Activities at Kingfisher Lodge 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.
George Tantrum
Hi, I am George and I am the Activities Lead here at Kingfisher Lodge. I have worked in healthcare since 2018 and I have a passion for enriching the lives of the people in our home. We offer a wide variety of life enrichment activities within our home, from minibus trips and group outings all the way to spending some one on one time with our residents. If you pop into the home, the chances is you’ll find me, so come say hello!
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 Kingfisher Lodge Care Home
What a treasure!
Our residents enjoyed a wonderful trip to Oakham Treasures, a little gem of a museum which we all found so interesting. The museum is full of vintage memorabilia, including old classic cars and tractors, a grocery store, hardware store and haberdashery. They have newspaper articles relating to the moon landing and lots of local history too, including Fry’s chocolate, a company close to our heart as it employed many of our residents back in the day.
We all had to chuckle though when our resident Fred was in the hardware shop, and we were all reminded of the famous Two Ronnies' skit when he asked for “four candles.”
Intergenerational Fun
We were feeling young again with our toddler group, the Mini Fishers. We had some perfect interactions with balloons, the shop and our target game, allowing everyone the opportunity to join the fun. And it was lovely to hear that our toddlers are going home now and talking about our residents and remembering their names and what they were doing with them in the session.
We finished off with some healthy snacks all around and a hand-puppet version of old MacDonald had a farm. We had a room full of residents and toddlers mooing and baaing alike and, as usual, lots of giggles.
A visit from Millie
We were very lucky to have Rosemary, Millie’s lovely owner, walk into Kingfisher Lodge and ask if we would like a weekly visit from her little K9 friend. Yes was our immediate reaction!
Millie is a fully qualified PAT (pets as therapy) dog and every week she volunteers to come along to have cuddles, treats and make friends with our residents and staff members all over our home.
Millie is so wonderfully behaved; residents light up when they see her, and she brings joy to every room she visits. Some of our family and friends plan their visits around our “Millie days” as they want to see her too!
When the phantom came to Kingfisher?
We had a mesmerising visit from the classically trained opera singer Miranda Keys. She sang some wonderful songs for us that included some well-known songs from Phantom of the opera and the residents and staff shed tears of pure emotion as she sang.
Her rendition of You’ll Never Walk Along had everyone singing, making the atmosphere electric.
She also very kindly visited one of our residents in her bedroom, who was sadly not able to make the event but who used to also sing opera herself and the moment was magical, staff said that she was so overwhelmingly happy for the rest of her day.
VE Day with the community of Salford
We had a wonderful time celebrating VE Day at Saltford Hall with the local community and what a fantastic community it is to be a part of.
Saltford Community Association hosted a fabulous afternoon tea with entertainment including live music, wartime-style dancers, there was even a fly-by from an old biplane.
We had sandwiches, cakes, scones and lots of tea, all served by the wonderful volunteers. Families of our residents were also invited to come along, which made memories so much more special.
When we asked one resident their thoughts on the day, they said “Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned street party? I didn’t live in Saltford until I moved to Kingfisher Lodge, but they have made me feel so at home here and a real part of the community.”
International Firefighters Day
We had the most brilliant day celebrating firefighters here at Kingfisher Lodge and what a treat to have the Kingswood Fire Brigade from Avon Fire and Rescue service visit us with one of their fantastic engines.
Children from the community were allowed to have a look inside and residents had a tour of some of the equipment it carries.
For one of our residents, it was an extra-special visit as her late father was an Assistant Fire Chief himself. She took out a photo to show the fire crew of him in his uniform. “It was great to see the engine, it brings back memories of my childhood seeing it all again. I’m very proud of my father. His job was a big part of our lives.”
We finished the afternoon with a BBQ in our garden joined by the firefighters and sent them off with a basket of treats for the station to enjoy. All the children had a little gift of a fire vest and hat from all of us a Kingfisher Lodge as a memento of this special day.
