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
Sorbet making
With the recent lovely hot weather Residents decided to make some refreshing watermelon sorbets and banana flavour ice cream.
It was a wonderful activity which everyone enjoyed engaging in. The end result was tasting the ice cream and sorbets once they were frozen, it was a welcome treat at the end of the day!
1 Letter 1 Smile
The residents recently received over 60 letters from the 1Letter 1 Smile initiative. This is an initiative which enables people in the community send letters of love and support to residents in care homes and other supported environments.
The residents were overwhelmed with the arrival of these letters and really enjoyed reading through them all. We are in the process of replying to all the letters we received and the residents are enjoying writing them.
Virtual dog show
Sutton Grange sadly couldn’t hold our usual dog show this year, so decided to have our own virtual one instead. We had lots of entries from staff, relatives and friends of Sutton Grange. The residents had a wonderful time deciding which of the entries won for all the different categories they were able to be entered for.
Divisional Maintenance Champion
Congratulations to Adam Smith, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the 2020 Barchester Care Awards. Michael is a finalist in the Maintenance Champion category and has been invited to attend a virtual awards ceremony on 8th October, where he will find out if he has won overall.
Families reunite
Over the past few weeks the team at Sutton Grange have seen the phased return of relatives visiting the home. The visits have taken place in the homes wonderful garden and relatives for the first time in a long time have been able to see their loved ones whilst adhering to social distancing guidelines.. The residents have been delighted to have enjoyed their families and friends visiting and it has been amazing for all to see these long awaited reunions..
And they're off to Ascot!
Residents of Sutton Grange had a wonderful time creating some fine hats and fascinators as they prepared for the magnificent Royal Ascot. The residents enjoyed getting involved with choosing the flower colours for their own creations which they made whilst keeping up to date with all things Ascot by watching the coverage throughout the week on the TV.
The ladies looked amazing in their hats and really have enjoyed watching, talking and discussing all the races, alongside reminiscing about all the meets they have been part of throughout their life with a glass of sherry.
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!
