Activities at Sutton Valence Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Gemma Bhandari
My name is Gemma I am an Activities coordinator at Sutton Valence care home. I have been working here for nine years and love it. I grew up in Sutton valence village and attended the local Primary school.
I have always been passionate about the care of others and enjoy enriching the lives of our Residents. I have a Diploma in Health and social care and have worked in private health care for over 14 years. I have always loved performing arts and studied this at school. I am a very proud Mother to Amaya and Jacob.
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 Valence Care Home
Remembrance Sunday
Residents at Sutton Valence paid their respects on Remembrance Sunday. One of our residents, Adele, wrote a speech that marked respect for all the services on Remembrance Sunday and for all the key workers during the pandemic.
Spooky Goings On
Residents have been busy carving pumpkins, which were kindly donated by a member of our community. Residents made spooky face designs and displayed the pumpkins in our courtyard and entrance, ready for the big day.
The activities staff dressed for the occasion and the kitchen team whipped up a storm in the kitchen with a Halloween-inspired buffet and desserts.
In the afternoon, we had a disco and delivered goodie bags to all residents in the home.
Celebrating Roald Dahl
Sutton Valence Care Home residents have been busy creating their very own book of short stories to honour and celebrate the life and works of Roald Dahl day on the 13th September.
Several of our residents at our creative writing group have put their heads together and came up with a selection of short stories which we have compiled into a book to showcase their talents and individuality.
The Activity Team have been very impressed with the ideas, imagination and dedication our residents have shown these last few weeks meeting to discuss ideas, plot and character choices as a group and also working on an individual basis to produce some very different and interesting stories for the book.
One resident said about her ideas for her story: I have wanted to write short stories professionally for many years and once before I very nearly had a story published so this was right up my street!
Hollywood Themed Day - Sutton Valence style
The residents at Sutton Valence enjoyed a day of glamourous fun and specially named cocktails to celebrate all that is great about Hollywood with themed music and quizzes about the good old days when Hollywood was great!
Our residents dressed for the part at our cocktail social with some specially prepared luxury nibbles created by our chef and had some lovely photos taken in all their finery in front of our home made Hollywood Boulevard walk of fame with a hand crafted golden star for each resident bearing their own unique stage name
Family Reunions
It may not be great weather, but I think Yvonne's smile says it all as she visits her Dad Sam at Sutton Valence today. Its such a privilege to be able to facilitate a family reunion.
Annual Balloon release at Sutton Valence care home
Sutton Valence care home in Maidstone, continued their tradition of an annual balloon race. Each resident released a balloon with a message inside to see how far their balloon will travel. This fantastic event has taken place at Sutton Valence for many years and has become a tradition. The day’s celebrations started with a delicious and nutritious buffet for the residents. The staff and residents then went to our lovely gardens to release their balloons.
The weather was beautiful and there was excitement in the air as the the staff and residents took part in a countdown to release their balloons. The staff and residents watched their balloons until they travelled out of sight. Then of course like every good event we finished with a good old fashioned singalong
