Activities at Sutton Grange Care Home
Here at Sutton Grange we work really hard at providing a range of activities to suit our residents needs. We understand that everyone is different and we enjoy supporting our residents in whatever activities they would like to take part in. With a dedicated Activities co-ordinator and a friendly team of volunteers we are always busy with activities. We have several clubs including; gardening, film, craft, music, puzzles, and singing. We enjoy live music and entertainment, both in and outside of the home, and have regular outings on the minibus to local places of interest. Residents take part in animal assisted therapy, afternoon tea, arts and crafts classes, and visits from local community groups and school children. We believe it is important to provide stimulating, meaningful and relevant activities for our residents in order to make friends, and build a warm community to live.
Alison Wareing
Hi, I'm Alison. I am the Activities Assistant here at Sutton Grange, I joined the team in 2016.
I grew up in the local area and started my career working with animals. After I had my daughter, and before I joined Barchester, I trained as a teacher and taught lipreading and communication. The skills I learnt have been invaluable in my role today.
Now, I fill my days spending time with our wonderful Residents, helping them to live their lives to the fullest. I try to make a difference in someone’s life each day.
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 Sutton Grange Care Home
Songs of Praise
Our residents really enjoy Songs of Praise and we watched whilst enjoying a cup of tea/coffee.
We enjoyed singing along to the hymns and watching all the places the presenters visited.
Everybody commented on how they used to watch Songs of Praise when they lived at home and it brought back some fond memories.
Ukulele Buddies Playing
Our residents enjoy a dance and a sing to music,
We were excited to have been visited by the wonderful Ukulele buddies.
Our residents had a fabulous time singing along and dancing to all of the songs played by the band and gave them a big cheer and applause after each song had finished.
We all had so much fun we are going to invite them back soon to play for us.
Exercise
We enjoy our weekly exercise sessions with our friends from Oomph on Demand.
Our residents love getting involved going through the gentle warm ups and then into a little bit more movements guided by Rob our Activities and Tom from Oomph.
Everyone had a good time and needed a well earned cup of tea/coffee and a relax after working so hard.
Virtual Book Club
We had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
Historic Royal Palaces
Our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
A morning of reminiscence
We had lots of things happening, in the morning we had a reminiscence morning, chatting about holidays, hobbies and what life was like for our residents when they were younger.
Our residents were telling us about their holidays and what they used to get up to with their children and any mischief they got up to.
In the afternoon we had a virtual tour of Westminster, and the surrounding parks and gardens, we also took a guided virtual tour of the Vatican.
Our residents really enjoyed the tours and commented on how it hasn't changed since they had visited there themselves.
Whilst this was happening our Hostess Becky was giving nail care and painting our ladies nails, as you can see they look beautiful.
Upcoming events
November
What's going on in November? We'll be hosting our annual Dog Show, taking a virtual walk through the Wallace Collection, and taking a trip out to Blackpool's Illuminations.
Countdown to Christmas!
We have something going on every single day on the lead up to Christmas at Sutton Grange! Pick your favourites and come along and join us.
Coffee Mornings - 3rd Wednesday of Each Month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us for a cuppa and to make new friends - all welcome.
Gardening Club - Every Thursday
Each week our residents and families get together for some planting, seeding, and potting! We'd love you to join us for our Gardening Club, click below for more information.
Baby & Toddler Group - 2nd Wednesday of Each Month
Everyone invited to pop along for a cup of tea, some snacks and some intergenerational activities with the little ones!
Dementia Choir - Every Wednesday
Come along as we're joined by wonderful local organisation Carousel as they host their weekly Memories R Made Dementia Choir at our home. Everyone is welcome!
