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
Yeeehaaa!
We've celebrated the horse racing which has been on over the last few weeks including Cheltenham Gold cup and the Grand National.
The residents and staff really enjoyed getting involved and picking a horse for the race. Every single person in the home including staff and visitors were given a horse and joined in the excitement of watching the race all together. Lots of shouting, screaming and cheering could be heard from the garden from both floors of the home. Prizes of large boxes of chocolate for 1st place winners and rosettes for all placed winners.This is always a winning afternoon for the residents and we cant wait to celebrate Ladies day at the races in June.
An activity enjoyed by all, full of fun and lots of prizes. Thanks to Kelly and the team for making it happen.
May Day Fundraiser
We had such a fun day at our May Day fundraiser to create our memory garden.
Residents,staff, family and friends came together to enjoy the wonderful voice of Shannon one our local singers. We also made the most of the beautiful weather and enjoyed a bbq prepared by our talented head chef Karen. There was lost of wonderful food to enjoy with different treats from many countries including Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India, we also had cakes and desserts from Poland and Romania as well as England.
We even gave everyone the opportunity to “soak the boss”, well done to our manager Claudia for being such a good sport.
It was a brilliant day enjoyed by everyone!
Baking at Kingfisher Lodge
At Kingfisher lodge we have been busy with the baking equipment this week.Our residents always have so much fun in our baking sessions and this week they have been cooking up a storm with some delicious biscuits.
Some of our lovely residents couldn’t wait for them to cool before tucking in to the delicious homemade treats they had made.
It was lovely to sit and chat with our residents as we talked about the found memories that had of baking with their families. One resident who tucked in before they went into the oven told us how their mum always used to let them do a quick taste test.
Noah's Ark Zoo
Our residents love any activities involving animals. In last weeks residents meetings residents came up with the idea of a trip to the Zoo. George the activity lead is known for saying yes to everything, before he thinks through the logistics. He knew from the meeting there will be a lots of residents wanting to go., and he couldn’t wait to start planning. But thanks to an incredible display of team work and a whole home approach, having members of housekeeping , kitchen and a host, volunteering for a day with elephants, lions .and residents. The residents loved seeing all the animals and spending the whole day out. Amongst the favourites were the new elephant Uli, feeding the giant tortoise, seeing the grizzly bears, giraffes, camels and realising that spring is in the air by meeting the new baby lambs. The residents will do a talk on the whole day, when we’ve printed the photos, so all the other residents and staff that didn’t get to go will be able to see what a great day we had.
Off to spot the Kingfishers
Our monthly residents meetings have a lot of focus on organising the trips that the residents want to go on. This trip was put into our residents heads by Bella one of our Duke of Edinburgh students. She loved her visit to Slimbridge with her school , that started the staff remembering going here too , but the residents had not been, “That’s our next trip” they all said together.
When we arrived, we were so excited to find out that the latest sightings at Slimbridge were of 4 kingfishers nesting in the mud banks, that very day. The staff at Slimbridge gave us lots of tips on how to improve our chances of spotting the Kingfishers on our way round, on the mud banks we only encountered the otters. But we were all soon cheered up by the beautiful flamingos. Lots of birds to see and even feed we had a great day walking through the beautiful grounds.
Everyone wants to go again to try and spot the Kingfishers
Visiting Aerospace Bristol
Everyone was looking forward to this trip , we talked about it in the residents meeting last month and today it’s become a reality.
All happy to be jumping on the mini bus with George and Kelly again , this time with the chef Karen joining us , because of her love of planes.
We’re off to Aerospace Bristol on an adventure to see some fantastic aircraft!
The stunning centrepiece of our visit was Concorde Alpha Foxtrot: the last of the iconic supersonic passenger jets to be built and the last to fly.
We all enjoyed spectacular projection show of three short films displayed onto the side of the aircraft telling its remarkable history before we were able to step aboard. Excitedly we also explored the exhibition gallery showcasing a fascinating collection of memorabilia including a pilot’s uniform, model and a flight deck. This sparked some memories and created conversations that'll never be forgotten between residents.
Aerospace Bristol is was an exceptional experience for all of us , and we spent at least at least three hours there. We were all still talking about what we had seen when we returned to Kingfisher Lodge and other residents picked up on our mood and quickly we were all sat down reliving our wonderful day.
The residents and the staff had an absolute blast!
