Activities at Lanercost House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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!
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
Outing to the school fete
We were extremely grateful for our pen pals to be invited to the school fete, they really enjoyed seeing all the children having fun! We got ice cream, pizza and to try the police uniform on.
Everyone had smiles on their faces and we are excited to see the children in September when they go back to school.
Thank you so much Newtown Primary School
Outing to Houghton Hall Garden Centre
Some of our residents with their family members enjoyed a trip to Houghton Hall. We enjoyed looking around at some of the beautiful items they have for sale and trying on some of the items. Then we enjoyed a delicious cake with a hot drink and the sun made an appearance!
Norma resident here said “I enjoy looking at all the different flowers, they have such beautiful ones here”
Mothers know best summer show
We had the amazing summer show from north east producers today, there was singing, feet tapping and lots of smiles and laughter.
The show was very entertaining and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.
Muriel resident here said “ I loved singing to the songs, I still remember all the words”
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.
