Activities at Wadhurst Manor Care Home
On a weekly basis we have many visitors to the home from the people like the University of the Third age and local small animal farms, who bring in their chickens and sheep. We also like to go out shopping and on day trips to local garden centres and when the weather is good picnics and tours of the beautiful local countryside. We have speciality days at the home which could be a theme of a country, or for specific times of year, including Halloween, Bonfire Night or Christmas. We have card games and art classes and a serious knitting team in the home who produce blankets and premature baby clothes for the local maternity unit.
Zoe Aldea
Hi, my name is Zoe and I am the Activities Lead at Wadhurst Manor.
I used to work with veterans for the Royal British Legion, and as an Art Studio Lead for a wonderful charity that built a village for people with learning disabilities.
I believe in the healing power of art, I feel strongly about building confidence and the wellness of our residents. My hobbies include Asian art and philosophy, acupuncture, yoga and martial arts. I believe art is a bridge that unites everyone no matter the race, beliefs or religion.
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 Wadhurst Manor Care Home
Post-Christmas Dance
What a way to wrap up Christmas for another year; Charlotte and Danielle from Debonnaire Entertainment looked wonderful as they sang and danced their way through many of our favourite Christmas songs with a little bit of help from several residents.
Santa Has Come to Town
Father Christmas and his elves had their work cut out for them when they visited the residents at Wadhurst Manor. Everyone enjoyed receiving their presents and having their photograph taken. Particularly popular, were his four-legged friends, Mini and Poppie, who enjoyed all the attention.
Christmas Quiz
Thank you to all the families who joined us for our Christmas quiz and a big congratulations to Mac Scott and his family on winning the trophy!
Christmas Staff Pantomime
Any excuse to dress up! Residents had many a laugh when the staff at Wadhurst Manor put on a performance of Cinderella! It was a version written to incorporate some of the residents' favourite songs and had a lot of hilarious costume changes. There was even a role for Ronnie the dog! Resident. Marion, wowed everyone with a duet, whilst Pattie and Pat helped out with the dancing.
Christmas Meal
Thank you to the Mark Cross Inn for looking after us so well when 17 residents went out for Christmas lunch. Another thank you has to go out to Dudwell St Mary for lending us their mini bus, and Pawel on the laundry team for helping to drive us all there. It was a great team effort and I think everyone enjoyed it; even the sun decided to shine for us, although it was pretty cold.
Christmas Jumper Day
Even Ronnie the dog joined in on Christmas Jumper Day!
Upcoming events
Countdown To Christmas
Join us as we celebrate the run up to Christmas at Wadhurst Manor
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
