Activities at Newlands Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities within our home are tailored around the requests of residents. Our Activities Coordinator holds regular activity meetings to seek new thoughts and ideas. The home is committed to offering a varied range of activities for all residents, from hand and nail care to gardening for those who have green fingers. We carry out reminiscence activities, including planned entertainment days, bringing the seaside into the home or dance hall meetings.
We hold strong links with the community, especially schools and local children's sports teams, who visit the home to provide entertainment and engagement with residents. We also maintain relationships with the church to ensure that residents’ spiritual beliefs are met. Externally, we have our own minibus, and outings are planned and carried out, again tailored to residents’ preferences, whether it be shopping, visits to the local pub, tea and coffee afternoons, or a scenic day out in the lakes and lovely countryside that surrounds us. However, the fun does not stop at the residents we care for, but we also hold events to involve family and the wider community.
Hlabekile Nyoni (Nayoni)
Hlabekile Nyoni known by everyone as "Nayoni" is the Activities Co-Ordinator at Newlands Care Centre as of December 2023. Hlabekile joined the Barchester team in August 2023 on a part time basis then later became fulltime at the end of December 2023.
"Nayoni" says, ‘ I love sharing my ideas and knowledge to make residents life at Newlands enjoyable and memorable for them and their families. Each day is a different day and each resident is different therefore I always put that into consideration when coming up with activities that can suit each individual. I am so glad to work with a great team throughout the home, from housekeeping, clinical, care, kitchen, maintenance, admin and managers all play a pivotal role in my work. With my strong artistic background I find it easier to come up with creative ideas. I love my job here at Newlands.
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 Newlands Care Home
Christmas Carols
Our residents got a visit from Workington Academy, Ashfield junior, Victoria Junior and St Johns Church.
They performed and sang magical Christmas carols.
Our residents enjoyed singing along and getting spoilt with lovely Christmas cards and cookies.
The children had a chance to visit our residents rooms to offer gifts for our residents who are nursed in bed. What a wonderful time was had by all.
Christmas Parties
We had a wonderful time at our Christmas party in all our units.
Our residents enjoyed live entertainment from our lovely Mr and Mrs Claus from Sing Stars Entertainment.
The residents also celebrated national jumper day by adorning themselves with gorgeous jumpers.
Everyone looked fantastic and a lot of fun was had. There was great food made by our lovely kitchen staff too!
2024 Barchester Goes Gaming Champion
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we have been crowned the 2024 Barchester Goes Gaming Champion!
With an incredible 108 points, our amazing residents and colleagues worked together, showing fantastic enthusiasm and teamwork throughout the year’s virtual gaming events - from quizzes to bingo and countdown.
We’re over the moon to have secured the top spot and won a £120 voucher. We can’t wait to take part in the 2025 gaming events to defend our title.
Children in Need Celebrations
Our staff, residents and our special resident pet dog didn’t want to get out of bed, and it showed!
To show our support for Children in Need's Pudsey day, we adorned our pyjamas and had a cake sale.
Our residents had lots of fun seeing our staff in their pjs.
Some of our residents chose to stay in their pjs as well in support of this cause.
Happy Halloween!
Our intergenerational Halloween party was wonderful from start to finish!
Children enjoyed interactive games, great prizes and trick-a treating with our residents.
Everyone was dressed to impress, some drop dead gorgeous!
Our chef made some fang-tastic cakes and food for everyone to enjoy.
Our staff, residents and families played an important part in all of this.
Remembrance Day Commemoration
We took our residents who served in the armed forces to watch the Remembrance Day Sunday parade and attend the memorial for our fallen heroes.
It was an honour to listen to some of their stories as they recalled the events of the war.
We salute them for their bravery and we honour and remember all those who sacrificed themselves in those fields.
Lest we forget.
