Activities at Kingfisher Lodge Care Home
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 for over 6 years 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!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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
Fish and Chip club
Our Fish and chip club is on the last Friday of every month, OUR NEXT ONE November 29th 12-2pm.
Our residents love to chat to new people and make everyone feel very welcome.
Lots of the community have joined us and come along to our monthly fish and chip club.
You can meet the residents , staff and family and even stay afterwards and join in any activities going on.
If anyone is eating alone in our community and would like some company, please come along. Enjoy some freshly cooked fish and chips, compliments of our chefs Karen and Ali here at Kingfisher Lodge.
All we ask is that you give us a quick call so we can cater for everyone.
Arts and Crafts
We want to take this opportunity to Thank staff again at Flourish at Glenavon Farm for the hospitality we received on our second trip to their pottery painting barn.
Our residents love the trip just down the road to do arts, crafts, and pottery.
The weather was torrential and they let us park right up by the entrance so that our residents stayed dry and made sure we had hot drinks almost immediately to warm us up while we started our designs. Some of our residents opted for the Christmas items and made presents for loved ones. Picking the right piece of pottery or crafts to decorate is always the most exciting part with 100’s to choose from. One resident said “ I love this place I would like to come everyday, can we do this back at home”
Kelly is now putting more arts and craft sessions on the weekly planner for all to enjoy. I think there will a lot more trips to Flourish in the future.
We have planned our third trip … it’s definitely going to become a habit!!
Up, up and away!
Residents yesterday visited The Helicopter Museum near Weston Super Mare.
The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare is the largest dedicated Rotorcraft Collection in the world, with over 80 helicopters displayed inside the museum's iconic hangar! Favourites include two of the Queen’s Royal Flight helicopters.
Not only did they enjoy looking at all the different Helicopters there including a massive Heliliner they also had the chance to simulate a flight.
The wonder on the faces of our residents was wonderful to watch. One resident said “ I’ve never seen so many helicopters and I’ve never been so up close to one, makes me wish I was young again to learn to fly one”
The day was very interesting, and our residents really enjoyed themselves.
We love our Head chef Karen who gives up her free time regularly to volunteer on day trips here at Kingfisher Lodge. We know she really enjoys making these days special for our residents and it’s appreciated by all.
Learn something new series
At our monthly Kingfisher lodge residents meeting we like to take requests for activity ideas from our residents and families .
A few weeks ago while enjoying a coffee morning and meeting , some of the residents asked George our Activity lead if they could go back to school. George and the residents started to talk about their school years and everyone’s favourite subjects , and before they knew it , they had started his “learn something new series” the first week’s theme was anatomy. Feed back was so great George cannot wait to do next weeks.
It’s been very successful so far… and next week is the solar system, watch this space for more themes.
A Visit from our local PCSOs
Kingfisher lodge residents and members of our community would like to say a big thank you to PCSO’s Sarah Hewlett and Martyn Bragg for giving up their time and coming in and talking to us about their services yesterday. Our residents had lots of questions for them which kept them chatting for over and hour and a half. Everyone gathered in reception and we learnt of what the job entails , how different they are to the police and some funny stories which had us all laughing . Sarah and Martyn also described about some serious crimes and told us they sometimes are the first to attend an accident . We were all very interested in what they had to say and they both said they would drop in for a coffee when they are passing soon.
We all enjoyed a good chat and some delicious cakes as well as the coffee!
Good community relations with our emergency services are so important and we like to give them our appreciation for the hard work they do every day.
Weekly Christian Group
Every fortnight our Christian residents gather on a Sunday morning to practice their faith. A virtual church service is played on TV and after George our Activity Lead holds a Bible stories session where the residents look at bible stories and talk about what it means to them and how they interpret this into their faith. This is in addition to Churches together in Keynsham and Saltford who come to the home do a wonderful service for our residents and families every month.
Many residents who attend feel the group have bonded over these sessions and that it’s become a lovely support network for them to practice their faith.
One resident has said she looks forward to these meetings and feels like she can open up and really talk about her beliefs to the group.
Everyone is welcome.
