Activities at The Cedars Bourne Care Home
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.
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Helen Hudson
Hello. I’m Helen, the Activities Coordinator at The Cedars. I joined the team in 2021 and I have lots of skills that I can use to create an interesting and varied programme of activities, events and celebrations for residents to enjoy. I am a qualified holistic therapist and offer an holistic approach to activities in the home, I love creating new activities that our residents enjoy, taking residents out on day trips and promoting wellbeing through lots of different activities. When I am not at work I love playing my clarinet, crocheting and art - I use all of these in my role.
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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 The Cedars Bourne Care Home
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Making our own Christmas cards
This group of ladies loved being creative and making their own cards to send to family and friends at The Cedars in Bourne.
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Fun for a good cause with the elves
There was fun at The Cedars on National Elf Day when staff dressed up as elves and residents wore elf headbands. This was all in a good cause - to support Alzheimer's Society.
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Decorating the Christmas tree
Residents loved decorating the Christmas tree at The Cedars in Bourne. They shared their favourite memories of previous Christmases while they made it look stunning with its traditional gold and red colour scheme.
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Making mince pies to share
On Sunday morning residents made their own mince pies which brought back so many memories of Christmas past, which we shared and laughed about as we were baking. In the afternoon we enjoyed the mince pies with other residents and a glass of mulled wine.
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Making Christmas Gonks
We spent one of our activities sessions making Christmas gonks to decorate The Cedars with. The little creatures are everywhere now - on our tree, by the windows, in our rooms!
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Wine and cheese with friends
Residents at The Cedars Bourne enjoyed a relaxing Sunday afternoon of conversation and debate, with some delicious wine and cheese. We also played a festive card game with the autumn sun streaming through the windows.
Upcoming events
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Musical Performance
Join us for a summer themed musical perfomance in our beautiful garden lounge.
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Newsletter - July
Hot off the press. read all about the latest goings on in our home's newsletter.
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Could you be a Volunteer?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
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Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Cedars Bourne can offer you.
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Coffee Morning
Come and enjoy a morning of good company, refreshments and a slice of home made cake.
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Professionals Break room - weekly
We extend a warm invitation to professionals in our local community to join us each week and take a break on us.
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Retired Nurses Club - 3rd Friday of the month
Once a nurse, always a nurse - join us for our monthly Retired Nurses Club - all welcome.