Activities at Iris Court 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 an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators will bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Natalie Robinson
Hello, I'm Natalie, and for nearly five enriching years, I've dedicated myself to the role of an activity coordinator. My passion lies in understanding the unique interests of each individual under our care. At Iris Court, I strive to craft activities tailored to the preferences of our residents, ensuring no one ever feels socially isolated. Whether someone wants to participate minimally or fully immerse themselves, my goal remains constant: fostering a sense of community and joy in every moment.
Join me as we embark on this journey of connection, laughter, and shared experiences. Together, let's create cherished memories that will illuminate the path ahead. Welcome to Iris Court, where every day holds the promise of something special.
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 Iris Court Care Home
The Big Sing Outing
Iris Court residents and team had the pleasure of being gifted tickets by a lovely family member of one our of residents to go and watch The Big Sing - Joy To The World Christmas Tour at our local community theatre. The Big Sing you may have seen on Britain's Got Talent and one of there biggest passions is bringing the community together to sing!. Our residents and staff absolutely loved the show and joining the community coming together joining in for a sing and dance in the afternoon!.
Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.
St Ippolyts Christmas Church Service
Iris Court had the pleasure of welcoming in St Ippolyts Church in to perform their latest Christmas service.
The Service was lovely to be held in our home allowing our residents to join in with readings at the service as they would of before life at Iris court when attending a church service.
The choir sung some of our favourite Carols, and finished the service with a wonderful blessing, before spending time talking to our residents and enjoying some delicious mince pies and hot chocolates, allowing us to make new friends within the community and arrange for the wider community to come into Iris Court such as a new bridge club for our residents who enjoying playing and making new friends!
At Iris Court we love hosting events that we can open up to our relatives, friends and the wider community. Life at Iris Court is about being part of the local community and enjoying life long hobbies whilst also exploring new experiences.
Hitchin Thespian Performance
Iris Court had a wonderful evening, watching a performance by the Hitchin Thespians, as Christmas is now just around the corner it left us feeling wonderfully festive!.
The performance was superb involving songs of Christmas carols and stories leaving all our residents and visitors of the evening captivated! after the performance the Hitchin Thespians joined us for the evening enjoying prosecco, and some of our favourite festive foods to enjoy!.
We cannot thank you the Hitchin Thespians enough for there time and performance for us to countdown into Christmas and cant wait to welcome them back next year for another performance!.
At Iris Court Hosting events for friends and family members to join us is an essential part of our activities program and we are always looking for new ideas to bring the wider community into our home.
Iris Court Food Bank Donation
Iris Court have been working alongside local charity, People for People with all donations going to the Food Shed, kind-hearted residents, families and staff from Iris Court Care Home had help to coordinate a Reverse Advent Calendar, a collection of food items, toys, decorations and toiletries to donate to the local food bank for members of the community who are struggling this Christmas. The idea behind the Reverse Advent Calendar is that the collection focuses on different types of products each day so that all the essentials’ people might need are covered.
At the end of the reverse advent calendar we proudly took our donations to The Food Shed in Stevenage which work tirelessly throughout the year, but even more so during December to ensure all donations are given out to those who need in time for Christmas.
Staff at Iris Court have said "Everyone at Iris Court is very much aware that lots of people are finding it difficult to feed themselves and their families this year and we all wanted to help in whatever way we can. We wanted to collect as much food and other useful products as possible to help those less fortunate than ourselves so it’s wonderful to see how amazingly generous everyone has been”
A Huge thank you to all those who donated for The Food Shed and we cant wait to support again next year with anything we can help with.
St Ippolyts CE Christmas Choir
Iris Courts Christmas Countdown Continues!, We had the pleasure of welcoming in St Ippolyts CE primary school in to us to perform their Christmas Choir.
It was a wonderful morning having 39 of the students in with us ranging from 7-11 years to perform there Christmas choir with us, and then spending some time with us after enjoying hot chocolates with marshmallows, candy canes and Christmas treats. We are aware at Iris Court of the benefit of intergenerational activity is hugely beneficial to all. We had a fantastic time talking to the children after there performance after they spent time getting to know our residents and hearing there stories of how they used to perform at school with one memory even being off performing at The Royal Albert Hall as a child, whilst helping to boost confidence and for the younger children of developing higher levels of empathy and care.
Everyone at Iris Court cannot wait to to have the St Ippolyts CE primary school return again next year to spend some time with us!
Aston Bell Ringer Performance
Iris Court had the pleasure of watching the Aston Bell Ringers perform for us as part of our countdown to Christmas.
Another evening spent with residents, families and friends coming together to enjoy the evening with mulled wine, home baked Gingerbread biscuits and mince pies. The evening was fantastically interactive with our guests being invited up to help the bell ringers perform and learn some different routines, whilst learning some interesting facts regarding the history of bell ringing , and how this begun!.
At Iris Court Care home we love hosting events that we can open up to our relatives, friends and the wider community. Life at Iris Court is about being part of the local community and enjoying life long hobbies whilst also exploring new experiences.
Upcoming events
Celebrate 1 year Of Care and Support
Celebrate our One Year Milestone with us for the afternoon, with Cllr Daniel Allen in attendance, live music and refreshments for the afternoon
Carers Cafe
Come along or meet with friends over light refreshments, hear from guest speakers or join the mornings entertainment.
Ladies Who Latte
Come alone or join us with a friend to join us for a light lunch, build friendships and enjoy some time at Iris Court
Iris Court's Tot's Club
Join us for our monthly Baby and Toddler Group, meet Bluey and Friends whilst enjoying light refreshments and enjoy time with our residents during the morning.
