Activities at Rose Lodge Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Jane Ritchie
Hello, my name is Jane and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Rose Lodge and I have been here since 2010 .
My role is to engage and stimulate our residents by offering a range of activities for them to enjoy. I want to get everyone involved and make our home community and atmosphere as positive and welcoming as possible.
Making sure that our residents have things to do that they really enjoy doing is something that I am passionate about, It is so important to make sure that they are happy and enjoy all of the activities and events that we do with them. We enjoy creating new and special memories together.
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 Rose Lodge Care Home
The Wallace Collection
Residents across our services had a lovely time joining Emily and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to Reubens' Rainbow Landscape.
Residents truly enjoyed the sensory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings.
Everyone who joined had a wonderful experience and can’t wait to put their creative skills to the test by painting some landscapes of our their in the coming days!
Coffee with a Coppa
Residents and members of the community were delighted to welcome PCSO Smith and PC Coaker from the local police force to join us at the home for their ‘Coffee with a Coppa’ event.
PCSO Smith and PC Coaker spoke to the audience about their own career paths, why they wished to join the force and spoke to the group about the latest goings on from within the town, before taking questions from the audience.
We were also delighted to welcome Paula and Marion from the local U3A Wisbech branch who joined us for our special community event.
Halloween Fun
Our home transformed into a hub of eerie festivities as the Halloween party reached its peak. Residents and staff embraced the holiday spirit, donning a variety of stunning costumes for our spectacular Halloween celebration.
We were thrilled to have our beloved entertainers, KJ & The Catt, return for an incredible musical performance featuring hits like 'Monster Mash,' which had our residents, their families, and our staff dancing throughout the morning.
Nursery Visit
We were delighted to welcome back the little ones from our local nursery at Emneth.
We enjoyed the morning and thrilled the children and residents alike with a magic aqua painting activity. Our residents also engaged with the little ones and we also created a collection of autumn leaf patterns.
After we finished our designs we all enjoyed some refreshments along with some lovely cakes made by our head chef.
This particular visit was poignant for Elizabeth who reminisced about her time as a kindergarten teacher.
Wear It Pink Day
Our home joined in with celebrating Wear It Pink Day during Breast Cancer Awareness Month along with hundreds of thousands of other people across the UK raising valuable funds for breast cancer research.
Wear It Pink is a Breast Cancer awareness campaign which has so far raised more than £31.5million for breast cancer since the campaign started in 2002. Schools, businesses and families get together to eat, wear and make something pink in order to raise money for breast cancer.
The residents tucked into their favourite pink treats made by the home’s chef with help from friends, family, staff and residents! Everyone in the home, including the carers all added something pink to their outfits to celebrate the day.
Harvest Festival
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Rose Lodge Care Home, in Wisbech, celebrated Harvest Festival by welcoming the parishioners from St. Peters Church for a lively and joyous service of harvest celebration
Residents at Rose Lodge enjoyed attending the service with friends and family and members of the local community. The home on behalf of the local food bank had collected a wonderful hamper of different foods and fresh produce to donate at the event along with all the other offerings from families, schools and community groups.
Following on from the service our residents and visitors settled in to enjoy a morning of social fun with the homes ‘Cheese & Ale’ event and were delighted to be joined by members of the Wisbech U3A.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at our countdown to Christmas advent calendar and see the festive activities and events coming to our home this holiday season.
U3A Arts & Crafts Club
Join us on the second Tuesday of the month as the Wisbech U3A hosts their monthly 'Arts and Crafts' club from within the home.
Monthly 'Knit and Natter' Group
Join us for our monthly knit and natter group - open to all in the community!
Monthly Coffee Morning
Join us for our monthly coffee morning - enjoy some delicious refreshments and make some new friends.
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - come and take a break with us!
Become a volunteer
Would you like to volunteer at our home and make a positive impact on our residents' day to day lives? See here for more information.