Activities at Hafan-Y-Coed Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Marie Spires
I'm Marie, the lead activities coordinator for Hafan Y Coed. I have been the activities coordinator for nearly three years and am passionate about encouraging the wellbeing of our residents. Ensuring all abilities are catered for in a bespoke schedule is paramount to their individual wellbeing needs. I am joined by Clare and Sue who also help to create a life enrichment program suitable for all communities.
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 Hafan-Y-Coed Care Home
Floral Displays
Flower arranging is alway a popular and enjoyable activity and today residents creative beautiful floral displays. The home looks and smells wonderful.
Tickled Pink
Hafan-Y-Coed held a 'Tickled Pink Day’ to raise funds for this fantastic cause. The team and residents made biscuits, ribbons and hearts and managed to raise an excellent amount of money for breast cancer charities. Thank you to everyone who donated today it means so much to us all.
Shwmae Day
Today we celebrated Shwmae Day at Hafan-Y-Coed. A day to celebrate the Welsh language which is so important to our culture, approximately 50% of our residents can speak or understand welsh and enjoy chatting to our Welsh speaking staff members. The team here take great pride in offering a bilingual service and have incorporated the use of the language into activities and dining menus. We have had a fantastic day and made some lovely memories. Diolch i bawb a helpodd ni i ddathlu'r diwrnod arbennig hwn!
Cocktails and Cruising
It was time for cocktails and cruising and the residents had an absolute ball this afternoon as they boarded the Barchester virtual cruise ship. They enjoyed 5 star dining created by one of our wonderful chefs Luke Burchell and enjoyed an array of tropical cocktails. A few of our ladies enjoyed reminiscing about past cruise holidays and shared some lovely memories with us all. A huge thank you to our activities team for steering the ship and to our carers for joining us on this journey.
Afternoon Tea and a Chat
Hafan-Y-Coed's residents enjoyed a special afternoon tea Presented in china tea cups and saucers along with plates of a mouthwatering selection of cakes everyone was spoilt for choice. The atmosphere was relaxed with lots of chatting amongst friends.
Do Not Pass Go!
If there is one board game you can really get into it is Monopoly and what better way to spend a rainy afternoon with friends. Thank you Louise for joining in and ensuring fair play! We all agreed we like to play the original version and wondered how long it had been around as everyone knows Monopoly. A quick check on Google and the first version was created in 1902 which is incredible!
