Activities at The Manor Care Home
Our activities staff are here 7 days a week and are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we care for in a group or individual basis. From trips to garden centres, the theatre, and flower shows to personal shopping and attending family events. We also love organising Christmas fairs, our famous classic car show, musicians, entertainment, and pizza and pint evenings. The team encourage families to visit and work closely with our volunteers to ensure that our residents social care is a priority, so that they have a fun filled and enriched stay whilst here at The Manor.
Marc Chidgey
I have worked at The Manor since 2012, starting out as a kitchen assistant, where I replenished drinks and snacks and assisted in serving meals in communal areas. During this time, outside of the kitchen, I enjoyed meeting residents and took pleasure in seeing their engagement during activities. My interest in resident activities was evident, and I was offered the opportunity to transfer to the activities team.
I love to spend time with residents. I enjoy hearing their stories and finding out what activities interest them. I aim to keep them as active as possible, and my top priority is to instill fun and laughter at The Manor.
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 The Manor Care Home
Party Time at The Manor
Such a fantastic Christmas celebration took place today at The Manor. Residents especially enjoyed a singalong with Debby.
Residents thought it was so lovely to also get a visit from the Field House Jingle Girls!
The girls put on a fabulous show and danced all around the conservatory with the residents clapping all the way.
Peter, Howard and Jean did a great job on the mic too!
This is just the start of our Christmas count down!
Male Voice Choir
What a fantastic evening spent with Craven Arms Men’s Chorus.
We enjoyed lovely music and joined in with Christmas Carols.
It brought back such lovely memories for two lady’s, Janet whose husband was in a male voice choir and they would travel everywhere together and Jean who sang in her local church Choir.
Everyone enjoyed the evening finishing of with tea and mince pies.
Local Community coming Together
It was such a lovely service with Phil St Peter and St Paul when the local Bishops Hull Year 6 class visited us today!
Our residents were so pleased to have them join us this morning.
We also really enjoyed them singing one of everyone’s favourite Christmas carols, jingle bells.
It is amazing that we are able to join our local community and have them come into our home.
Movement at The Manor
Movember has started at the Manor!! Join us on the journey with our men folk supporting 'Movember' and men's mental health.
Marc, Troy and Anthony on day 5! We will be looking forward to seeing the outcome at the end of the month. Please support them by donating online to #movember or pop in to see us for a cuppa.
If anyone would like to donate to a fantastic cause you can here.
https://uk.movember.com/donate/details?memberId=96#amount
#barchesterhealthcare #manor #enable
Make A Difference Awards honour community champions
Brand new for this year was the Animal Award, and the winner of the inaugural category was 14-year-old therapy dog Bracken, a rescue Labrador Retriever cross.
Bracken has been going into the Manor Care Home in Bishops Hull, near Taunton, every Tuesday for six years to spend time with the residents in their rooms.
Bracken’s owner Pauline Flood said he "especially cuddles into residents who are particularly poorly – almost like he knows they need more love".
Wildlife presenter and animal loving judge Mike Dilger said Bracken was “absolutely amazing”.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
This time of year again where we host a coffee morning for a fantastic cause.
We would like to say thank you all very much for helping support our Macmillan coffee morning. We have raised just under £100 for an amazing charity.
We would also like to thank our volunteer Margaret who helped us with the cake sale.
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.
