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
Zero Discrimination Day
We all have different lifestyles and have a wealth of experiences and these maybe a mix of good or bad. Here at Longueville Court we have staff from totally different parts of the world. Today is zero discrimination day, so we decided that we would encourage our staff, residents and visitors to break the chains of discrimination and instead affirm the positive feelings, we have in our home!! So we decided to have "helping hands" and we went around the home asking everyone to draw around their hand and give a positive word. These were interlinked together to give a positive message to all! Plus we had a great time talking to each other and appreciating the time to think about how others may feel and how to make everyone smile.
Hidden Talent for Art
Today at Longueville Court we had the privilege of offering watercolour painting to some of our Memory Lane Residents. We discovered that one of our residents, Davina, used to paint on a regular basis. With a little bit of help and a craft tray, Davina once again took up a painting brush and let her imagination go, as she tried to paint a vase of sunflowers.
Her family and ourselves thought she did a great job. Well done Davina, we will continue to encourage you further, to make lots of masterpieces!
Star of the Week - Mark
Our shining star this week is Mark!
It always amazes us that Mark is always willing to try new things, even when he may feel out of his comfort zone, to maintain his mental and physical wellbeing. He is honestly an inspiration to us all!!! Well done Mark, please keep trying and keeping us activities ladies on our toes.
Our Employee of the week; Emily
Emily has been with us since 2016 and is one of our most popular senior carers. Nothing is too much trouble and she is always smiling and helpful towards other staff, as well as our residents and their visitors. Life at Longueville Court is definitely brighter with Emily around.
Karoake!
We had our first Karoake session at Longueville Court this afternoon in our Skylark community. It was great fun and the residents sang along with Karina and Vikki!! Even some of our visitors and staff sang along, but they were too shy to sing with the microphone!
Dominion Church Group Visit
Today our friends from the Dominion Church visited us for our friendship club. Our residents enjoyed chatting and having relaxing pamper sessions, whist they listened to one of our guests play the saxophone. A lovely afternoon was had by all. We always look forward to having our community groups visit us and we always look forward to making our social circle wider, so if you are in a group and think you could enrich the lives of our residents, please get in touch!
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.
