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.
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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 Sutton Grange Care Home
Intergenerational Baking
The wonderful children from Banks of St Stephens School visited us for some baking fun in our bistro. The children and our residents had an amazing time making some tasty pancakes and some rice crispy cakes which our activities team dropped off at the school later on in the day for snack time at the school. Our residents really enjoy engaging with the children and our excited for more Christmas fun with us closer to the big day.
Kristina Performs
Residents here at Sutton Grange love it when we have entertainers come and perform for us. The wonderful Kristina visited and filled our Bistro with music, fun, dance and laughter all afternoon.
Kristina performed a medley of hits from good old sing along song to some traditional Christmas songs as we approach the most wonderful time of the year.
Employee of the Month - November
Congratulations to our November Employee of the Month, Lynsey Latham.
Lynsey leads the care on our Memory Lane community, Blossom Walk and ensures Residents health and wellbeing are looked after. She oversees the day to day running of the community and liaises with health professionals to ensure Residents receive the highest quality of care.
Lynsey goes above and beyond her duties for our Residents and is very much appreciated by her colleagues leading to her being nominated Employee of the Month.
WELL DONE Lynsey, everyone at Sutton Grange appreciates your consistent hard work and dedication.
Festive Baking
Head Chef, Dean is never too busy to spend time with our Residents and has been out and about in the the home getting Residents into the festive spirit by helping them to make Christmas cakes.
Everyone agreed that it was a real treat and that they enjoyed reliving memories of making Christmas goodies at home for their families.
Bonfire Party
We all had an amazing time at our Bonfire Party.
We started off the day by making some chocolate sparklers on our communities which were very tasty indeed and enjoyed a pamper afternoon to prepare for the evenings party.
In the evenings our residents partied the night away with some of their friends and family and our friends from the local community came and joined us for the celebrations.
We had entertainment from the fabulous Rachel Rose who as you can see from the photos had us dancing throughout the evening.
Everyone loved watching the low noise fireworks that we set off and there were lots of cheers as the bright colours cascaded from the fireworks.
Baking Session
Yesterday we had a practice run at baking some Halloween themed cakes for our Masquerade Ball.
Our residents had a wonderful time making and decorating the cakes, especially enjoying cutting them into the spooky shapes of ghosts and pumpkins.
We also chatted about baking and Halloween whilst watching this weeks Bake Off program, our residents said that they enjoyed duck apple and putting the apples on strings too.
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!
