Activities at Lydfords 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.

We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Carole Hierons

Activities Lead and Speak Up Champion

Hello, my name is Carole and I am the Activities Lead here at Lydfords. 

I have worked in this role for many years and I would not to do anything else. 

My job is to plan and oversee the amazing life enrichment activities and trips for all of our residents. It is such a rewarding role and I love planning and doing crafts with everyone. 

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

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 Lydfords Care Home

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East Hoathly Toddler Group Visit Lydfords

What a wonderful and busy morning it was today in the home.East Hoathly toddler group had their morning session with our residents.There were Halloween crafts and singing. There were some fantastic costumes to add to the fun.These intergenerational mornings are so meaningful for the residents and toddlers. We look forward to next month.

Uckfield Singers Perform At Lydfords

What a wonderful performance we had this afternoon from the The Uckfield Singers Community Choir.They got everyone’s toes tapping and joining in. Such a wonderful group and we always enjoy their visits. There was even time for a chat and a cuppa after. Thank you for coming and brightening up our afternoon.

Celebrating 3 Years At Lydfords!

Staff, residents and guests commemorated this special occasion with live music, drinks, delicious food and a visit from the Uckfield Mayor, who did the honour of cutting the cake.  

Lydfords has built up excellent reputations within its local communities. The home regularly holds events and activities for its residents and surrounding neighbours.  The building was originally constructed in 1876 and was formerly a family home.

General Manager, Robert said: “It is important to recognise the hard work of our staff here at Lydfords.  For the past 3 years, we have provided a caring home for our residents as well as the best possible environment for our staff.  Today not only enables us to celebrate their hard work, but it's also an opportunity to thank the residents, their relatives and friends who have made Lydfords such a loving home.”

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Meet our fantastic new Head Chef, Joe!

 Joe has brought a wealth of experience in catering and has a wonderful eye for presentation. He pays close attention to cater to our vegetarians and he has gone down an absolute storm with our residents.The restaurant standard for food really shows how living at Lydfords is unlike anywhere else and beats all the local restaurants.On today's menu,Homemade celeriac and fennel soup, served with homemade fresh bread and olive oil.Pork belly confit or vegetable wellington served with dauphinoise potatoes, swede puree, roasted carrot and apple jus.Homemade Bakewell tart or creamy semolina and apricot compote.Residents today said "the presentation of food and taste is out of this world" and "the sauces are so tasty".We're so excited for you to come in and sample our menu and meet Joe in person. Keep you eyes peeled for the VIP invites.
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Our Latest Sewing Project At Lydfords

Well we thoroughly enjoyed our sewing club this afternoon, dare we mention it but we started making our Christmas stockings!

Thank you to Rachel and Co who, as ever were so kind and supportive with their instructions and guidance.
We can't wait to work on these in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

The ladies really love using a sewing machine again as many of them made their own clothes. These machines are designed to use with a press of a button. 
It creates so many conversations and we can't wait to see the finished stockings.  

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Jazz And Cocktail Event

What a great turnout we had for our cocktails and Jazz afternoon. We were joined by friends and family of Lydfords, as well as the local community to sing and dance the afternoon away.

The fantastic Alison Love David sang some beautiful tunes and we thoroughly ourselves. 
Thank you to all who came along, we hope to see you again at our next event.