Activities at Washington Grange Care Home

Our group and individual activities are designed to mentally and physically stimulate those we care for. We try to organise a mix of activities and events that reflect the interests and capabilities of residents for anyone and everyone to participate in. Our evenings of afternoon entertainment is enjoyed by residents and their families, who are all encouraged to sing along and dance. We try to involve our local community; members of the clergy often visit to hold lovely afternoon church services for residents. It is essential that our team are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for those we support through person-centred activities, and that everyone has a fun and active time here at Washington Grange.

Enriching life
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Life-encriching activities booklet

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 Washington Grange Care Home

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!

Oh! We do like to be beside the seaside at Washington Grange! Joan one of our residents at Washington Grange enjoyed our latest mini bus trip to Roker Beach. Joan shared happy memories of her time at the beach, and fully enjoyed her Fish and Chips. 

Baking club

Baking is one of our favourite activities to do at Washington Grange for a number of reasons it's creative, brings back old memories and gives our residents the opportunity to relax and unwind.

Jumper Day

Here at Washington Grange we celebrated Christmas Jumper day, with our staff wearing their best Christmas jumpers. There was a lot of sparkle and glitter about! whilst our residents judged the best jumper whilst singing along to festive golden oldies on the big screen before enjoying refreshments and home-made mince pies. 

Magic of the Nutcracker

We experienced the magic of the Nutcracker with a special interactive workshop led by English National Ballet Associate Artists.

Our residents were able to take a magical journey thorough Edwardian London and to learn more about the enchanted Nutcracker characters: Clara, the Mouse King, and her valiant Nutcracker doll.

The session included a chair-based dance workshop, clips of the ballet on stage and a Christmas carol sing-along, truly enjoyed by all.

Christmas Truffle Making

We had a lovely time joining Paul Hawkins and Steve Wilkes from Unilever for an exciting immersive Christmas experience.

Our residents were welcomed with chocolate treats as Paul and Steve took them on an exciting chocolate truffle making and biscuit decorating journey.

To finish off the Christmas special event, our residents enjoyed a themed quiz and a singalong.

We all had a wonderful time.

Bauble Workshop

We all had a wonderful time joining Jennifer Owen - founder of Goldfinch Floral Studio for a creative floral bauble workshop.

Jennifer transported our residents to the out of the ordinary world of flowers and crafts and demonstrated how to create stunning hand-made baubles filled with dried flowers and grasses.

Our residents enjoyed filling and decorating their own glass baubles and their unique creations will be displayed at the home for everyone to enjoy.

Upcoming events

Calling all Emergency Services - take a break on us!

Calling all emergency services personnel, come and take a break on us! enjoy a refreshing drink and slice of cake with us.

Volunteers - Could you make a difference?

Do you have any spare time? Would you like to Volunteer and make a difference? For more information please contact us.

Coffee Morning - Last Thursday of the month

Join us at our monthly coffee morning and make new friends over a coffee and slice of homemade cake - all welcome.

Are you looking for a place to host a meeting?

Are you looking for a place to host a meeting? Come and see what we have to offer.