on 21st April. We were delighted to have a right royal tea party in her honour.
Head chef and the hospitality team whipped up a tasty selection of freshly-baked biscuits, pastries and cakes for the occasion, all washed down with pots of tea. Residents took part in a variety of royal–themed events including watching old newsreels and catching up on the official photography from today, and over the years.
We all agree she looks as beautiful now as she did in her younger years.
Nisha Shaji, General Manager at Glebefields said: “Our residents love a party and they love the Queen so they all enjoyed the tea and cakes and reminiscing about her reign. The Queen is an amazing lady who has been through so much lately so holding a birthday tea was a wonderful way to remember her and pay our respects."
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Easter Blessings
We gathered together in the lounges for Easter blessings courtesy of our local lay minister 'Linday' before tucking into chocolate eggs handed out by the staff at Glebefields.
Easter Baskets and Bonnets
The creation of an Easter bonnet is a fun way to keep up the Christian tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption. Our residents just loved creating their very own bonnets and wearing them with pride over the weekend.
Our in-home Easter basket making competition was won by the joint 'choctastic' efforts of Paul and Myrtle... simply yummy!
Easter Decorations & Celebrations
Our residents had a wonderful time heling to decorate the home and dining hall for our Easter Sunday lunch. With pretty pussy willow table displays and hand drawn and crafted Happy Easter wreath and egg tree.
They wrote personal messages on egg shapes to show everyone what they are most proud of and share good wishes to one another.
Chef and the hospitality team served a eggs'tra special dinner with all the trimmings, as we raised a glass to everyone for 'peace on earth'
