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
We Are Dementia Friends!
We were joined by a group of kids from the local Friary School, who attended our Dementia Friends session. They are all now officially 'Dementia Friends'.
Pinders Awards Finalists
Barchester has made it through to the final stages of the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards for the design of The Spires.
The prestigious Healthcare Design Awards, organised by Pinders, aim to promote and recognise the very best developments in all types of care-related property, whilst the award categories seek to acknowledge the contribution made by home owners, designers and architects to the well-being and quality of life for those in their care.
As a prize for being a finalist the judges presented the Barchester team with a cheque of £500 for their chosen charity, Barchester's Charitable Foundation, a charity that provides grants to individuals and community groups to combat loneliness in the elderly throughout the UK.
The team at The Spires, led by General Manager, Fran Sharp, will be cheering the Barchester Property Team on at The Pinders Healthcare Design Awards ceremony, which will be held at The Royal Lancaster London Hotel on Wednesday 13th March 2019.
Horsin' Around
We had a visit from 2 lovely horses from an organisation called ‘Lollipop’. The residents all really enjoyed petting the horses – one was called ‘Rolo’ and the other was ‘Elsa’ – and they got the opportunity to feed carrots to them as well. Elsa & Rolo were very calm and gentle!
Birthday Celebrations
A lovely resident checks the cake and buffet is all ready before her family arrive to celebrate with her.
Knitted Display
This beautiful knitted Christmas display was donated to us by Bill's (a volunteer) wife. Residents and loved ones have all commented on how beautiful it is.
Carol Service
Staff dressed up in the best festive attired all ready for our carol service.
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.
