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
Dementia Awareness Week
During Dementia Awareness Week, we visited Barchester's Cherry Blossom Manor to enjoy music from Tunes for Life. It was wonderful to see residents enjoying themselves and the music brought back some lovely memories from days gone by.
Library Trip
We had a lovely trip to our local library; residents took out some books they wished to read and we also took out some books for use at our Gardening Club. We finished the afternoon off with some Costa coffee and cake.
Mother's Day
On Mother's Day, Tracey joined us for an afternoon 'knees up'. Residents thought she was great and enjoyed singing along with her to all their old favourites. It was a wonderful day enjoyed by everyone.
Helping Hands
A gentleman resident helped out with folding table cloths and napkins whilst reminiscing about his childhood.
Creative Minds
Kayleigh from Creative Minds visited us recently and residents at St Thomas had a great time painting. One resident said that she thought it was very relaxing and a wonderful way of socialising.
Tommie's Bar
On Thursday 23rd February, St Thomas officially opened 'Tommie's Bar.' Jane Graham, the Stewardess of Basingstoke Railway Club (pictured behind the bar), cut the ribbon and served residents, families and staff for the first time. She said that she hopes that the new bar will bring a little bit of the outside community into the home. A fantastic night was had by all and we look forward to making many memories at our new local. We would like to say a huge thank you to Jane for such a great evening.
