Activities at The Warren Care Home
Here at The Warren, our activities team are always very busy thinking of new ways to keep residents active, both physically and mentally. We have regular trips out in the minibus, both locally and further a field, including the London Eye and the Thames River Trip), at least once a week during the summer months. We also enjoy visits from PAT dogs and have professional exercise sessions and live entertainment, which are always popular.
Kirstie Bush
My name is Kirstie and I am lucky enough to be the Activities Coordinator here at The Warren.
I have many years of experience working in care homes in Activities and leisure and lifestyle roles.
I love being part of The Warren team and supporting our residents to live their best lives with fun, interesting, and varied activities available every week. I always feel that the importance of residents' input into our weekly planner is important giving all residents equal opportunity to explore new interests as well as keeping up with previous interests and hobbies.
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 The Warren Care Home
A trip to Historic Market Town.
At The Warren we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends and exploring new adventures.
A wonderful day was had by all with a visit to the historic Wymondham Abbey dating back to the 1400s. We enjoyed a tour of the Abbey before moving on for a sumptuous pub lunch in Little Melton.
Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.
Getting in the Christmas spirit.
Supporting residents to enjoy outings, shopping, meals out and other trips is a key aspect of the weekly activities calendar.
A number of our residents requested a shopping trip to start getting ready for Christmas. We took a trip to Sprowston garden centre to meet Rudolph and our residents after some retail therapy tucked into a sumptuous lunch before singing so Christmas tunes on the way home.
Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program.
Now That's Country Music
Our residents had requested a Country and Western Artist as part of our lifestyle enrichment program.
It was the first time Bob Oakley had performed at The Warren Care Home and played some country classics to get our residents to their feet and dancing. Everyone enjoyed belting out their favourite tunes.
One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live musical entertainment. Resident involvement in choosing genres, along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar.
Alzheimer's Memory Walk In Norwich
"Team Warren" led by Activities co-ordinator Kirstie were busy having fun and raising money for the Alzheimer's Society at the weekend.
Kirstie sent a massive thanks for the support "We smashed our target to raise £250 and made a whopping £326. We had a fab time, met new friends, Zumba'd, got medals, walked in the sun and most importantly raised money for this amazing cause"
Supporting charities through fun days out is just one of the ways that we ensure the residents at The Warren remain connected with the wider community.
Resident War Hero honoured in a film.
The Warren care come honours War Veteran resident.
Staff and residents at The Warren care home in Sprowston are celebrating because their war hero and fellow resident, Ray Parke, has been honoured in a film. Norfolk born and bred, Ray has always been a superstar in the eyes of everyone at The Warren care home so when UEA student, Finlay Brown, suggested making a documentary about Ray and his time flying in Lancaster bombers during the war, everyone agreed it was a brilliant idea.
An incredibly modest chap, Ray who is 99 years old, has lived at The Warren for five years and is beloved by staff and residents alike. During the war most Lancaster Bomber flight crews tour concluded after 30 missions with a life expectancy of two weeks. Ray flew on 40 missions over Germany and Holland as a Lancaster flight engineer and was awarded numerous accolades.
Elizabeth Tacliad, General Manager at the home, said: “We want everyone we care for to know how important they are to us here at The Warren. It is testament to the hard work of Finlay and his co-helpers in capturing Ray’s life on the silver screen."
A day of reminiscing at Poppyland Café
A trip out and a trip down memory lane all in one day.
We visited Poppyland a 1940s themed café located in Horsey on the Norfolk coast . As well as enjoying a fantastic lunch and some of the biggest chips we've ever seen we experienced life in the 1940s. There was an array of 1940s memorabilia that Poppyland's had to offer and after lunch we even visited the code breaking room, shops from the 40's and even wore some of the memorabilia.
On the trip back home we were singing "The White Cliffs of Dover" and the " Chattanooga Choo Choo".
Supporting residents to enjoy outings, shopping, meals out and other trips is a key aspect of the weekly activities calendar.
Upcoming events
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.
