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
Flowers from Ashcombe
Ashcombe House Care Home sent as a bunch of flowers to say thank you for helping with laundry. They were absolutely beautiful!
Creepy-Crawly Cake
Our new chef, Joddiann, made us a spider cake. The cake was enjoyed with afternoon tea and helped to cause a stir of laughter.
Halloween Creations
During Halloween, we created lots of different things during arts & crafts sessions that reminded residents of their childhood.
New Laundry Area
Our new laundry area has been a hit with residents. They have enjoyed sorting through washing and doing ironing. This area has helped them build some great relationships and keeps them busy and stimulated.
Armistice Day & Remembrance Sunday
On Friday 11th November, we commemorated Armistice Day by joining in with the 2 minute silence. Alan, from Goodnight Sweetheart, then came to sing us though the morning with all our old war time favourites songs. It was a fantastic morning that was enjoyed by residents and staff alike, and we'd like to say a huge thank you to Alan.
During the morning and afternoon of Sunday 13th November, we were joined by Mark Carrs. He retired from the army in 2014, and residents had a wonderful time asking questions, looking at his medals and listening to him talk about his time in Iceland and Afghanistan. We would like to thank Mark for his time and look forward to regular visits from him in the future.
Scarecrow Competition at Cherry Blossom Manor
Activities Coordinator, Kerry, and resident, Charlie, attended Cherry Blossom Manor recently for their scarecrow competition. We spent time during the week preparing our scarecrow, and we were proud winners of the contest! We would like to thank Cherry Blossom and Marnel Lodge for a great day.
