Activities at Newington Court Care Home
Our Activities Coordinator here at Newington Court constantly strives to mentally and physically stimulate those we support in our home. We have our own minibus enabling residents to go shopping, to the local garden centre, out for fish and chips, and for boat trips in the summer. We also have regular visits from the PAT dog, musicians and entertainers. We hold cheese and wine evenings for residents and their families and our residents attend services at the local school for Remembrance Day and Christmas. The junior school also come in and sing for our residents at Christmas. The residents also attended a Christmas Party held at a local Grammar School hosted by the students.
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 Newington Court Care Home
Valentine's day at Newington Court
We had a sea of red in our home on Tuesday. We decorated the dining rooms and lounges with hearts and flowers, many made by our residents. Residents wrote messages to their loved ones and we had a quiz about St Valentine. We had live entertainment in the afternoon with 50s and 60s love songs and we sang to our hearts content!
A Visit from Marley & Jack
Our residents enjoy visits from Marley and Jack! Pet therapy enhances the health and wellbeing of our residents. Animals have a wonderful calming effect and the residents love to stroke them and talk to them. Jack said “Marley has had a wonderful afternoon! I don’t think he has ever had so much attention! It was lovely to see the residents getting so much pleasure from the visit”.
A visit from the Salvation Army
We had a visit from the Salvation Army who held a Christmas Carol event for our residents and staff to enjoy. It was a wonderful afternoon full of singing and laughter. Thank you Salvation Army for visiting!
Football Fever!
Here at Newington Court, we are “World Cup Ready”. Residents are enjoying football themed activities in between watching the all matches on the big screen.
River’s Rodents and Reptiles
At Newington Court we realise that animals are very therapeutic and like to invite animal encounter businesses in, periodically, so that residents can hold and see them. We can learn so much from the animal handlers about their habitat, food and habits too!
Cornerstone Café at St Mary’s Church
Residents are encouraged to keep up with their links to the community and we like to visit St Mary’s Church once a month for their Cornerstone Café. We enjoy tea and cakes and it gives us the chance to catch up with other members of the local community.
