Activities at Newlands Care Home
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.
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 Newlands Care Home
Jackie’s Celebration Concert
When the children heard that Jacque was ill they organised a concert to celebrate the role she has played in their lives. Jacque has been part of the musical festival for 29yrs and has been part of the Workington and District Amateur Musical Society (Adams) as the business manager and Jacque has watched some of the parents of the children grow. You could feel the love in the room. It was heart melting to see so many people coming to support.
60th Wedding anniversary
Our resident Patrick ‘Terry’ Cunningham and his wife Mary celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at our home. It was a very beautiful moment.
Bill goes garden shopping
William "Bill" loves gardening and this was a great opportunity for our maintenance team to take him out for gardening materials. They took him out shopping and then later worked on the unit's garden with the help of other residents. This is something his family says he loves doing and we could all see from the look on his face how much that meant for him.
Flowers Arrangement
For our International flower day our residents showed their competitive nature. Everyone had a point to prove. The flower arrangement session was so much fun and the residents were thrilled with the end results. Their lovely flowers were displayed throughout the home for everyone to see.
Animal therapy
Residents and staff had a lot of fun for their animal therapy session. It was amazing to see the residents interact with the beautiful animals. The cute cuddles and smiles on our residents faces was priceless. No one can resist a fluffy, cuddle and cute bunny. We understand why some residents where asking if they could keep the bunny.
Bird feeding
It was definitely worth the mess. The residents put on their gloves to make some bird feed. It was lovely to see the residents get their hands dirty and create food for our two legged friends. When all was said and done they couldn't wait to see the birds start eating. They were questions like "when are the birds coming"?. We are pretty sure some didn't leave their seats by their window for a while (waiting for the birds).
