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
It's a Kind of Magic
Residents laughed their way through the afternoon watching Nick’s Magic & Laughter show. It really was what it said on the tin: a funny afternoon, and we had our very own glamorous assistants in the audience to help him with his tricks.
Memory Walk
On 30th September 2018, staff, relatives and a residents took part in the Memory Walk held at King’s Meadow in Reading.
The walk was over 2km, and was in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. St Thomas signed up before the event and also set up a fundraising page. This saw St Thomas raise an amazing £871 for the charity.
The event was arranged at St Thomas by our Activities Coordinator, Lindsey Graham, who enlisted the support of other staff members, residents and relatives. Lindsey drove the minibus to Reading with ‘Team St Thomas’ on board.
The weather was kind and all involved came back saying what a great day it had been.
Baking Cookies
Valerie & Charlie enjoyed making some cookies with the help of Sinead, our new Activities Coordinator.
St Thomas’s Fete
Residents, relatives, friends, staff and the local community joined together to have a wonderful afternoon at St Thomas’s Fete, which was held on 21st July.
Donations from local businesses took pride of place on the raffle stall, and there was entertainment from Betsy, who took us back through the eras.
Residents enjoyed the BBQ with wonderful home-cooked food from our catering team, as well as cream teas and scones.
There was also hook-a-duck, sponge stocks, glitter tattoos, bric-a-brac, a cupcake stall, coloured sand creations and the very popular car wash.
Gentle Exercise
We were joined by Richard from Gfitness, who hosted a gentle exercise session for residents. Iris said she was concentrating really hard and felt the burn!
Tasty Treats
Resident, Jenny, and a few others enjoyed making some tasty Rice Krispy treats. Everyone loved eating them!
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.
