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.
Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.
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Emily Stubbs
Head of Activities
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!
Celebrating life at Lanercost House Care Home
Valentine's Day
We started off the celebrations in our Carlyle suite with a coffee this morning. The residents enjoyed biscuits, scones and cake!
Then in the afternoon, our Priory community and Sycamore community came together for afternoon tea. The dining room was filled with love, cake and smiling faces!
We would like to say a huge thank you to Geri, head of housekeeping, for making three beautiful cakes.
Pen pal visit
We were happy to welcome back the children from Newtown Primary School after the Christmas break.
We had a lovely afternoon playing balloon games and singing along to our favourite songs, the residents love seeing the children!
Penpal visit
It was lovely to see the children before Christmas. They had been busy making Christmas cards to give to our residents, and we had a Christmas sing song too!
We gave them a little gift for Christmas and look forward to seeing them in the new year.
Pumpkin Flower Arranging
Today we made some very creative and beautiful flower arrangements for pumpkins. This activity was thoroughly enjoyed in all of our communities, there was lots of chatting and laughter.
Such an enjoyable day! Christine, a resident here, said “I usually attend a flower club, so this brings back memories. It’s very nice.”
Pudding Club
This month’s pudding club we created a pineapple upside-down cake!
Our very enthusiastic residents got the spoons at the ready and worked together to make some extremely delicious pineapple cake, which went down a treat with a nice cup of tea.
Claire's cool creatures
Today we enjoyed a visit from some small, cute creatures. Claire's Cool Creatures brought some of her wonderful creatures to visit us! We had an amazing morning seeing them all and getting to know a lot of interesting facts about them.
Pat, a resident here, said, “weren’t they just wonderful? I loved them all!”
Minibus outing
We enjoyed a trip to the pausa cafe in Dunelm today with some of our residents from Priory. They enjoyed a nice hot drink and cake then a look around the shop.
It was a nice way to warm up from this cold weather.
Christmas Jumper Day
Today we got into the Christmas spirit to celebrate Christmas jumper day!
We got dressed in our favourite Christmas jumpers while singing out favourite Christmas songs. It was a very happy Christmassy day!
Children in Need
We’ve had a lovely day raising money for children in need. We had dancing and singing, dressed in our PJs’s for the day and then a coffee afternoon with a cake sale.
A busy but fun day had by all, we raised a grand total of £100!
Diwali Celebrations
To celebrate Diwali, our residents painted Diya lamps kindly made by our receptionist Sadia, which turned out beautifully! We made a display at the front reception for everyone to see.
We also asked our residents “what lights up your life?” and here are some of their responses.
A day with Bertie
Today Bertie came for a visit and what a day it’s been!
He’s enjoyed seeing all the residents just as much as they loved seeing him. He had so many kisses, cuddles and belly rubs! It was wonderful to see so many faces light up when he went to see each resident!
New Year at Lanercost
Today we celebrated the new year with some cheese and wine, what better way to start it off!
We listened to some music, spoke about what exciting things we can get up to this year and most importantly sampled the cheese!
We would like to wish everyone all the best for 2026, thank you to all our staff, relatives and our wonderful residents!
Christmas parties
All three communities were filled with music, love and laughter. What amazing afternoons had by all!
Singing, dancing and an extremely delicious buffet!
Thank you to both entertainers for your amazing singing, we had the best afternoons to celebrate Christmas in style!
Mini bus adventures…
This afternoon, some of our residents from our Priory community enjoyed an outing to Houghton Hall garden centre.
We were happy to see all the Christmas decorations were out, they were very nice to look at and the wonderful display Christmas village display!
The best part was the café for a hot drink and cake, which went down well!
Care Awards National Winner!
And our winner is …. Kaye Bracegirdle, crowned Resident Ambassador Of The Year!
Yesterday was such an amazing day for Kaye, her family and the whole of Lanercost House. We joined winners from across the UK at the special awards event in Manchester.
We are all so proud of Kaye and she deserves this award so much. Our biggest congratulations to you, Kaye, you are Amazing!
Valentine's Day
We started off the celebrations in our Carlyle suite with a coffee this morning. The residents enjoyed biscuits, scones and cake!
Then in the afternoon, our Priory community and Sycamore community came together for afternoon tea. The dining room was filled with love, cake and smiling faces!
We would like to say a huge thank you to Geri, head of housekeeping, for making three beautiful cakes.
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 enrichment
With us, it's all about making every day meaningful for our residents. We do this through our Life Enrichment programme, designed to suit the needs of each person in our care, and support individuals in retaining their joy, purpose and life skills for as long as possible. We offer a range of daily activities for individuals to get involved in, whether that's socially as part of a group, solo or with a team member, ensuring everyone receives the support that adds enrichment to their life.
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