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
Zoo Lab
We enjoyed a visit from Zoo lab, which went down so well with our memory lane residents, who weren't scared of the animals. We had rats, guinea pigs ,small snakes and a large snail.
Special Friends
Resident, Brian at Kingfisher Lodge Care Centre had wanted to take his friend Stella bowling for a while now, so staff at the home made his wish a reality.
Brian has lived at at Kingfisher lodge for over a year now and is beloved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of his wish come true, as they knew how much it meant to him. Brian is always “saying he would like to take his friend Stella out for a coffee, and to do something like bowling”.
They have been great friends as soon as Stella came to live there and are looking forward to a great Christmas together.
Vicky and Kelly, the activity team at Kingfisher lodge made the trip to Hollywood bowl happen. It was a great afternoon followed by milkshakes. Stella was over the moon to get a strike , and she didn’t mind that Brian won. Lots of laughing and a promise was made to return again.
Residents Get Pinky
Kingfisher Lodge Care Centre in Saltford joined in with celebrating Wear It Pink Day during Breast Cancer Awareness Month along with hundreds of thousands of other people across the UK and raised a fantastic total of £76.00 for charity.
Wear It Pink is a Breast Cancer awareness campaign which has so far raised £31.5million for breast cancer since the campaign started in 2002. Schools, businesses and families get together to eat, wear and make something pink in order to raise money for breast cancer.
The residents tucked into their favourite pink treats made by the home’s chef with help from friends, family, staff and residents! Everyone in the home, including the carers all added something pink to their outfits to celebrate the day. Everyone bought pink raffle tickets to win lots of pink prizes, and they all participated in the big pink quiz.
Patricia, a resident at Kingfisher lodge, said: ‘Wear It Pink Day is a great opportunity for us to invite our friends and family to the home as long as they are up for wearing and eating something pink! We love to get involved knowing that it is going to such a great cause’.
Clare Sinclair General Manager at Kingfisher lodge said: ‘It’s great to see everyone getting so involved in Wear It Pink Day. We all loved it when friends and family join the home for an afternoon of fun, pink and fundraising!’
Charity Car Wash with the Local Scouts
Residents at Kingfisher care centre, in Saltford recently held a charity car wash in the grounds of the home with a visiting group of local scouts. The event, which took place on Saturday 14th September welcomed the group of scouts aged 8-12 to wash as many cars they could in the two hours they were there.
It was a very hot day so there were cold drinks and sweet treats for all to enjoy.
Activities co-ordinator Victoria Hunt of Kingfisher Lodge Care Centre said: “The residents at our home had a lot of fun watching the group of young visitors. The Scouts worked so hard washing over 20 cars, and every car washed, gleamed, all the staff and visitors were extremely happy with their clean cars. Kingfisher Lodge want to say a massive thank you to all of the scouts and helpers who turned up on the day, Jane the scout leader and Alan who did a great job too.”
Janice a resident at Kingfisher Lodge, “said how lovely it was to see the scouts having fun, getting each other wet and running around laughing , it was such a lovely afternoon to sit and watch them enjoying themselves.”
The scouts raised over £100.00 to go towards reality googles for the residents, which has been added to previously raised money and is now enough for the home to go and purchase them.
Full Steam Ahead!
Residents at Kingfisher Lodge enjoyed an afternoon at Avon Valley Railway. They were able to enjoy a ride on the steam train on the special carriage available for wheelchair users. The conductor spent the duration of the journey with the residents, which they really enjoyed. Tea and a big slice of cake was served afterwards in the café.
Teddy Bear Picnic
We had a wonderful afternoon in the garden at our teddy bears picnic. Families and friends joined the residents in the garden for an afternoon with all our teddies.
We played some music including ”If you go down in the woods today” and all sang along. Adam, our chef, made us a picnic which included mini pizzas, sausages, pasties and cake.
We all enjoyed the sunshine and the company.
