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.
Read our brochure
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
Do the Test - Go for It!
We are very proud to have our own actress living with us at Kingfisher Lodge—she has even won her own Oscar!
She was in a short film featuring adults with learning disabilities called 'Do the Test - Go for It', about the importance of breast screening and showing what is involved.
Well done to Stella, Claire, Diane, Kelly and Karen from Hillsborough House - Freeways who all took part in the video.
We had a party to celebrate, where we had all the people involved with the film attend here at Kingfisher lodge.
The film is being used in local doctors, to help others not to be scared. You can watch the full film here.
Snakes and Ladders Game
Saltford school children come in each month to visit us. This month they came along and had a game of snakes and ladders. Firstly they made the counters from plastic cups and decorated with our arts and craft items, then played the game, everyone loved this.
Arts and Craft Afternoon
Saturday afternoons are now our arts and craft afternoons and we have a poster to advertise this around out home to encourage residents to come along. Last Saturday we did bottle light crafts, which everyone really enjoyed, creating a light to be able to take and display in their own room.
Chinese New Year Celebrations
We celebrated the Chinese New Year with decorations, lucky red envelopes, filled with a treat and a poem or saying. All items were made by the residents on our arts and craft afternoons. We also enjoyed fortune cookies and spring rolls with chili and hoisin sauces to try. Everyone enjoyed the food and we all had a fun afternoon.
Long Service Award
Lin Fry, one of our senior carers celebrated her 20th year anniversary with Barchester Healthcare. She started her career in Bloomfield Barchesters care home in Paulton and moved over to Kingfisher lodge not long after we opened in 2012. We kept the celebrations a secret until she came off her lunch on 11th of January, to a room full of people and decorations.
She was extremely shocked and didn’t have a clue. To celebrate we made her a cake, had non-alcoholic wine, sang congratulations and for she’s a golly good fellow, with the help of the residents. Lots of staff came in especially to celebrate and eat cake with us. Barchester generously presented her with a £250.00 pound gift voucher and she had lots of presents and flowers from the staff.
A well-deserved day celebrating to a fabulous caring member of staff at Kingfisher lodge.
Christmas Tree Festival
Residents enjoyed a trip to St Johns Church in Keynsham to see the Christmas tree festival. A whole church full of Christmas trees decorated by local schools, shops and charities. We all loved it so much we have put our names down to enter next year. Voting for your favourite was great fun too.
A lovely hot chocolate was enjoyed on the cold windy and rainy afternoon.
