Activities at Longueville Court Care Home
Our activities coordinators are committed to organising a variety of activities that reflect the interests and capabilities for everybody we support ensuring a person centred approach.
The team have a flexible approach to our programme and we are constantly reviewing and updating our programmes to ensure we cater for everyone's needs and varied abilities.
The activities programme includes regular trips utilising the homes minibus, these include a number of destinations of local interest. We are particularly proud of the relationship we have built with Peterborough Sailability. This registered charity offers the opportunities to those with restricted mobility to enjoy the thrill of sailing on the open water and the sense of independence that brings in specially adapted boats.
Involvement in the local community is something that the whole team are very passionate about and we provide regular visits to a number of different facilities including local schools and churches. These activities also extend too visits from "Pat dogs" and local entertainers to aid in our ongoing quest to give each individual as much support and stimulation as they require.
Martine Ratcliffe
Hello my name is Martine and I'm the Head of Activities here at Longueville Court. I joined the team in 2009 as a carer and become team leader before moving into the Activities position 3 years ago.
I'm passionate about providing life enrichment to each of our residents, as a team we aim is to bring joy on a daily basis, and make their time with us special. We pride ourselves on bringing a mixture of activities that suit everyone.
I have one daughter and 2 grandsons, when not at work I love to spend time with them making memories, am a massive lover of music and dance.
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 Longueville Court Care Home
National day of arts in care homes
We held a gallery morning showcasing all the arts and craft projects our residents have done this year, we have residents who have made cards, gift bottles that light up, jewellery and also some who have enjoyed wood work and soap making, we have a huge mix of talented residents with different hobbies, which will all be on sale at our Christmas fayre.
Boat Trip
Our residents enjoyed a boat trip with our sister homes Hampton grove and Werrington lodge, we drove to Northampton where we boarded the boat for a trip alone the river Nene, our residents had a great day, looking at all the beautiful countryside’s, also getting to know residents from our sister homes.
Birds of Prey
We had the pleasure of having a visit from the lovely staff and birds from Cj’S Birds of prey. It was a great afternoon, some of our residents got to handle the stunning birds, and we also learned a lot of interesting facts about these stunning majestic birds. The fantastic staff even made some room visits for our residents who could not attend.
Henrietta’s 105th birthday
Hettie truly enjoyed her day, with family, fellow residents as she opened her birthday card from the king, Hettie then had a surprise visit from entertainer Leslie Ann, who visited hettie in her room.
Hettie then enjoyed staff singing happy birthday while she blow out her candles. It really was great seeing Hettie enjoy her special day.
Summer Fete
This year we held our summer fete on the village green, we had a lovely mix of stalls, and even an ice cream van, the money raised will be going towards a visit from the birds of prey, who will be visiting on the 5th September.
We would like to thank everyone who came along and supported our fate.
Creative mental Health support
We welcomed the team from poetsin.com to help us maintain our mental wellbeing, through a creative, mental health workshop.
The poetsin team delivered two workshops the first was learning how to improve our wellbeing and how to help understand our stressors.
The second workshop was creative writing , and we learned how to expand our minds, with the power of written words.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
