Activities at Spen Court Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Angela Blackburn
My name is Angela and I am the Head Activities Coordinator here at Spen Court. I get so much satisfaction out of knowing I have made a difference to people’s days and have filled the home with a sense of community and happiness.
We feel it is important to build community connections and maintain our resident’s social interaction outside the care home.
We ensure we deliver a person-centered program of events and activities and build strong relationships with our residents, their families and friends.
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 Spen Court Care Home
Residents join musical quiz
Staff and residents 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 music knowledge to the test.
Barchester’s first ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ Quiz took place on 26th March 2025 when Spen Court got super competitive and took on its sister homes from all over the country to find out which Barchester home or hospital had the best musical maestros. From melodical mindbenders and toe tapping teasers to backwards brain puzzlers and sing-a-long sleuthing, the homes battled it out to find out who would prevail.
Nutrition and Hydration Week
Spen Court celebrated Nutrition and Hydration Week (17th – 23rd March) with lots of yummy, wholesome food, thirst-quenching beverages and some interesting activities along the way. Nutrition and Hydration Week aims to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally.
Staff and residents enjoyed delicious treats of croissants, pain au chocolate, fresh fruits and various flavoured milkshakes. The residents have enjoyed a food-themed quiz, a nutrition workbook containing crosswords, puzzles, nutritional information and exercise tips and the benefits of a healthy diet.
Comic Relief
Staff and residents took part in 'wearing a wig' to work to raise money for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day on March 21st. Staff and residents at the home donned their colourful wigs and got stuck in to help raise funds for this very important cause.
Paula Pearson, General Manager said: “Taking part in Red Nose Day has been a huge amount of fun and everyone at the home has been behind us all the way. It’s for such an important cause. I’m very glad to be able to do my bit to raise further awareness and money for the charity.”
Meet the Owls
Staff and residents at Spen Court were treated to a virtual tour of Owl Adventures, a small but growing bird of prey education centre in Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Owl Adventures was started in 2011 by Head Falconer, Ryan Stocks. Ryan first started work in a bird of prey centre and instantly fell in love working with these majestic creatures. He soon decided to create his own company specialising in falconry and birds of prey shows.
Ballroom Dancing!
Residents really look forward to Andrew and Christine coming to visit. We like to welcome them on a monthly basis.
They are experienced dancers who have competed in many competitions and won many trophies.
Andrew and Christine share their talent for dancing with us and also teach us how to dance, which is fantastic as we are having fun and getting exercise.
Nursery share joy with flowers!
Staff and children from Northfield’s nursery in Heckmondwike chose to spread some joy on ‘Random Acts of Kindness Day’ with a surprise visit to the home. Several children and team members from the nursery decided to come together to make a surprise visit to Spen court care home.
General Manager, Paula said: “Celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Day is a lovely way to spread joy amongst our local community. Acts of kindness positively impact people and I think we did just that! It is amazing how a small gesture can put a smile on someone’s face, and we all know how infectious a smile is. We all had a wonderful time.”
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to a fun-filled month ahead - all welcome.
Could you be a Volunteer?
Your time could make a real difference! If you would like more information we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all Emergency Services Personnel - come and take a break on us! There may be a cake or two available....
Dementia Cafe - Last Thursday of the month
We know the importance of supporting our local community and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly Dementia Cafe, from 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm.
