Activities at Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Our Activities Coordinator is constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. We have regular outings in the mini bus to nearby places of interest including local garden centres and parks as well as musicians and entertainers. We also hold bingo evenings which are helped out by our residents families. We also have a local pub nearby which the residents enjoy visiting from time to time for a spot of lunch or sitting in the gardens in the summer time. We try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests as best is possible. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
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 Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Keeping fit with Oomph
Exercise time is normally met with winces and an exodus to the café bar, not anymore! Thanks to Oomph TV our residents can watch and copy the trainer and listen to lively music. One resident could not twist his leg but thanks to some simple extension movements, he found he could move his leg a small distance. We have seen improvements in joints and posture.
Book corner with Graham Whitlock
We had a lovely time joining Graham Whitlock for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘The Crystal Palace Chronicles: Star of Nimrod’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fictional character Joe, who went on a rollercoaster adventure travelling back in time to the heyday of Victorian Crystal Palace.
Everyone had lots of fun during the virtual talk, as Graham took them on a clever and hilarious adventure. A great time was had by all.
Church visit
We attend regular coffee mornings at the Evangelist Church. Fred, Bill and the team make us all very welcome with coffee and cakes. We also get the opportunity to meet and chat with people from the local community (and further afield). The church members have supported Sherwood Lodge on many occasions for which we are very grateful. It was at this coffee morning that a wonderful coincidence occurred our resident Ester was approached by another church member, Corol who thought she recognised Ester. The two ladies shed some happy tears, they hadn’t seen each other for many years and they told how their Mothers too had been great friends.
Conversations by the Pond
We had a lovely time joining Henry Slator for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Conversations at the Pond’.
Henry had an unusual writing journey, which many of our residents found inspiring, he underwent chemotherapy in early 2020, which allowed him to rediscover his light-hearted outlook on life by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun.
The entertaining Conversations at the Pond, with its mass of colourful illustrations, took our residents along his journey, they felt inspired, cheered and loved hearing all about Henry’s experiences.
Gardening Club
We are fortunate to have some excellent gardeners here at Sherwood Lodge who are eager to show off their skills. Our residents are not afraid to get their hands dirty as they visualise the finished garden. The teamwork is wonderful to see as the residents offer advice and opinions to each other. In no time at the blooms and colours will be on show for our visitors and residents to share.
Pamper Day
The ladies at Sherwood Lodge are preparing for Easter with a revitalising pamper session. Beautiful soft hands, manicures with brightly coloured shiny nails, next stop the hairdresser. Something magical seems to happen after this transformation, the ladies go around showing off their new look chatting, laughing and complimenting each other. With spirits lifted the pamper sessions are so therapeutic.
