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Activities at Parley Place 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.

We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.

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Brian Ramsay

Brian Ramsay

Activities Co-ordinator

I love being a friendly face for our residents.  A day in their lives should be filled with the care they deserve and enriched with activities.  We embrace each and every moment and make memories, I have many skills and a passion to provide our residents with the social interactions, lots of activities, smiles, laughter and fun. 

Celebrating life at Parley Place Care Home

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Car and Bike Show
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Car and Bike Show

Our fabulous car and bike show this weekend featuring Grumpy Grandads Dorset, Top Hat Riders Events, and plenty of enthusiasts with their cars and stories to tell.
We enjoyed coffee from Rose gold coffee van, ice creams, BBQ all alongside wonderful entertainment from Scott Free aka Swinging Sinatra.
There was a tombola raising money for Macmillan Caring Locally by one of the classic car enthusiast.
It was a fabulous afternoon - we hope you like our video and look forward to this being an annual event.
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Fun on the Water!
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Fun on the Water!

We had a fabulous time for our first boat trip of the year this week, glorious weather, calm sea's and great company. Our huge thanks to the Friends of Dolphin III boat and to all the volunteers who made our trip so special.
We had a lovely time, some residents captained the boat and we also saw the Nao Santa Maria on Poole Quay - a full scale replica of the ship Christopher Columbus sailed in on his first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492 - it was such a beautiful site.
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World Cider Day 2025
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World Cider Day 2025

 
We celebrated World Cider day with a trip to the pub for some cider tasting. We tried some different flavours and enjoyed the lovely Pub atmosphere.
Thank you to the team from The Curlew for making our residents welcome and helping us celebrate this day! We hope to come across again soon - National Gin day is coming up later this month......
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World Cocktail day!
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World Cocktail day!

We marked this with a lovely selection of cocktails whilst enjoying the sunshine in the garden.
Most residents opted for the Non-alcoholic fruit cocktail which Brian made. All served in a lovely cocktail glass with a sugar rim and a cherry! A perfect way to mark the day!
What's your favourite cocktail?
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National Doughnut Day
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National Doughnut Day

All the residents and staff were happy to support today - #NationalDoughnutDay!
Brian went round with a selection of different doughnuts and made sure no one missed out including our lovely workman working hard on the solar panel installation!
Jam, Chocolate, Strawberry, Glazed - something for everyone to choose from!!
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Pizza Making Party
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Pizza Making Party

A huge thank you to the Anna, General Manager and her team at PizzaExpress in Christchurch for hosting some of our residents for a VIP Pizza making party - we had so much fun!
The residents were so animated when they got back to the home telling us all about the dough and having to hold this above their heads! They returned with pizza's they had made choosing their own toppings. Whilst they were there they enjoyed dough balls, plenty of pizza and nice coffee after the meal. The team at the restaurant were superb and made this a truly special trip for us!
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VE Day
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VE Day

We celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE Day in style today with something for everyone.
To start we joined others outside West Parley Memorial Hall for a service led by St. Mark's & All Saints' Churches, West Parley and West Parley Parish Council with one of our residents laying a poppy wreath along with children from Parley Pre-School
After the moving service is was back to Parley Place for refreshments and entertainment courtesy of Retro Rita in the garden, is was a lovely morning and the sun came out for us.
For lunch we decorated the room and all joined together for a "street party" with our fine china and wonderful buffet made by our versatile chefs.
After lunch we were joined by some pupils from Parley First School who chatted with our residents, did some word searches together and made some paper planes.
The day was finished off with a lovely player from Ferndown Ukulele Strummers providing us with another sing along!
We hope you like watching the video of our day - it certainly was one to remember.

 
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Cubs Evening visit
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Cubs Evening visit

We had a fabulous evening yesterday designing and making paper airplanes with the 8th Bournemouth Cubs. The room was filled with laughter at some of the designs and suggestions, none of the planes flew very far but we all had so much fun it really didn't matter!

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Anniversary Wishes
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Anniversary Wishes

🥰A beautiful couple celebrating 62 years of marriage. We decorated the room with roses and hearts, Ivor greeted Jan from the lift to join him in the family room. His face says it all, so much love for each other and they have always been a solid team working through challenging times together with a smile on their faces and having each others backs. ❤️
🎉A huge Parley Place congratulations to you both and warmest congratulations on your anniversary.🎉
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Car and Bike Show

Our fabulous car and bike show this weekend featuring Grumpy Grandads Dorset, Top Hat Riders Events, and plenty of enthusiasts with their cars and stories to tell.
We enjoyed coffee from Rose gold coffee van, ice creams, BBQ all alongside wonderful entertainment from Scott Free aka Swinging Sinatra.
There was a tombola raising money for Macmillan Caring Locally by one of the classic car enthusiast.
It was a fabulous afternoon - we hope you like our video and look forward to this being an annual event.
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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

English National Ballet
Together With Music
Blenheim Palace
Oomph!
NAPA
Bloomin Haus
Vegetarian For Life
Sea Life Trust - Beluga Whale Sanctuary
Historic Environment Scotland
Five Sisters Zoo
Damian Bailey Photography

Life enrichment

With us, it's all about making every day meaningful for our residents. We do this through our Life Enrichment programme, designed to suit the needs of each person in our care, and support individuals in retaining their joy, purpose and life skills for as long as possible. We offer a range of daily activities for individuals to get involved in, whether that's socially as part of a group, solo or with a team member, ensuring everyone receives the support that adds enrichment to their life.

Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

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