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.
Read our brochure
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
Pumpkin carving
Residents and colleagues have been busy showing their creative designs as they enjoyed an aftternoon of pumpkin carving as they prepare for the homes Pumpkin Carving competition. Everyone is looking forward to receiving photographs of their friends in the community to see what they have been doing to celebrate.
Live entertainment
Residents enjoy a varied life enrichment programme and especially the live performances when local entertainers visit. Residents are relaxed, happy and enjoy discussing the session, their favourite songs and why they like them.
General Manager, Kim Whelan said, “Our residents and guests had a wonderful day singing along with the wonderful performers. We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment at Newlands as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents, and this was one of our favourites!”
One resident said “I haven’t heard some of these songs in many years. The classics never go out of style!”
The sound of music
Music is one of the most important things to us here at Newlands. We had the wonderful Sam Davidson Small visit us for an afternoon – and we couldn’t keep the smiles off our faces!
He sang lots of our favourite throwback songs, from Tom Jones to Louis Armstrong. One of our residents, Tom, didn’t stop dancing for the full hour!
We even had a resident’s family join us and they told us they had a fabulous afternoon.
Summer Fair
Thank you to everyone who came to our BBQ today! The weather couldn't stop us from having a great afternoon!
We had the wonderful Amelia Crawford entertaining us for the afternoon - whose grandad is a resident at Newlands, he loved every second!
Make sure to keep an eye out for any upcoming events & pop along if you can!
Mayfair of Nightingales
Residents across our services had a fantastic time joining Mandy Morrow for a virtual walking tour to learn about the ‘Herstory’ of Mayfair. The Mayfair of Nightingales may be long gone but it still holds a 20th century charm. Birthplace to the late Queen Elizabeth II, home to one of WWII's most decorated female war heroes and a tale of a wealthy Aristocrat and one of France's favourite designers.
We were delighted to take a walk down memory lane and discover stories from one of London's most iconic areas. The experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Northeast Producers visit
Our residents enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon with a visit from Northeast Producers. The two very talented visitors performed their play, ‘One Fine Day’ about planning a trip to Blackpool! The play gave us plenty of laughs and opportunities for a singalong. We even had relatives stay to watch the show!
With songs from Cliff Richard, The Monkees and more, it was the perfect way to enjoy a Friday afternoon. One resident said that the visit made her day and she can’t wait for more shows to visit our home!
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
