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.
Emma Powers
Hi, my name is Emma Powers; I am the Activities Coordinator here at Sherwood Lodge.
I have worked in the care sector for over two decades; prior to this I was a soldier in the UK Armed Forces where I gained exceptional powers of communication, organisation and teamwork. During my time as a carer I have gained my NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and have been employed as a Senior Carer. I chose to switch professional roles to activities as I find supporting both residential and dementia residents very rewarding.
I have been employed within Barchester for over three years, I love working for this company and am really excited to continue to care for all of its residents and their families.
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
Virtual tour of NESCAFE
We had a fabulous time joining NESCAFÉ’s virtual coffee experience.
We were able to look into how they sustainably farm their coffee beans, as well as, to have a virtual tour of one of their factories all from the comfort of our home.
To make things even more interesting, our residents had the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive quiz, and to the delight of all to taste the signature Sweet Cinnamon Shaken Iced Coffee cocktail.
Heavenly cookery demo
We had a lovely time joining Chef Alex Connell from Vegetarian for Life for a Valentine’s-inspired virtual cookery demonstration. Chef Alex created some delicious Valentine’s Day-inspired vegetarian desserts, which our residents had the opportunity to try too.
First, our residents sampled a wonderful sticky toffee pudding, which was absolutely heavenly. Then they tried hazelnut truffles which were a huge hit and finally they were treated to a chocolate orange cake which everyone adored.
Music in Mind
Residents of Sherwood Lodge were delighted to welcome, Al from ‘Music in Mind’ for a live performance. Al, treated residents to a medley of hit songs, sprinkled with a little good humour to the delight of all. Everyone had a fantastic evening and looking forward to the next session.
Games afternoon
Residents at Sherwood Lodge enjoy a varied life enrichment programme to keep the mind, body and soul active. Each day there are popular group activities bringing everyone together along with individual Resident centred activities.
Residents laughed as they showed a little friendly competitiveness to enjoy a fun filled afternoon with a ‘old dog’ card game before enjoying a cup of tea and slice of homemade cake.
Postcards of Kindness
We were delighted to receive lovely postcards from Pam in Devon as part of our ‘Postcards of Kindness’ initiative. Pam was wishing our residents and staff a very happy new year. Pam was also looking for ‘pen-pals’ and our residents were only too happy to respond and share their memories of favourite holidays and childhood teddy bears. If you would like to participate, please do send in your letters or cards, we love reading them!
Primark gift presents to the home
All of us at Sherwood Lodge would like to say a massive thank you to the staff at Primark in Preston. Rather than buying Secret santa gifts for each other, they chose to share the Christmas spirit by buying each of our residents a gift of their choice...... Today they delivered in true Christmas style, this is the true gift of Christmas
