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.
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.
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
World Poetry Day
Residents spent the day reading the most famous poems and our favourites. Ellen was able to enjoy sharing her poetry club experiences with us.
World Food Day
Residents celebrated World Food Day by having a sensory afternoon of tasting different foods. We all tried some Mexican, Indian, Chinese and Italian foods.
It was a great day, which sparked lots of discussion about food!
Sculpting for Halloween
Residents enjoyed getting creative, sculpting with colourful clay to make figures for Halloween. Once the residents got used to the feel of the clay, they started to use their artist minds to mould and shape some Halloween figures like a pumpkin, cat and a mouse.
Dog Competition
Residents have been judging photos of dogs that have been submitted by family or staff. They individually chose their favourite top 3 pictures to determine the winners.
Each dog that took part received a toy and the top prize of a dog grooming voucher goes to the dog with the most votes. The winner of the competition was Coco.
Brave the Shave
Two team members have been raising money for MacMillan by taking part in Brave the Shave. Rachel (Care Assistant) had her head shaved and Kieran (Care Assistant) had his legs waxed, although we had run out of wax strips, we finished his legs with the electric shaver. This all took place in our beautiful garden with a few residents and team members watching to give them our support.
Fish & Chip Day
Residents at The Cedars enjoyed Fish & Chip Day. They not only ate the food, they had a magnetic fishing game to play in the afternoon. We all agreed this fishing game is much easier for co-ordination than the fishing hooks.
Jean, a resident, said she had a so much fun with the game that we should get it out again on another day we have fish and chips.
Upcoming events
Musical Performance
Join us for a summer themed musical perfomance in our beautiful garden lounge.
Newsletter - July
Hot off the press. read all about the latest goings on in our home's newsletter.
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.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Cedars Bourne can offer you.
Coffee Morning
Come and enjoy a morning of good company, refreshments and a slice of home made cake.
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.
Retired Nurses Club - 3rd Friday of the month
Once a nurse, always a nurse - join us for our monthly Retired Nurses Club - all welcome.
