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
Senior Advice for 2022
New Year resolutions aside, our wonderful residents decided to provide the younger generation with some words of wisdom and advice;
Jean age 94 'Live your life without hurting others'
Muriel age 89 'Be caring, be happy, be curious'
Paul age 70 'Travel, be happy'
Bert age 90 'Don't grow old; I've tried it and I'm not going to try it again!'
Happy New Year from all at Glebefields care home. We're looking forward to welcoming new residents on the completion of our ground floor renovations scheduled for early March 2022.
Christmas Cake Competition - Winners!
Congratulations!
Our clever residents have won the Barchester Christmas Cake Competition. Their cake shown out for its sweet treat detail, colour and overall creativity. And everyone at Glebefields and confirm it tasted pretty great too! Well done to all the residents involved, you really are super chefs.
Employee of the Month - November 2021
Glebefields care home residents and colleagues wish to congratulate Snobia on receiving Employee of the Month for November 2021.
Snobia is an amazing care assistant, she always helps out everyone. Often steps to help with activities to ensure our residents are looked after and they enjoy their day. She has helped out in the kitchen, no job is too big for her; she is appreciated by all the residents and team members.
She’s an essential part of the Glebefields team. We all hope Snobia enjoys her voucher and Barchester accolade, it’s very much deserved.
Christmas Wreath Competition
Our residents enjoyed getting together to design and decorate our Christmas wreath that will enter the Barchester Wreath Competition.
We had a virtual wreath making masterclass to help them get some ideas and our Activities Coordinator; Kay assisted the residents in bringing their imagination to life. She organised a little workshop with amazing decorations to put on our wreath.
Paul, Alvar and Myrtle have designed a beautiful wreath using cinnamon sticks, mix of dried fruits, small bits of pussywillow, few pine cones, red berries and red Christmas ribbon.
Well done to you all the wreath looks amazing, we are very proud of our crafty team here at Glebefields.
Christmas Crafting
Christmas Arts and Crafts at Glebefields. Many of our residents have enjoyed making and decorating their own individual wreaths.
Barchester has organised this festive workshop for our residents, they all had so much fun designing their wreaths that they will be able to display in their rooms.
Christmas Spirit at Glebefields
Our residents have been getting into the wonderful Christmas spirit and festivity by doing some arts and crafts.
Over the weekend our care assistant Snobia had organised a workshop for our residents, to make a wooden Christmas home for a little Santa and his snowman. Everyone enjoyed taking part; Muriel has knitted two little hats for our Santa and snowman. Paul and Alvar have joined in for the making of our Santa and Snowman, while Jean and Violet were helping decorate their little home.
We have been undergoing refurbishment for the last 7 months, the contractors are now like part of the team and kindly helped us with the making of the wooden box as they gave us pieces of wood and glued it together. So we want to thank WREN contractors for all their help!
