Activities at West Abbey Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest, as well as visits from the Donkey sanctuary, musicians and entertainers. We also host evenings such as our Cheese & Wine evenings and BBQ's in the summer, that we encourage relatives to come to. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained. We encourage our residents to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can to ensure that life at West Abbey is fun and active for all.
Nikki Griffee
Hi, I'm Nikki and I originally came to work at West Abbey in 2018 and have worked in various roles supporting our residents.
What I enjoy about my job is that no two days are the same and most of all, I thoroughly enjoy everyday activities with the residents including 1-2-1 room visits all the way to professional singers visiting us. A firm favourite of mine and the residents at West Abbey is using our mini-bus weekly and visiting local nature hot spots! I look forward to welcoming you to our home.
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 West Abbey Care Home
School Play
Here at West Abbey we were honoured to be invited to Preston Primary Schools performance of Alice in Wonderland! All of the children performed incredibly well and our residents loved watching them. A huge well done to the students at Westfield Academy for making the props, they looked fantastic.
Pet Therapy
We want to say a massive congratulations to our Pet Therapy Dog (Harry) and his fabulous own Helen, you both bring so much joy to our residents every two weeks, but behind the scenes they have been working very hard on getting Harry to and exceptional level to win . So that brings us to say Harry won 3rd at Crufts 2024!
Mothers Day
Here at the West Abbey we celebrated Mother’s Day with a delicious home cooked roast prepared by our in house Head Chef. The lovely food was followed by afternoon tea and a sing along! Our residents were celebrated by their children and it was great fun for all.
Networking Business Breakfast
The team here at West Abbey have begun there monthly Networking Breakfast today and with it being International Women’s day we had the very inspirational Amanda who is Yeovil’s town Clerk. If you would like to join us for the next Networking Breakfast here at West Abbey on Friday 5th April then you can just pop along or give us a call.
Mini Bus Trip
Our residents here at West Abbey we have been busy on a mini bus trip was to Nine Springs cafe and country park! We took a lovely scenic walk down along by the water and encountered some friendly ducks. The residents loved every minute and we cannot wait to go our our next trip.
Fundraising
Residents and staff here at West Abbey put the ‘fun’ into ‘fundraising’ with their community bingo’s, afternoon tea’s and other events, along with raffle’s and tombola’s to raise money for The Lords Larder food bank in Yeovil. The Lord’s Larder Food Bank is a local ‘bank’ of non-perishable in life ambient food operated by volunteers from churches in and around Yeovil.
