Activities at Hickathrift House Care Home
We have two Activities Coordinators here at Hickathrift House. We have a wide range of activities within the home, including musical entertainment, arts & crafts, clubs for like-minded people, such as flower arranging and gardening, board games, baking (where the best bit is the eating afterwards!), and we celebrate special events throughout the year. We also have trips out on a regular basis using our own minibus, where we find out places of interest each person would like to visit.
It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these activities as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join in with activities and events as often as they can.
For the less mobile residents, we unique one-to-one session, such as simple chats over a cup of tea, reading or listening to music. Activities are some of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Hickathrift House is fun and active.
Kat Colangelo
Hello, my name is Kat and I am the Activities Lead here at Hickathrift House.
Since 2017 I have been working in the field of well-being and I am passionate and enthusiastic about enriching all our of residents' quality of life.
As the Activities Lead at Hickathrift House, my focus is learning about each of our resident's likes and dislikes and supporting them to remain receptive and active in addition to supporting them to engage with our local community friends.
I organise activities to stimulate the mind, body and soul in an enjoyable, comfortable way. My aim is to diversify and increase activities ensuring that there is something for everyone - from Wine and Cheese events, excursions on our home Mini Bus as well as individual bespoke person-centered activities.
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 Hickathrift House Care Home
Banjo Man performs for us
We had the absolute pleasure of having Sean perform for us last week. He had everyone clapping and singing along to wonderful songs while he sang and played his fabulous instruments. He also shared fabulous stories and told us all about his Banjo too!
St James's Methodist Church Coffee Morning
Residents were welcomed with open arms at the Coffee & Chat Morning at St James Methodist Church.
Our residents loved learning about the history of the Church and looking at the handmade decorations too! It was a real pleasure to chat and meet everyone and several of our residents met old faces from the village and local Church groups that they used to attend themselves.
Farmers Market & Craft Fair outing
Our residents had an incredible time at Marshland Hall & Tearoom Farmers Market & Craft Fair.
It was a pleasure to see all the local stallholders and chat about their crafts in addition to meeting several of our community friends for a great catch-up too!
Village Scarecrow Trail and Pumpkin fun!
Residents and staff came together to build our fantastic Scarecrow and Pumpkin display for the upcoming Village Scarecrow and Pumpkin trail.
Everyone brainstormed on what display to make and eventually titled it "Hickathrift House Family" complete with 3 new 'residents' and 1 'staff' member and plenty of beautifully decorated Pumpkins with happy faces for all of our community friends to enjoy!
A little visitor comes to say hello!
There is something about having children visit our home which makes residents smile and sparks fond memories of parenthood and family.
Intergenerational activities are so important for both generations and we hope we will be seeing even more little ones visit us here at Hickathrift House again soon!
Gentlemen's Club Pub Trip
This month's Gentlemen Club headed to a local pub for a pint and chit-chat. We were ever so thrilled to invite 3 gentlemen who were staying with us for respite stays to join our growing Hickathrift House Gentlemen's Club!
With the growing interest in our Gentlemen's Club - we will now be organising a monthly pub outing separate from our community Gentlemen's Club, as requested by residents of Hickathrift House. We hope you'll be able to join us in the future!
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling, November is calling and we hope you can join us - all welcome.
Newsletter
We are delighted to share our latest newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading.
Professionals Open Evening - 19th December from 5.00 pm
Calling all local professionals, come and join us for an evening and take a tour of our newly refurbished home and meet our General Manager, from 5.00 - 7.00 pm.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
Speakers Corner - 10th January with guest speaker, June Massey
Join us for our monthly 'Speakers Corner' with January's guest speaker, June Massey - local fused glass artist from 11.00 am. All welcome.
Professionals Coffee Morning - 04th February
We extend a warm invitation to our local professional community to join us for a coffee and chat with our General Manager.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency personnel! Come and take a break on us - there may be a cake or two available!
Volunteer Coffee Morning - every Tuesday
We recognise the special impact volunteers can have on the lives of our residents and we hope you can join us.
Don't Dine Alone - Every Wednesday
We know meal times can be lonely for seniors in our local community and we invite you to join us for lunch. *places are limited.
Dementia Cafe - 3rd Friday of the month
We understand the importance of supporting our local community in hosting regular monthly groups. All welcome!
Knit and Natter - 3rd Friday of the month
Do you enjoy knitting? Come along and make new friends at our monthly Knit and Natter group - all welcome.
Coffee Morning - 2nd Friday of the month from 10.30 am
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly Coffee Morning - make new friends and enjoy a slice of homemade cake.
Dementia Friendly Movie Monday
Come and join us for our monthly movie matinee club, dementia friendly. All welcome 2nd Monday of the month from 2.30 pm.
