Activities at Tyspane 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.
Jacqui Conroy
Jacqui and her team devise and plan fun group activities and events for all our residents, including pamper days, gentle exercise classes and music therapies. Regular one to one sessions and smaller groups are tailored to residents specific needs and hobbies with gardening and crafts amongst the most popular.
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 Tyspane Care Home
10 Years at Tyspane
Care Assistant, Karin Burgess, has completed 10 years of service at Tyspane. She is pictured here receiving her award from Lesley Cole, Operations Manager, who thanked her for her loyalty and hard work. Karin received vouchers, flowers and a gold Barchester leaf pin.
Life at Tyspane
We've been keeping ourselves very busy recently at Tyspane. We've had Christmas party entertainment from the multi-talented rock 'n' roll band, The Grumpy Old Men, along with other entertainment from visiting handbell ringers, a ladies choir and singer, Tamsin Ball. Santa Claus himself also paid us a visit on Christmas Day.
National Cupcake Week
National Cupcake Week (18th – 24th September) has been a real treat at Tyspane, where sweet-toothed staff and residents couldn’t wait to get out their aprons and mixing bowls for the occasion.
The week, organised by British Baker Magazine, is a celebration of all things cupcake-related.
Baking is a much-loved hobby for many people who live and work at Tyspane Care Home, so it’s no surprise that the week was full of excitement and creativity. On Monday, we had a cup cake stall with a choir as entertainment.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible.
Dog Show
We recently celebrated our third annual dog show, which was held on 31st August.
Residents, their loved ones, and staff members all got involved and we had over 30 people attend. There were prizes for the best puppy, best veteran, most handsome, prettiest bitch, waggiest tail, best junior handler, scruffiest mutt, best in show – and many more!
The Great North Run
Two intrepid members of the care team completed the Great North Run on 10th September 2017.
Lizzie Ward and Genevieve Twining completed the 13 mile course having trained around the hills of North Devon.
Genevieve finished in a respectable 3 hours 20 minutes and collected sponsorship on behalf of The Children’s Liver Disease Foundation, which is dear to her heart; and Lizzie Ward finished in a very impressive 2 hours 40 minutes.
Hats off to you both girls – you look great in your T-shirts and medals. Well done from all the residents and staff at Tyspane.
Alpacas Come to Tyspane
Spending time outside during the summer months is essential to residents' well-being, but what could we do to make being outdoors even better? Well, a visit from some alpacas seemed to do the trick! They came on a sunny day in July and managed to say hello to just about everyone. They came indoors too, much to the delight of residents who were less mobile.
