Activities at Station Court Care Home
Activities make up the most important part of all our days, and at Station Court we ensure there are a variety of social events that reflect the individual interests and capabilities of people we support. All group and individual activities are designed to not only mentally and physically stimulate the people we care for, but to enhance their life skills and feelings of purpose and self worth. All of our team are committed to supporting a full activities programme within the home.
Carly Chesney
Hi, my name is Carly and I am the homes Activities Coordinator. I joined the home in 2011. I am passionate about our enhancing our residents daily life and delivering a person centred life enrichment activity programme is very important to me to ensure that our residents continue to lead fulfilling lives doing things that they want to and enjoy. Our programme is varied from excursions out on the mini bus ensuring our residents are connected to their local community, hosting events here in the home, virtual events and themed days – no day is the same!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Station Court Care Home
101st birthday celebrations
Celebrations have been in full swing at Station Court Care Home as one of its residents reaches her 101ST in style.
Jen Bell, was joined by family, staff and friends as she celebrated her landmark birthday. A special garden party was held in Station Court’s garden and everyone enjoyed singing and dancing to live entertainment from swing vocalist Michael Stevens. Everyone raised a glass of prosecco toasting her milestone birthday and birthday cake was enjoyed by all.
Musical mystery tour
Our homes had a brilliant time with curator Sarah Deters as she took us on a virtual ‘Music Through the Ages’ tour of St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum.
Our residents were thrilled to discover weird and wonderful musical instruments, hear their unusual sounds, and find out how instruments have changed over the last 500 years.
The virtual live event explored the world-renown collection of musical instruments on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall.
An afternoon at the Opera
Our homes had a fabulous time with the talented soprano Astrid Joos from Street Theatre. Astrid spoke about a selection of famous operas and our residents were treated to performances of wonderful arias from operas well-known to all, such as ‘Giuditta’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.
It was a lovely experience, truly enjoyed by all.
Bastille Day
Station Court in Ashington donned their home in French flags and celebrated Bastille Day. Residents, their relatives and staff learned the history behind Bastille Day, watched parades and firework shows taking place in France, they took part in a tasting session with themed foods of delicious croissants, pain au chocolat’s, crepes, cinnamon swirls and cheese baguettes with glasses of red wine whilst listening to L’amour music and taking part in a quiz.
Carly, activities coordinator at Station Court care home, said: “This has been a huge amount of fun and sparked a lot of memories for residents to talk about their holidays to France’’
Party at Plessey Wood
We had a fantastic day joining the Mind Active team and members of the community for a party at Plessey Woods Country Park. We danced and sang along at live entertainment from the fabulous Jessica Irving. Enjoying a picnic whilst taking in the beautiful scenery and laughing with friends, making the most of the glorious sunshine!
An afternoon by the sea!
We had a wonderful day visiting the Maritime centre this month, the gateway to Northumberland’s coastline.
Residents devoured a delicious afternoon tea of sandwiches, scones and miniature cream cakes whilst looking out on to the sea before we visited the exhibition of by gone days and the Mary Joicey. We took advantage of the glorious weather having a stroll along the promenade at Newbiggin By-The-Sea taking in the views, sounds and sea air with ice creams of course!
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling, November is calling and we hope you can join us - all welcome.
Autumn Newsletter
Hot off the press! Download our Autumn Newsletter and read all about the latest news and upcoming events from within our home.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, fire, ambulance, district nurses - come and take a break on us! There may be a cake or two available too....
Community Cafe
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly coffee cafe, come along and make new friends - all welcome.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time? Could you make a difference? For more information on Volunteering please do get in touch we'd love to hear from you.
