Activities at The Spires Care Home
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.
Angie Smith
Hi, my name is Angie and I am an activities coordinator here at The Spires. We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within the home and we work together to give residents the best possible experience. We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active.
We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents and their families and friends.
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 The Spires Care Home
A Wish Come True
Ann recently expressed a wish to ride on a Harley Davidson. With the help of jane Dayus-Hinch on her Harley she contacted 7 of her motorcycle friends, they arrived to take Ann for a ride in style with an escort. Ann's family donated to Teenage Cancer Trust as a thank you for the bikers support at their request.
Spires Autumn Newsletter
Celebrating 1 Year
The Spires opened its doors to residents July 17th 2018, we organized a garden party to celebrate our anniversary. Residents, their friends and families, previous respites, invited guests and the Mayor, Cllr Mrs Deborah Baker and Consort attended. The Mayor arrived prior to our guests and stayed for the remainder of the event taking time to meet residents and families, she enjoyed refreshments and the entertainment of the magician and singers. We were all entertained by a band who performed for free as one of the members is a husband of a resident here, they sang a mixture of folk and soul tunes. We also had one of our residents living with dementia who asked to sing a song, she took the microphone and engaged us all in singing ‘I believe’ which is her favorite song. We raised over £300 for the resident funds, they are considering purchasing a fish tank for our cafe area with the monies raised.
Little Visitors
A local Children's Nursery first visit was a huge success. The children and our residents enjoyed the visit and the interaction of the different generations was special. The nursery have agreed to make these visits a regular event which is wonderful for all involved.
Pet Therapy
Benji is now a regular visitor with his owner Lindsey who is a volunteer, Lindsey says she loves to see our residents smile and be happy when Benji visits them, "it makes theirs and my day special"
Multi tasking at its best!
One of our lovely resident ambassadors manages to play scrabble with visiting young students while having a manicure it's a busy day!
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
