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
I do like to be beside the seaside
The weather was just to good to not spend the day at the seaside. We spent a lads afternoon at Blue Anchor, we enjoyed some fish and chips, walked along the beach and enjoyed a delicious ice cream. We met one off our nurses at the beach and spent some time with her gorgeous dog Honey.
Manors 35th Birthday
Our birthday party was a great success yesterday. We welcomed old and new employees, family and friends, residents and professionals. Thank you Marion for leading the community choir and thanks again to Blackdown Acapella for a wonderful performance. Including the happy birthday to Jenny which she loved along with her whole family.
The residents will be enjoying the beautiful birthday cake made by our own talented hostess Cynthia.
Make A Difference Finalist
Here is our favourite furry friend Bracken doing what he does best, bringing joy to us all. We are all so proud off him and we have our fingers crossed for him to win the Make a Difference Award but whatever the outcome in September he's always our number one. 7 years he has been wagging his tail here and we're so grateful to have him.
Safety First
Brian our lovely gentleman has always been very cautious about cars hitting these stones at night time. So today we set out to rectify this by painting the stones white. He has done an amazing job with this and enjoyed being a groundsman for the day.
Get Barchester Moving
As part of our Get Barchester moving week the activities team have been working with the physio to encourage residents and staff to get moving. Residents have been loving using our exercise bike whilst watching clips off cycling on YouTube. Our residents have been smashing there personal best this week.
Steam Train to Minehead
We had a lovely trip out on the steam train yesterday with West Somerset Steam Railway - Bishops Lydeard. We enjoyed an amazing trip to Minehead which was very windy but never the less enjoyable. A huge thank you to all the staff there as they were ever so helpful. See you again in a few week.
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.
