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
Dobbies Aquarium and Garden Centre
Dobbies Garden Centre (Peterborough) and Maidenhead Aquatics. Our residents love this place there’s so much to see here. We could literally spend the day here smelling the flowers and taking in the beautiful coloured flowers. Afterwards we went for a cappuccino and a latte in their very busy restaurant. Well you can’t do a garden centre without having a cuppa!
Sailability – Tugger Boat
A very comfy afternoon on the Tugger this afternoon which included bean bags to lie on. Which means we all had a trip on the lake together taking in the scenery. A formative trip with our skipper Steve who told us about the lake and the surrounding areas. We finished off with some refreshments in the cafe.
Entertainers
A bumper month of Singer Entertainers. We had the superb & informative Sean aka The Banjo man playing 3 of his banjos to us. The talented Steve who sang to us with tunes we all know & lots of toe tapping. Plus Karl who serenade the ladies and made them feel that they were the only ones in the room. Thank you to all our performers our residents love nothing more than a good sing song
IWM Day at Duxford
It was a very special day for Bill one of our residents in Memory Lane as he helped develop Concorde in his earlier years. It was so kind of IWM to donate us with 4 VIP tickets which meant we could take Norman who is another resident of ours who loves war planes. Listening to Bill talk to the engineering staff about how he worked on the nose of Concorde was really fascinating. The staff even gave our residents a VIP tour of the inside of the plane and free refreshments.
A Walk to Ramblewood Inn
A very refreshing afternoon in the shade at our local watering hole Ramblewood Inn We decided to walk to the pub which is very handy as it’s only 5 mins from the home. We then sat and talked about days gone by, it was just the perfect day.
Beach Themed Afternoon
As the weather was so hot we decided to have ice lollies and ice cream floats in our beach themed garden. (In the shade)
Music was playing as we reminisced about being at the sea side & making sand castles. Brought back some great memories.
