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.
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 Hafan-Y-Coed Care Home
St David's Day
We celebrated in true Welsh style here at Hafan-Y-Coed. Residents were cooked up a traditional breakfast with laverbread and cockles. Cawl was on offer at lunch time, with freshly made Welsh cakes.
Our traditionally-dressed Welsh lady (Admin Assistant, Louise Rolfe) presented each resident with a daffodil for their bedroom, and we had a concert in the afternoon with all the great Welsh singalong favourites.
Our New Resident Ambassador
General Manager, Matthew Braddock, presented our newly-elected Resident Ambassador with his name badge and a gift from all the residents.
We are delighted that Brian Long was recently elected by an overwhelming majority at last month’s resident meeting. When people come to have a look around Hafan-Y-Coed for a placement, Brian is more than happy to talk about what life is like here from the perspective of an actual resident.
Celebrating Staff
Residents presented Matthew Braddock a special cake to congratulate him on becoming the General Manager. Well done, Matthew!
Opening Day
We opened our new multi-sensory room on 1st February, and it was a huge success with residents!
Elf Day
We enjoyed a Christmas visit from the Mayor himself in recognition of Elf Day.
Children in Need
We have been busy making cakes and badges to raise money for Children In Need here at Hafan-Y-Coed. We also hosted a raffle and a had a fantastic music show to celebrate the fact that we managed to raise £84 for the charity.
