Activities at Lanercost House Care Home
Our dedicated Activities Coordinators offer a wide range of mentally and physically stimulating activities for residents and families to enjoy. There are regular outings in the minibus to places of interest, such as local cafes, garden centres and parks, as well as visits from entertainers, musicians and singers - and also from PAT dogs. We host various events, such as themed days, cheese & wine evenings, in addition to offering one-to-one activity sessions, including pampering, games and puzzles. Our activities staff strive to ensure residents participate in any way they can with activities that reflect their capabilities and interests.
Emily Stubbs
I joined the Lanercost House family in June 2021 as a Care Assistant and then joined the activities team in May 2022.
I love bringing joy and fun to residents, relatives, and staff on a daily basis as well as planning and organising themed days, events, and celebrations.
I think the activities’ role is very important for Residents' well-being. Whether they like to keep active with armchair exercises, join in with our weekly quiz or hop in the minibus for a day out - there is something for everyone. I aim to ensure that each Resident's interests and hobbies are supported.
I am passionate about creative and sensory activities and I love to sing and dance together with Residents. I love my job!
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 Lanercost House Care Home
National picnic week
This week we have had a different picnic in each community!
We started with a breakfast picnic in our memory lane community which they all really enjoyed. We then had a picnic while watching the ascot horse racing. Our final picnic was with the sun shining through the windows enjoying some nice music.
Pen pal visit
This week we had a visit from our pen pals from Newtown Primary School
We enjoyed some arts and crafts, making hanging rainbow decorations. We then had some time in the garden seen as the weather was good to us.
We have seen such great relationships being built with the children and we see how much joy they bring our residents!
D-Day 80th anniversary
Today we had a morning of remembrance watching the service. Followed by live music from the wonderful Emily Richardson who sang some of the old songs for us, there was feet tapping and people dancing.
We all had a lovely morning and enjoyed some delicious homemade cakes.
Ladies Day
Ladies chose the best hats to wear, enjoyed a fantastic Strawberry Tea prepared by our talented Head Chef James while with good company and listening to some music.
We also had The Grand National Sweepstake - the tickets for the horses were sold out in one hour!
Good luck to everyone!
Guinea pig pet therapy
We love animals coming to visit the home, they bring us so much joy so having our own Guinea pigs that we can cuddle and stroke whenever we want is amazing! They are such gentle, calm and therapeutic animals.
Sadie resident here said “I love animals so much I grew up with animals and they make me so happy”
Arts and crafts club
This week we done some more watercolour painting and collage making!
We really enjoyed doing this, some of us tried it for the first time and done such a wonderful job and really enjoyed doing it!
