Activities at Tennyson Wharf Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
Rebecca Harrowing
Hi my name is Rebecca, I started working at Tennyson Wharf in July 2024.
Previous to starting at Tennyson Wharf I have lived in many countries and worked as a supply teacher and administrator in Bahrain in the Middle East - I have also worked in scouting programme groups in both the USA and UK.
Whilst I have worked with children for a lot of my life, working with the elderly is always been something I have been passionate about. I believe that everybody has a story to tell and our residents life stories all add value to Tennyson Wharf.
Outside of work I enjoy walking, gardening and going to the cinema.
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 Tennyson Wharf Care Home
Scarecrow Competition
We had a fun time building a scarecrow for the historic Doddington Hall annual Scarecrow Competition.
Joan, our wonderful activities team member, averted disaster when the balloon under the wet papier mache head popped immediately shrinking the ‘head’!
We spent a lovely morning at Doddington Hall wandering the grounds and having tea and coffee after we delivered ‘Barney Barchester Bird scarer’.
Virtual afternoon at the theatre
Residents across our services had a fantastic time enjoying the virtual screening of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Frank Spencer’s comical misadventures had everyone laughing and it was wonderful to see so many happy faces.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and a special thanks to The Barn Theatre in the Cotswolds for bringing this stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom to our screens.
Harvest Festival & Crafts
We welcomed the change of seasons with a morning of baking cinnamon rolls and an afternoon of autumn crafts, making sock pumpkins, bunting and clay leaves.
This was to launch our food drive to collect non-perishable food items and baby foods for the Bearded Fishermen Charity. We will be collecting until the second week of October.
We were able to take a trip to the Bearded Fishermen headquarters and enjoy coffee with them after an enjoyable tour or the premises.
Armchair travels to Cornwall
We were able to enjoy a lovely day learning about this gorgeous county. Emma and Dawn our wonderful chefs even made Cornish Pasties for us. The highlight was a visit from a sea shanty group, The Caistorways. They entertained us with a variety of shanties, giving us the history and meaning of each of these songs.
They even learned a new song ‘Cornwall my Home’ just for us! It was a rousing afternoon with many residents requesting them to come and visit again.
Abi Flautist
It was a beautiful, relaxing afternoon as Abi entertained us with her flute. Abi has recently been accepted to be a reserve for the Liverpool Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, she is certainly incredibly talented playing such a variety of music from Telemann to Elvis! Our residents thought she was charming as she shared her passion with us.
Cornish Seal Sanctuary
A big thank you to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the fantastic live virtual event today!
Residents across our services loved seeing the seals up close and learning about the incredible work the sanctuary does to protect them and other wildlife in Cornwall as well.
Everyone truly enjoyed the experience.
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
Dementia Cafe
Join us at our bi-monthly, Dementia Cafe - 2nd Thursday of the month from 2.30 pm.
Coffee Morning - First Thursday of the month
Come along and make new friends, 1st Thursday of the month - all welcome.
Don't Dine Alone - Last Wednesday of the month
Join us for a delicious lunch at our home and enjoy making new friends. Last Wednesday of the month from 12.00 pm.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, ambulance and fire services, district nurses - come and take a break on us, there maybe a cake or two available....
