Activities at Thistle Hill 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.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Thistle Hill Care Home
The Queen's birthday
On Thursday 21st April, the Queen celebrated her 96th Birthday. But there was an extra incentive to join in the festivities at Thistle Hill Care Centre in Knaresborough, as residents raised a glass and toasted her majesty’s birthday.
Residents were treated to a royalty themed garden tea party, complete with bar and music. Residents were thrilled by the appearance of three life size cut outs of the Queen from various stages of her reign.
Easter bunny hunt
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Thistle Hill Care Centre have been having fantastic fun hiding Easter eggs all over the place around our woodland trail Charlottes Way for our residents to find. The staff and residents decided to challenge local children to find 12 Easter bunnies that have been hiding in all kinds of different locations all over town. The children then had to write down the number of each bunny and where they had been found in order to take part in the Easter Bunny Hunt.
General Manager, Mandy Scott, said: “We’ve all had such fun first of all hiding the eggs around our beautiful woodland trail. Our residents have had a wonderful time looking for them all!”
The Astor's
Our residents came together to enjoy an exciting virtual talk courtesy of the team at National Trust Talks Service. The illustrated talk took us closer to one of Cliveden’s most famous families, the Astors. Our residents were able to discover what motivated William Waldorf Astor, America’s richest man, to purchase Cliveden in 1893 and how the estate became the centre of high society in the 1920 s and 30 s thanks to his son Waldorf and daughter in law Nancy Astor.
The Wallace Collection
We had a lovely time joining Holly and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to the Collection, followed by a sensory exploratory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings. The Collection ranges from Old Master paintings to 18th century French furniture, arms and armour. We all had a wonderful time and cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and paint some landscapes in the upcoming days.
Lights, camera, action!
Lights, camera, action! It was a morning of movie magic at the Thistle Hill Care Centre as our residents enjoyed an Oscar’s themed coffee morning. Complete with a red carpet, fizz and popcorn.
Residents enjoyed discussing their favourite movies whilst listening to classic movie soundtracks.
Theatre inspired virtual talk
We had a lovely time joining Angela Cobbin for a theatre-inspired virtual talk about her book ‘My Name is Not Wigs’.
‘My Name Is Not Wigs’ is the ultimate read for fans of witty behind-the-curtains memoirs, especially those with a penchant for the bright lights of stage and screen: tears and accolades aplenty!
Angela shared interesting facts with our residents about her book, her life and her experiences as a wig creator in London’s West End in celebration of World Theatre Day.
