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.

Enriching life
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Martine Ratcliffe

Head of Activities

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.

Life-encriching activities booklet

Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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

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A month of entertainment!

Not only was it “Meet the Manager” Day in January, but we also had a couple of new entertainers perform for us.  Thank you to John Francis and his lovely assistant, Steve Carmel and the exceptional “The Banjo Man.” 

Steve Francis is also a regular here and had our residents singing familiar songs.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves especially Trevor who was bopping along to most of the songs. 

Gifts from Morrisons

A huge thank you goes to our No 1 Superstar, Morrison’s!

They donated prizes for our raffle (which we’re hoping to get Zoo lab into the home). Their fab prizes consists of 2 bottles of fizz and a £25.00 gift voucher, that the winner can either have a luxury afternoon Tea with or if you prefer to spend the money in store. Thank you for your donations!

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Well done Helen Davies - Memory Lane Senior Nurse

Our lovely Helen has been a nurse for the last 50 years! Helen first became a nurse in 1972 at Stamford & Rutland Hospital. 

Helen’s previous experience has been with the NHS, Agency work and finally becoming one of our longest service employees, at Barchester.  

Can you believe she has been with us for nearly 20 years! 

Congratulations Helen, your support and devotion to Barchester has been amazing. Looking forward to the next 20 years of working with you!

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The Magic of Christmas came to Longueville

Thank you to Michaela and Sarah from the Peterborough Shoe box appeal. 

They delivered over 100 presents to every single resident to our home yesterday and we passed them round today. 

We also received a local home made picture from the local children’s school and a individual card with some festive treats from Morrisons. 

More gifts arrived as the day went on as we received 3 trays of poinsettia plants which we handed out to some of our residents.  These were donated by the Bridge Farm Group. 

Our residents were over whelmed with the gifts and cards that everyone sent. 

Thank you so much to everyone that took the time and donated a gift to our residents. 

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International Flower Day

We always knew we had some very talented residents here at Longueville Court and today they really showed off their skills. Our residents showed us how they could work together and create some beautiful flower arrangements!! They were absolutely amazing and filled our senses with colour and smell, putting a smile on everyone's face. We put our displays in the reception area and in all our lounge areas for everyone to view.

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Wreath making

Over the last two weeks residents from 3 of our communities have enjoyed making our Christmas wreaths for reception and the front door ,as you can see all our residents had a lot of fun making their creations and we are really impressed with the results.