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
Residents Won Archery League
Thistle Hill are proud to announce that they won the “hotshot archery league” for 2019, beating 17 other local homes in a hotly contested year that saw our residents and staff clinch the top spot in a nail biting conclusion to the season.
Resident Betty said: “I am so proud of my fellow residents, activities coordinators and lovely staff at thistle hill for arranging the archery sessions throughout the year. It really has become a monthly event that we all look forward to and it was a wonderful surprise to hear that we had won the local league and to be presented with this beautiful trophy was the icing on the cake!”
General Manager, Mandy Scott presented the residents with their hard fought for trophy and said “I am so proud of our residents and it is wonderful to see them here so excited about winning the league”.
Pony Therapy
Smithy came to visit Thistle Hill residents, and they loved to see him. It was great therapy for our residents and everyone loved making a fuss of him.
Christmas Party
Team members and residents at Thistle Hill had a great Christmas party together. Everyone enjoyed a delicious spread and buffet, prepared from our very own kitchen team. We also had a lovely sing along with great Christmas classics.
Red Kite Nursery
Red Kite nursery, situated next to Thistle Hill, came to give us a great Christmas performance of singing and dancing that we all loved. All kids got a little Christmas gift, pulled crackers, which the kids were winning from our residents. Everyone enjoyed the milk and biscuits treats. Red Kite nursery visit us regularly and residents enjoy spending time with the children.
Residents Enjoy Pantomime Show
Residents and staff from Thistle Hill Care Home in Knaresborough were in for a treat with a visit from the local theatre company, the Cats Pyjama's. which hold a performance of their Christmas pantomime classic “Little Red Riding Hood”.
Residents from the home were joined by relatives and staff as they enjoyed the timeless tale full of magical twists, fun, laughter and adventures together. One resident commented; “it was the best pantomime production I have seen in years, the actors really made me laugh! We’ve had a fabulous afternoon!”
Sunny Spain
Resident Colleen Foster, nurse Terri Clarke Burrows and her husband Alan, who is a volunteer at Thistle Hill in Knaresborough have enjoyed a jolly sun soaked holiday away together at the Spanish resort of Malaga, spending 11 days together they went sight-seeing, sampled the local cuisine and danced the night away in true Spanish style.
Colleen said “I had a marvellous time with Terri and Alan, I’ve made lots of lovely memories that I’ll always cherish and I loved eating out at the lovely restaurant’s, trying new foods, seeing the sights, collecting souvenirs for my scrap book and dancing the night away in the clubs till early in the morning”
Mandy Scott General Manager at Thistle Hill, said: “holidays are a great get away, especially for our residents, I am so glad the Coleen had such a great time in Spain with Terri and Alan, seeing her photos and hearing the stories of her time in Malaga sounds absolutely fabulous”.
