Activities at Paternoster House Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Ashley
Hello, name is Ashley and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Paternoster House.
My aim is to ensure every resident is as happy and active as possible. We host a wide variety of activities and live entertainment including singers and bands, animal and music therapies, art sessions, gardening and outings to the local community.
I love getting to know new residents and their families and helping them to settle into life at Paternoster House.
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 Paternoster House Care Home
Ahoy, me harties!
Another visit for one of our residents today at Hanningfield Sailability Project
Hanningfield Sailability Project is a club operated from the reservoir providing people with a disability the opportunity to go sailing on this delightful expanse of water in the heart of Essex.
The group has been operating since 2013 and anybody with a disability is welcome to come and have a try. The aim is to provide sailing for disabled people and encourage and teach those who wish to expand their knowledge of sailing for both leisure and competitive enjoyment.
Cocktail Anyone?
Residents enjoyed cocktails with family and friends this week as our fun-loving Activities team, Shane and Sandy, put on a fabulous cocktail party.
Life doesn't stop when you live at Paternoster House, but sometimes it is great to stop and enjoy life! Trying new things and having a good time is exactly what our life enrichment program is designed to achieve as this cocktail party showed.
Karina and Veronica complete Duke Edinburgh with us
Well, here we are at the end of the 3 months for Karina and Veronica of Broxbourne school who did their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award and choose our home to meet our residents and enjoy their company every week, even when on one occasion they couldn’t attend due to illness they still made sure they had some sort of communication via a card.
As you can see in the photos, the girls had lots of fun as did the residents.
I know I speak on behalf of the residents, families, staff and management that Karina and Veronica are truly loving and caring young ladies and gave so much pleasure and mostly understanding.
We all wish them the best in their final leg of their D of E expedition and we certainly look forward to the photos and stories on their return.
Something Magical In Our Garden
As part of our regular gardening club, staff and residents have been busy creating a Fairy Garden. This garden is interactive for both residents and relatives, and we welcome any new fairies who appear!
John's Gardening Tips
Resident John is a keen gardener and knows more than a thing-or-two about roses. John took our Activities team to the local garden centre to purchase some of his favourite (Whiskey Mac) roses to be planted in one of our courtyards. John then provided a gardening lesson to the team and a couple of residents.
Our gardening club is constantly hard at work ensuring that all the residents have wonderful outdoor spaces to enjoy in the summer sun. Our courtyards and extensive gardens are beautiful, so please feel free to pop in to view these.
'Our' Mayor Shane
We would like to congratulate Shane, who is one of our Activities Coordinators, on becoming Mayor of Waltham Abbey.
We are so proud of him and our residents were overjoyed seeing him wearing his chain of office. We can’t wait to book him for an official appearance so he can visit our residents in his official capacity.
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Upcoming events
Networking Professionals' Breakfast
Join us for a relaxed breakfast Third Thursday of each month from 8.00–9.30am with the opportunity to network with local professionals and the Paternoster House team.
