Activities at Mortain Place Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Alex Leftley
I was working in the print trade when a friend of mine became very unwell and I had to find a nursing home for her. Due to the dedication of the staff, my friend had another 18 months and I was able to take her out after being house bound for many years.
I felt that I wanted to do a job that made a difference and became a carer. I went back to school and redone my GCSE,s and then went onto do my level 3 diploma and am always enhancing my skills and knowledge. I came to Mortain Place as a senior carer on Normandy Gardens and worked my way up to Community Lead. I have chosen to move to the activities team to help support the life enrichment programme and help improve the life experience’s of our residents.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Mortain Place Care Home
We helped raise over £1200 for Inspire Sussex!
We recently presented Inspire Sussex with a cheque for over £1200 for their mini bus fund.
We held a family fun day on June 1st and invited the local community to join us to help raise money for this wonderful charity. There were stalls, funfair tea cups, a raffle & tombola, a bouncy castle and more.
We welcomed Barwell’s solicitors who sponsored the event, Defiant Sports, Knockhatch adventure park, East Sussex school of circus arts, and many more talented musicians to a gathering in our garden.
After counting the funds, Alex Lefley – Activities lead coordinator called Domenico Della Valle – one of the charity’s leaders, to tell him how much money was raised and he came to the home along with service users, Rosie & Julia to collect their cheque.
Catherine Brewster, General Manager at Mortain Place said: “We are always keen to show as much support as we can to local charities. We work extremely closely with Inspire, and they come here every Monday evening for a swoove class. They hold a special place in our hearts’.
Mortain Place looks forward to maintaining the strong relationship with the charity.
Family Fun Day
We had a wonderful day for our Family Fun Day!! There was lots of impressive acts including East Sussex School of Circus Arts, Knockhatch, Stix Drummers, Tilsmore Band and more!!
We had stalls to browse, cakes to nibble on and bottles of champagne to be won in our tombola!
We are proud to announce we raised over £1200 for Eastbourne Inspire for their mini bus fund and the event's main sponsor was Barwells Solicitors.
Friends of Eastbourne Hospital Afternoon Tea
We had the pleasure of hosting The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital this week for an afternoon tea.
The tea was held to help raise money for a new Gamma Camera for Eastbourne Hospital and the group raised almost £500.
They had many delicious home made treats including cheese & tomato pastries, fresh sandwiches, and scones with jam and cream and the afternoon ended with a Raffle.
Oh no he didn't!
We recently took a trip to Eastbourne Theatres to see the wonderful Rapunzel.
We had lots of fun, shouting at Joey the Jester and booing the wicked witch!
At the end of the show we were invited to stand and have a dance with the crowd which really put a smile on our faces.
Always Improving!
We have now had a fair few visits from Sussex School of Circus Arts and WOW we have improved immensely!!
We can now spin multiple plates at a time, 8 being the most by one person! Juggling individually and in pairs plus spinning hoops and aiming for targets!
We love a visit from Renato and his team, and are excited to welcome them back for our Family Fun Day on Saturday 1st June, from 11am.
Happy Easter!
Easter crafts were in full swing last weekend. We made Easter bonnets, painted bunnies and eggs, as well as colouring in canvas prints! Followed by an Easter egg hunt and a delicious Sunday roast.
