Activities at Hunters Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
Ben Sandall
Hello I am Ben and I am the Activities Coordinator at Hunters. I started working at Hunters as part of the hospitality team, but when a vacancy came up on the activities team I jumped at the opportunity. I have seen how important a varied activities programme is and the team ensure we offer something for everyone including regular past times.
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 Hunters Care Home
Alpaca Visit
Today at Hunters we made some new friends as Lane House Alpacas/Alpaca Walking visited for the first time.
Our residents have been eagerly awaiting the visit of these fascinating creatures. They had the chance to meet two male alpacas named Heartbreaker and Renegade and find out all about them from their brilliant handlers, Diane, who owns the farm, and her colleague Heather.
So much fun, the two Alpacas visited both General and Memory Lane communities and were met with smiles and laughter.
A great afternoon for all, including family, friends and staff.
Christmas Day at Hunters
Christmas Day at Hunters, with our usual visit from Father Christmas and his Elf.
Giving out presents and sharing festive spirit with all. Such a fun, magical atmosphere around the home, with everyone looking forward to seeing friends and family.
Then a delicious Christmas dinner with all the trimmings enjoyed by residents, staff, family and friends.
A lovely day with lots of wonderful memories.
Peppermint Cream Making
We had delicious fun yesterday as we made some fantastic peppermint creams.
An old favourite with some of our residents, who have great memories of making peppermint creams with their families, these simple yet yummy creations were lots of fun to make.
We dipped them in chocolate and then let them set overnight, before popping them in little gift boxes for our residents to enjoy themselves or give as gifts to friends and family.
Well done everyone!
Hunters Christmas Party
Last week at Hunters it was time for our annual Christmas parties for both our fabulous General Community and amazing Memory Lane Community.
Our residents celebrated with delicious food prepared by our kitchen team followed by live music provided by the brilliant Danny Jukebox and wonderful Eloise Murby Event Singer.
They had us all singing and dancing along to some festive favourites as well as some classic swing and jazz numbers and golden oldies!
Lots of fun and laughter as always, they were two fantastic afternoons for all. We're all already looking forward to next year’s parties.
Super Pompom Snowmen
Lots of fun was had yesterday creating some super pompom snowmen.
Over the last few weeks our residents and staff have been busy perfecting their pompom making skills and yesterday they were transformed into these amazing festive decorations.
It was great to see everyone carefully constructing and decorating their new little friends. Some of the finished snowmen went back to the resident’s rooms and some are being used to add some "cool" festive cheer around the home.
Brilliant work everyone!
Christmas Tree Decorating
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...” Residents from both our General and Memory Lane communities have been getting in the festive spirit by assembling and decorating some of the many Christmas trees around the home.
Lots of fun and laughter, first working out how to put these lovely trees together, before deciding just the right place for each bauble and ornament.
We shared some magical memories of Christmas past, trimming the tree and our favourite presents.
The end results were truly fantastic with lots of wonderful comments from residents, staff and visitors.
