Activities at South Grange Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Gillian Conway
Gill has worked for South Grange since 1996. Gill's role in the home is ensuring our residents enjoy a fulfilling quality of life. The programme that Gill and her colleagues provide is stimulating, creative and varied.
Gill enjoys the time she spends with residents and families. The team welcomes any suggestions made by residents and family members in relation to activities.
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 South Grange Care Home
Snow Day at South Grange
Residents and staff weren’t keen to venture out into the snow this year. So we decided to stay cosy in the café area with a mug of hot chocolate. We spent the afternoon reminiscing about our younger days when it would snow. We spoke about what kind of clothes our mothers knitted for us to keep us extra cosy.
We can’t wait for it all to melt away!
Welcome back Grange Nursery
This morning we gave the Grange Nursery children a big welcome back after their Christmas break! We were all delighted to hear that Santa had been good to them all.
They read us their weekly book ‘There’s a bear in my chair’. Followed by joining in with their singing and learning the Makaton signs to go along with them.
Bringing back an old favourite
Residents at South Grange were delighted to see that an old favourite was back on our programme this week. We had an enjoyable afternoon of laughter and fun as we played Balloon Badminton. Both teams were very competitive in trying to get the ultimate win. Here’s to the next game!
Big Quiz of the Year
Staff and residents from South Grange Care Home, joined fellow keen quizzers from over 250 Barchester care homes and hospitals across the whole of the UK, including Wales, Scotland, Jersey and the Isle of Wight, to put their collective general knowledge to the test.
General Manager, Catherine said: “We’ve got some excellent quizzers at our home, we are very competitive - our residents love taking part in anything where winning is involved and collectively their general knowledge is pretty phenomenal!”
Margaret, resident at South Grange said: “It has been a lovely afternoon. It was wonderful to see everyone in all the other homes joining in. I really enjoyed getting together with my fellow residents to take on the other homes – it is amazing how competitive everyone gets!”
Hogmanay Celebrations!
Our Hogmanay celebrations lasted the full weekend. We started off by welcoming back the Carnoustie and District Pipe Band for an afternoon of traditional Scottish music to see out the end of 2023! They marched right through the home so everyone could hear them.
Next up we had a quiz of all things Scottish accompanied by a wee dram!
Happy New Year
Here at South Grange we would like to wish all families, friends and the community a very happy and safe New Year.
A big thank you for all your support during the past year and always – we are very grateful.
Our talented chef pulled out all the stops to provide a show-stopping spread of tasty sweet and savoury dishes and refreshing drinks.
Spirits were high as everyone talked about their hopes and expectations for the year ahead and we all danced and sang to some timeless party songs.
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling, November is calling and we have a fun filled month ahead.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm welcome for you to join us - all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
There are endless ways to get involved and we'd love to hear from you!
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all heros! Come and take a break with us and enjoy a warm drink and a slice of homemade cake.
Community Cafe - Last Tuesday of the month
We extend a very warm welcome for our community friends to join us at our monthly Community Cafe - all welcome.
