Activities at Tandridge Heights Care Home
Our qualified and dedicated activities staff plan and implement all activities within the home. We try our best to arrange activities that reflect our residents interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can. We try to keep our residents active and happy.
Our activities include trips to garden centres, pubs, the cinema or the local theatre. We have many fun games like carpet bowls, Play Your Cards Right or armchair exercises. There are many musical events, singalongs, garden parties and tea parties for everyone to enjoy as well!
Kelly Sherwin
I started at Tandridge Heights in 2020. Previous to this, I have been working as a carer sine 2010, which has helped me to understand the needs, wants and the individuality of all of our residents.
My main responsibility is provide a varied and engaging activities schedule every day for our residents; this helps to keep them involved in social and uplifting activities. We love to have parties to celebrate birthdays, national days and special occasions.
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 Tandridge Heights Care Home
Knit and Natter club
Here at Tandridge Heights we like to keep busy and we love to have a chat so Knit and Natter club is the perfect combination.
We are currently working on blankets and bonding squares for the Premature babies at East Surrey Hospital, the residents all agreed this was a great project and they love to help. We welcome all residents regardless of knitting abilities, many just like to come for the tea and chat and our Head Housekeeper Sharon is always on hand to help sort out and knitting catastrophes. Resident Ann-Marie says ‘It is fantastic! I always used to knit and did not think I could do it anymore due to my Arthritis, it makes me so happy’.
Garden Centre
Residents at Tandridge Heights made the most of the recent sunshine and visited our local Knights Garden Centre in Oxted. Residents spent time browsing the shop and admiring the harvest and Halloween decorations before heading to the café and enjoying a nice cup of tea and a slice of delicious cake. Robin said his Carrot Cake was amazing and the best he’d had in a long time. John absolutely loves flowers and all things garden, he chose some lovely new plants to plant on our balconies and has kept himself busy all weekend making the patios look lovely and colourful.
Our Activities team have been at it again, making wishes come true.
99 year old Ron’s love for cricket started at around 5 years old when his uncle took him to the Oval to watch his very first match. Over the next couple of years Ron visited the Oval many times, his last time to watch cricket being around 1935. Ron then grew up and joined the Navy before working for the gas board, Ron actually used to work on the gasometers and often worked on the one overlooking the Oval, so he could get a sneak peak of his beloved Surrey team.
Our activity team recently spoke to Ron about his love of the game. Ron told us how he would love to go back to the Oval one last time……
We arrived at the Oval bright and early, ready for our private tour of the grounds, Ron spoke about his memories and the players he had met, we looked at the amazing views of London, old photographs, and finally the memorabilia in the museum before enjoying a delicious pie and chips lunch. We then spent a couple of hours watching Surrey play against Lancashire before heading to the 175 suite in the Galadari Stand for a lovely afternoon tea.
The Ovals media team got wind of Ron’s visit and asked if they could interview him, Ron was more than happy to oblige, we were led the Prince of Wales room where they asked Ron questions about the changes he’d seen to the grounds and about his lifelong love for cricket. Ron was in his element sharing his memories with everyone. This was a perfect end to Ron’s visit.
We took a small detour on the way home showing Ron the sights of London and driving down The Old Kent Road where Ron grew up, Ron was sharing stories of his childhood and all the things he used to get up to!
We all had such an amazing day!
Ron said “Thank you girls so much, I’ve really had the most amazing day with the best company, I can’t thank you enough for organising all of this, and after my interview, I’m probably going to be famous”
Hever Castle Trip
Mena, Hugh and John recently enjoyed a trip to Hever Castle, childhood home of Ann Boleyn. We explored the beautiful gardens and flowers and enjoyed a delicious picnic in the glorious sunshine, we were lucky enough to see the vintage car show that was happening on the day. Hugh and John reminisced about the first cars and the cars they have driven throughout the years whilst Mena worked hard on trying to get a lift home in one of the Rolls Royce’s. We met up with residents and staff from one of our sister homes and all had such a lovely day together.
Annual Summer BBQ
Tandridge Heights held its annual Summer BBQ and we could not have been luckier with the weather.
Residents, families and friends gathered in the garden and were treated to a delicious BBQ cooked by Chef Moses and Olu. Alongside the burgers and hot dogs was beautiful home made coleslaw and salad and how could we resist finishing it off with old school aCrtic roll.
We were delighted to welcome back the hugely talented Jimmy Kent who regaled us with a plethora of tunes which we all had a good sing and dance too. Resident Mena was delighted to see Jimmy and had a dance with him. She said ‘I wish Jimmy could come every week, he is so handsome and his voice is so smooth’. Ron and John were so happy to see each other again and had a great time catching up and talking about the cricket. Nobody wanted the afternoon to end as we were all having such a lovely time.
Tandridge Heights Summer Fete
Tandridge Heights welcomed residents, friends and families to their Summer Fete. Everybody enjoyed a delicious BBQ cooked by our host Jody, followed by a delightful ice cream from Harry’s Ice Cream van.
The bottle tombola was a firm favourite with bottles being won consistently, there were plenty of prizes to be won on the hook a duck and beat the goalie stall as well. Our Resident Ambassador Beryl helped man the name the teddy stall, Beryl said ‘It is really lovely to be able to see so many faces and have a chat’.Oxted Town Band kept us entertained with a variety of tunes and to top the day off the weather held and we had beautiful sunshine. Resident Marjorie said ‘It is a delight to have a lovely ice cream and to watch the wee ones running around’
The day was a great success and over £500 was raised which will be donated to St Catherine’s Hospice.
