Activities at West Oak 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.
Dawn Davies & Helen Fagan
Dawn and Helen are at the centre of all the activities here at West Oak. They provide an interesting and varied activities schedule and ensure that there is something for everyone. They are passionate about the importance of activities and will go that extra mile just for a smile or a raised eyebrow, whether it's one-to-one time or a group session, inside or out, fun is had by all.
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 West Oak Care Home
Taste of the Carnival
Everyone enjoyed our fruity event, which had exotic fruits to try, Caribbean instruments and a carnival feel to the afternoon.
Dorothy's 70th Birthday
A great time was had by all at Dorothy's birthday party, which was held in our new bistro. Family, friends, residents and staff helped Dorothy to celebrate her birthday in style.
Friendship Week
Our Friendship Week started with residents making friendship bracelets for their favourite staff members. We hosted a garden party where new friendships were made whilst enjoying the party atmosphere created by our singer, Dave Dawson.
To finish off the week, residents from our dementia and frail & elderly floors made cards for each other using the photos from the garden party to mark the occasion.
Employee of the Month - July
Congratulations to Emily Clarke for being named West Oak's Employee of the Month for July. Well done, Emily, and thank you for all your dedication and hard work, which has made this award well-deserved.
West Oak's Divisional Winner
Congratulations to Ben Long, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the Maintenance Champion category at this year's Barchester Care Awards.
WOW Breakfast Club at West Oak
We threw open our doors and invited our professional contacts for breakfast in our brand new café area to celebrate the recent WOW refurbishment at the home.
From 8.30am, there was a steady stream of hungry local professionals placing orders for bacon sandwiches, fresh juices, coffees and pastries, with many ordering take-away breakfasts to take back to the office for their colleagues. The sun shone and so breakfast was even enjoyed in the garden.
Everyone was keen to take a look around the newly refurbished home and some people took the opportunity to catch up face-t-face with other teams over a working breakfast.
General Manager, Geoffrey Honour, said: “This was a fantastic morning. We specifically targeted breakfast time as we knew that our professional contacts are often too busy to leave the office during the day, so we wanted to catch them on their way to work.
In fact, the morning was so successful as a networking event that a number of people requested that we host the breakfast club on a regular basis.
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.
