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.
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 Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Getting to know me
‘Getting to know me’ booklets are our method to getting to know everything that makes our wonderful residents who they are. As well as telling us food and drinks likes and dislikes there is a section called ‘what makes me , me’—try answering this yourself, you have to dig deep, remember and find the essential piece of reminiscence. The answers residents or families give make some amazing stories and that will lead to a special activity.
Pet therapy
From the challenges over the last two years as a result of the pandemic our residents at Sherwood Lodge have found comfort in hugs and cuddles with their furry animal friends, rabbits, dogs, cats, sloths, squirrels, pandas and good old Teddy bears to name but a few. Every single furry friend has a name and we are all looking forward to our PET therapy visits over the coming months.
Virtual tour of Cliveden
We were treated to an amazing live virtual talk and a tour of Cliveden, hosted by the house and chapel guides from the National Trust Talks Service.
The volunteers kindly gave us a tour around the famous house taking an in-depth look at Cliveden’s many stories from its 350 year history, from devilish dukes to scandalous headlines and boundary-breaking garden designs to political notoriety.
Starting with the Duke of Buckingham who built the first house in 1666, our residents met the key owners who helped shape the house and its gardens including the Orkney, Sutherland and Astor families.
The talk was accompanied by an illustrated presentation which brought to life these individuals and showed how their influence at Cliveden still continues today.
Birthday celebrations
Many happy returns Mary from all the residents and staff at Sherwood Lodge. Mary and her sisters enjoyed a delicious tea party prepared by our chef Jo.
Jigsaw race
Husband and Wife speed jigsawing. The puzzle isn't the hardest but who was the quickest..........hard luck David, well done Nancy.
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.
