Activities at Tewkesbury Fields Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Paula Lourenco
Hello, my name is Paula and I’m the Activities coordinator at Tewkesbury Fields care home. I’ve joined Barchester healthcare in 2020.
As part of the lifestyle enrichment team, I will be organising daily activities, ensuring that residents have varied activities to choose from each day. I love enriching our residents’ lives, creating memories and be able to provide meaningful activities to each one of the residents living at Tewkesbury fields.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Tewkesbury Fields Care Home
Tewkesbury Abbey Tour
Another recent interesting outing to the local Tewkesbury Abbey, with the privilege of a guided tour. So much to learn and many interesting facts! Did you know that some of the original coloured paint, such as the red and blue, can still be seen in the Abbey?
Cultural experiences such as outings to museums, National Trust homes and historic landmarks are all part of our life enrichment programme.
PAT Dogs
Our regular Pets As Therapy dog Riggs, has only recently started visiting our home and spending time with each one of our residents, but has already brought many smiles around.
You can see the sheer joy on everyone's faces; there are always huge smiles, ohhh, and big cuddles too!
The joy of seeing all residents enjoying Riggs and Lucy's visit is just priceless.
Big thanks to our lovely volunteer Lucy, for visiting every two weeks, and spending time bringing smiles to everyone.
Victoria Gardens
Another beautiful afternoon with the sun shining and so another chance to use our minibus to spend some time enjoying fresh air in the Victoria Gardens in Tewkesbury.
Outings to areas of natural beauty, local attractions and landmarks are a key part of our activities calendar.
Battle of Tewkesbury -1471
'Battle of Tewkesbury 1471' - 552 years ago!
We were delighted to welcome speaker Richard Goddard, from Gloucester Local History Association, who delivered an excellent knowledgeable and interesting talk about the Battle of Tewkesbury 1471; such amazing facts that we discovered!
Residents found the talk so fascinating!
Riggs - our new Pets As Therapy Dog
Exciting news to share!
Meet Riggs - our new Pets As Therapy dog, and his mum Lucy.
Such a character and gentle dog, loved the fuss and attention given by everyone.
Thanks Lucy from volunteering your time with our residents and bringing your lovely dog to see everyone.
We are certainly looking forward to see you again soon.
Monthly quiz with Tewkesbury Rotary Club
Another great afternoon testing our general knowledge.
We've welcomed back the great volunteer John from Tewkesbury Rotary Club, who brought 40 questions with 4 different themes.
This month's winner is our lovely resident Marion! John presented Marion with a box of Jaffa cakes as a prize for this month!
Well done!
Upcoming events
Carols with Tewkesbury Town Band
Christmas Carols with Tewkesbury Town Band
Tuesday 10th December @2pm
Come along and join us for Carols to create some festive cheer.
Christmas Celebration
Come and join us for a morning of celebrations.
Sunday 15th December 10.30am - 12.30pm
Live music, Festively decorated Classic Cars, Visit from Santa and refreshments.
Countdown to Christmas Activities
We are starting to prepare our extensive range of activities and life enrichment events for the countdown to Christmas.
