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
Indoor Beach Party
Residents of Tandridge Heights had a beach party to celebrate the hottest day of the year 2020. Staff worked tirelessly to transform our 3 units into 3 different bars: Tiki bar, beach bar and tropical bar. Residents were treated to a mouth-watering platter of food and a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and cocktails.
Residents then enjoyed ice-lollies which led to a beach themed reminiscence session and the strike the piñatas’ game just added an extra bit of oomph to the day.
Coveted British Citizen Award
Tandridge Heights volunteer to be honoured with a coveted British citizen award: we are proud to announce that Doreen Raymond, a volunteer from Oxted, Surrey is to be recognised with a British citizen award medal of honour (BCAC) in recognition of her extraordinary endeavours with regards to services in the community.
Doreen was nominated for this award by the general manager of Tandridge heights memorial care home, Victoria Oladosu. For 5 years Doreen has attended Tandridge Heights, every single day visiting the residents, sitting chatting with them, assisting with meals and helping them attend the weekly church services, which the residents know and love.
Doreen has found a way to ensure she lives a fulfilling life, but also ensures those she supports in the community have one too. The British citizen award was established in 2015, to recognise exceptional individuals who work tirelessly and selflessly making a positive impact on society. Each medal of honour bears the words ‘for the good of the country’ and are presented to only a small number of exceptional individuals twice yearly. The British citizen award is widely viewed as the nation’s way of recognising extraordinary, everyday people for exceptional endeavor and are truly representative of today’s multicultural Britain.
Divisional Hospitality Champion
Congratulations to Rachel Apps, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the 2020 Barchester Care Awards. Rachel is a finalist in the Hospitality Champion category and has been invited to attend a virtual awards ceremony on 8th October, where she will find out if she has won overall.
Wimbledon Celebrations
Tandridge Heights caused quite a racquet during its tennis-themed party to celebrate the start of Wimbledon. Residents at the home were dressed in their crisp white linens and were served Pimm’s and homemade scones as they battled it out with balloon tennis and enjoyed watching some of the most iconic games on television. A mobile trolley of champagne, strawberries and cream was taken to all the residents in the home.
Celebrating the NHS
Residents and staff of Tandridge Heights got together on the 5th July to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the National Health Service.
Chocolate Surprise
In celebration of World Chocolate Day on the 7th July. The staff of Tandridge Heights decided to surprise officers in Reigate Police Station with a hamper full of chocolates. The police officers were absolutely delighted and verbalised that they would be sure to enjoy their chocolaty treats.
