Activities at St Thomas Care Home
Our activities coordinator is dedicated to organising meaningful activities on an individual and group basis to fulfill the daily needs of our residents, as we understand how important mental and physical stimulation is for their wellbeing. Our activities are available to everyone who wants to take part and there is something different going on everyday. We often go out on day trips including visiting shopping centres, garden centres, evening meals at the local pubs, visits to local schools and also coffee mornings with other care homes. We have a wide range of entertainers that visit us at our home including musical therapists, Millers Ark Farm, pantomimes as well as our local salvation army and lots more. We encourage families to join us on trips out and also in home activities such as baking, arts and crafts, dancing and singing, we believe this is a great way for our residents to live an active and fun life here with us at St Thomas.
Charlie Burns
Hello!
I'm Charlie and I am the Activities Lead here at St Thomas. I have worked for Barchester since 2017, and have recently transferred here to the wonderful St Thomas Care Home.
I enjoy delivering enriching and fun activities to the residents here and am looking forward to meeting you!
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 St Thomas Care Home
Delicious afternoon tea!
Residents enjoy the daily traditional afternoon tea trolley which visits every resident in the home around 3pm! It delivers a delicious choice of homemade cakes, biscuits, fresh fruit and smoothies, relatives also enjoyed it too and we look forward to them joining us again in the future.
Our Facebook page is now live!
We are excited to be posting news, events and photos on our new Facebook page from today! please do follow, like and share our posts with your relatives, friends and colleagues. Find us at @BarchesterStThomas
Carnival time at St Thomas
St Thomas celebrated their very own version of the Notting Hill Carnival this year. Prior to the event the residents enjoyed making some beautiful masks in several crafting sessions with the activity team.
On Carnival Day the residents enjoyed listening to a range of music and sampling different ‘street food’ snacks and dishes. A very enjoyable day of music, colour and lots of laughter
Indigenous Craft Day
Residents are embracing different cultures to discuss and celebrate their travels over the years. For Indigenous Craft Day, the residents thoroughly enjoyed creating their own Aboriginal Rain Sticks. Given our current heat wave, the afternoon got very noisy, as a lot of stick tapping went on!
Flowers of Gratitude
Residents enjoyed an afternoon of crafting, where they made ‘Flowers of Gratitude’ Each resident told staff what they were grateful for in their lives. These beautiful flowers now have pride of place on the windows for everyone to enjoy
Friendship Day
To mark Friendship Day, the carers at St Thomas asked members of the community to write to residents in the home.
We were thrilled to receive quite a number of cards, and now the residents are busy writing back.
They have really enjoyed reading the cards and letters sent, and this has also sparked some lovely memories and discussions about their younger years.
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.
