Tewkesbury FieldsBarchester Healthcare

Activities at Tewkesbury Fields Care Home

Name: Tewkesbury Fields Care Home
Address: The Oxhey, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, GL20 6HP, GB
Telephone: 01684 880133

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.

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.

Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Paula Lourenco

Activities Coordinator

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.

Celebrating life at Tewkesbury Fields Care Home

Time for calm with therapy dog Alfie

This week, we were delighted to welcome our volunteer Jo and the therapy dog Alfie for visits in residents rooms and in the communal areas.

We all love making a fuss of Alfie, when he visits.

We would like to thank Jo and all other volunteers who visit our home regularly and for making a huge difference to our residents lives.

Evening with Bredon Cubs

We were delighted to welcome the 1st Bredon Cubs to spend time with our residents.

Alongside a good chat, we had a selection of games, crafts and Christmas themed colouring that promoted interactions between the younger and older generations.

Just before we said our goodbyes, one of our residents thanked all the children for their visit and enjoyed distributing chocolates. We wished them all a very Merry Christmas.

Tree Festival

We had a great afternoon visiting the Christmas Tree Festival at St Nicholas Church, Ashchurch.

This year the theme is "Christmas through the years" and we had been invited to challenge our creative side and have our own tree on display.

Each picture on the tree was chosen by the residents, following a reminiscing session on what Christmas means to them and their memories.

During the visit, residents enjoyed admiring their work on display and seeing the other trees from varied groups in the community. And how creative and varied

One resident even had the chance to play the organ.

Cuddles with Alfie

We've had a lovely morning with our Volunteer Jo and dog Alfie visiting residents in the lounges and some in their bedrooms.

Alfie brings beautiful moments of joy, comfort and companion to everyone.

Thanks Jo for bringing Alfie to see our residents at Tewkesbury Fields, we really appreciate your volunteering time with us all.

Today, we believe that Alfie has certainly eaten enough biscuits and treats for the day

Minibus outing to Tewkesbury Abbey

This week we had several trips to Tewkesbury Abbey to visit the Museum of the Moon. Whereby we saw the awe-inspiring artwork by Luke Jerram. Measuring 7 metres in diameter and featuring detailed NASA imagery. The internally lit Moon Sculpture floats amidst the gothic arches was simply stunning.

We all enjoyed the experience.

Christmas Gifts

Our residents have enjoyed a visit from Santa and the Elves who were delivering personalized presents to everyone.

There were beautiful moments of joy, fun, caring and love shared between our staff and residents

Santa and his helpers visited!

Twyning Community Parade Team stopped by to wish us all a Merry Christmas

The morning was so magical for our residents. The home came alive with a visit from Santa and his Elves, Reindeers and even the Grinch! They sang and danced all the way through the home and brightened everyone's day.

What a fantastic morning for residents and staff. It was heartfelt by all to see the smiles and surprise on the residents faces.

Elf Day!

Elf day at Tewkesbury Fields Care Home was certainly full of fun.

Along with the dressing up, we welcomed Rob who played the piano beautifully and got us dancing and singing to the Christmas favourites. We certainly got into the festive spirit

Well done all to all the Elves around the home

Garden Centre Visit

Residents always enjoy a visit to the garden centre, and we are very fortunate to have our own minibus and have many lovely garden centres in the locality.

Our ladies always enjoy a photo opportunity and share lots of laughter.

Minibus outing to the local garden centre

We love going out regularly in our minibus, we have so many places to visit in our locality.

This week our lovely residents enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at the local garden centre. We always take time for a cuppa and a chat.

We had a lovely time browsing the gifts, plants, and of course… the Christmas decorations!

There were lots of smiles, laughter, and a few things added to our Christmas wish lists.

It’s always such a joy to see our residents out and about enjoying experiences together

Sunday Community Christmas Celebration

We've had a fantastic Christmas Celebration morning.

It was another well supported community celebration with families, residents and staff.

With the support from our local community, we've had 14 classic cars in our car park, Santa visited the home and we welcomed Nick from Mini Concerts for live music, for us all to sing and dance along with.

Carols performed by Local Primary School

Christmas songs and Carols performed by children from Eldersfield Primary School!

This week we were delighted to welcome the children to Tewkesbury Fields who sang beautifully to all of us.

It has been amazing to keep the connections through the year with varied visits and projects together.

Willow Workshop

We were delighted to welcome Vicky from Dovecote Willow for another Willow workshop.

Using sustainably harvested natural willow, green foliage and berries materials, residents created a unique decoration to keep - a beautiful Willow Christmas tree!

It was a relaxing and enjoyable session that celebrates sustainable crafting and the timeless beauty handmade holiday decoration.

Honoring Remembrance Sunday

Our residents, families and staff gathered together to remember and honor all who served and sacrificed for our freedom. We watched the service on Television and all stopped for the 2 minute silence at 11am.

We also wanted to take this opportunity to share the amazing work that after months' of dedication from our residents has been put to display at Tewkesbury Fields.

Since end of August this year, we have been very dedicated in creating one of the biggest Poppies display for the home.

It has been many hours of drawing, cutting, adding black stickers and many staples used on nets. We believe that we've cut over 2000 Poppies.

We are extremely proud of everyone who made this possible, including relatives who joined in during their visits and staff members!

Community Afternoon Tea

At Tewkesbury Fields we always extend our wonderful hospitality to the wider Community.

This week we launched our new Bi- Monthly Afternoon Tea event and welcomed new visitors to our home. Thanks to everyone who joined us!

We had a great time with lots of laughter and delicious treats, that consisted of various sandwiches, selection of cakes and of course scones, jam and clotted cream!