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
Coronation talk
Across our services Residents had a wonderful time participating in an interactive virtual talk with Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, where we delved into the rich history of coronations.
During the talk, we explored fascinating topics such as the coronation chair, the crown, and other significant aspects related to King Charles' upcoming coronation. Our residents were thrilled to have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the memoirs of past coronations from 1937 and 1953, as well as learning about the coronation oath and what to expect from the ceremony, including the music, guests, and pageantry.
Home raises funds for local charity
Residents, families and colleagues at South Grange Care Centre in Monifieth have taken part in raising monies for local Tay FM Radio charity – Cash for Kids by hosting an 80’s themed day.
A visit from Edens Garden
Residents and staff all had a pleasant afternoon having plenty of cuddles and spending time with a range of different beautiful animals from our local animal rescue, Edens garden. Residents were glad to learn about all of these animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, tortoise and tenrecs during our therapet afternoon.
Grand National Sweepstakes
Residents and staff bought tickets for our grand national sweepy.
Franks horse came in 1st place and was happy to receive his winnings.
Frank and our other winners donated some of their winnings to our cash for kids appeal which was very kind of them so thank you for supporting such a great local charity!
Aintree Ladies Day
Our Ladies enjoyed having a pamper morning before joining in the round room for our Ladies Aintree Day. Presecco and strawberries were flowing as we had a wonderful afternoon watching some races, doing our own ladies day quiz, enjoying some music and even some ladies day themed Charades!
The afternoon was full of laughter and Margaret was gifted a lovely hamper for being our winner, Well done Margaret!
Trishaw Adventure
Staff and residents at South Grange Care Centre in Monifieth received a visit from Cycling without Age Scotland, Monifieth. The charity that is run by the help of volunteers have two trishaws named Tay Town Roller and Sea Way Stroller.
The volunteers brought along the trishaws for our residents of South Grange to experience a ride around the local area. This went down a treat with residents and staff who now cannot wait for this to become a regular activity
Fiona Torrie, General Manager at South Grange said: “Our residents have had such a lovely time being out in the fresh air and looking forward to the good weather to enjoy these rides.”
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.
