Activities at Moreton Hill Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Jackie Chillingworth
Hello. I am Jackie, the Lead Activity Co-Ordinator at Moreton Hill. I have worked for Barchester for over 10 years. Now, together with my team and the staff at our beautiful home, our aim is to help all residents live life to the best they can by bringing meaningful and enriching activities into their lives.
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 Moreton Hill Care Home
Mel's Tuesday Art Class!
Volunteer and local artist Mel has been coming to Moreton Hill for over a year and runs an art class every Tuesday morning. The class has grown in popularity as Mel is brilliant at bringing out the best in our budding artists, many of whom come to the class saying they ‘can’t draw or paint’.
In a few months, we plan to do our own Moreton Hill Royal Academy style exhibition. Our residents are getting their portfolios together and Mel has loads of ideas about curating the show.
Going, going - gone!
We were delighted to welcome the Managing Director of Wotton Auction Rooms, Joseph Trinder, to give a talk to our residents about his life as an auctioneer and some of the fascinating discoveries and auctions that he has been involved in over the years, the most amazing of which was coming across some Constable sketches when he was working in Sussex.
After his talk, Joseph was happy to look at and advise residents on items that they had brought along to show him. It was a really special morning, and we were very grateful to Joseph for giving up his time to come and visit us.
Spring has Sprung
What a joy to feel the warmth of the sun and watch the spring flowers come into bloom. A spell of beautiful weather, and we are out and about in our wonderful gardens and on minibus trips. A favourite place to visit for our residents is a drive to the lovely village of Frampton on the Severn.
The village green is famous for being the longest in the country. Frampton is also renowned for holding the Elver Eating World Championships each year.
National Yorkshire Pudding Day
Giant Yorkshire puddings were on the menu, especially prepared by Head Chef Stuart and his team to celebrate National Yorkshire pudding day.
Residents were able to choose from a variety of fillings for the puddings, which were declared delicious by everyone.
Making the best Yorkshire pudding apparently all depends on the batter being just right. For optimum results, it should be refrigerated overnight or up to three days and then, when it comes to cooking, the pans need to be smoking hot before the batter is poured in. Our residents gave top marks to Stuart and his team for making the perfect puddings.
In2cultures
We love to try out new activities at Moreton Hill and so when we received a phone call from Liz and Devinder telling us about their multicultural drumming workshop, our residents decided it would be fun to try. The pair brought along a selection of instruments from all around the African continent. Liz explained how the instruments were made and their purpose before giving us all a demonstration.
Devinder, playing the drums, taught everyone the words to some songs sung in Mali and Ghana. It was a fabulous session with our residents learning through enjoyment and participation. We look forward to another visit from In2Cultures in the near future.
A Touch of Magic
It was all a sleight of hand, as, on a gloomy afternoon here in the Cotswolds, magician Rod delighted our residents with a show of magic that had everyone thrilled and asking ‘how did he do that?.’
Rod is a master when it comes to card tricks and mind-bending puzzles, and he was great at getting a lot of audience participation and keeping us all amazed. We can’t wait to get Rod back to show us what more he has up his sleeve!
