Activities at Silverbirch House Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Joanne Thorp
My name is Joanne or Jo to all my friends and colleagues. I cannot put into words how excited I am to be working as a part of the Silverbirch House family. I have worked for the past 27 years in education and social care and loved every minute. (yes, I am 51 and looking so young). I have brought up two fantastic children, both autistic, who are now young adults.
My hobbies are yoga, knitting, board games, exploring outdoors and retaining my passion for learning something every day, As I promised my dad as he lived his life to the full - I would never lose my sense of wonder. For your loved ones as one door closes, let them come and enjoy the wonders as another door opens. The residents are the reason I get up in the morning and cannot sleep at night – as I said “far too exciting for words”
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 Silverbirch House Care Home
Aquatics Afternoon
A trip to the Aquatics centre had Colin reminiscing about fishing on a Sunday afternoon. We feel a fishing trip coming on, best wait for some warmer weather first!
Silverbirch's Gentleman's club
There are a range of life enrichment activities that take part in our home and our gentleman's club is one of them. Bob and Colin enjoyed getting together for a social and are looking forward to the next. As the home grows the club will grow and these gentleman are excited to welcome the newcomers.
Coffee and cup-cakes
Rosemary and Collin thoroughly enjoyed their trip to a local cafe. Their favourite part of the trip was obviously the coffee and cup-cakes. A lovely way to spend a sunny afternoon.
Bob, our Resident Ambassador.
Meet Bob Silverbirch’s Resident Ambassador. Bob was the first resident to move in to his new forever home, when we opened our doors just a few short weeks ago. We are delighted for him to take on this role. Bob was born in Gateshead before moving to Surrey for his career in his 20’s. He had a very successful career as a Health and Safety Manager at an Oil Company. He has 3 sons and 6 grandchildren who he is extremely proud of. You will usually find Bob in our Cafe with a hot drink and listening to Opera his favourite kind of music.
The Big Quiz!
Our residents and staff came together with 150 other Barchester homes to take part in their first, annual, Big Barchester Quiz! Bob amazed us with his quick answers and we ended up with 29 out of 30 correct so we are feeling pretty proud!
Christmas at Silverbirch House
We are celebrating our very first Christmas at Silverbirch House and it is so exciting. The residents and team have decorated the trees, been taking part in Christmas themed activities and of course, been taking every opportunity to dress up in Christmas jumpers and Christmas accessories.
Upcoming events
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Silverbirch House Financial Clinic
Maximise Your Life's Work for a Golden Retirement! Unsure about managing your money? Our experts will cut through confusion to provide clear, helpful advice.
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Don't Dine Alone
We are excited to invite local older adults to enjoy our wonderful hospitality and join us for a nutritious lunch at Silverbirch House Care Home.
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Plant & Potter
This is an invite to our local community to our upcoming event, "Plant and Potter," Join us for a fun and relaxing afternoon of potting plants and exploring your creative side.
