Activities at Westergate House 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.
Lee Austin
My name is Lee and I am the Head of Lifestyle here at Westergate House.
I support our residents daily to do the things they enjoy and it is extremely important to me that we are offering a premium and person centred service to each resident. I support our residents on a daily basis by providing meaningful and quality activities either in groups or on a 1:1 basis, to help encourage and build confidence while creating an enjoyable environment for everyone. Westergate House is the home of our residents, we as staff are working in it, so it is extremely important to me that we are respectful of that, while offering a premium and person centred service to each and every resident.
I am a trained actor and professional vocalist and not shy in making a fool of myself. If I do that every day to put a smile on our residents faces then I’m happy I have played my part, along with the rest of the amazing team, to brightening their day. If you hear someone singing along the corridor or see them dancing in the lounges, it will probably be me.
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 Westergate House Care Home
Open day
What a fantastic and very successful Open Day we had on Saturday here at Westergate House. We linked it in with our Concert on the Lawn with wonderful buffet, prepared in house by our amazing kitchen team, and of course our entertainment with the fantastic Mitchell Armstrong, Cheryl Williams and Jon Scott. All of this set to the backdrop of our new marquee. Everyone had a great time and the feedback, not only from our residents but from visitors too, was amazing with many visitors already booked in for a second visit. Well done to the whole team and everyone who helped out on the day.
Garden Party preparation
All go at Westergate House this week. Our new marquee is being put up by our maintenance chaps, Roger & Steve ready for our open day and our garden concert on Saturday. Our charity walk is going well with over 140 miles covered so far and our V2 Radio Sussex quiz challenge is going great with us being only 1 point behind with 1 day to go. Fingers crossed for a full 10/10 tomorrow
Pallant House Gallery Art Lessons
It’s been another fun packed week here at Westergate. Pallant House Gallery, who visit monthly to run our art classes, where here and residents got to make some beautiful 3D postcards this month. We were treated to wonderful music from Mitchell Armstrong and Jo Allam and our residents have been doing an amazing job at our walking challenge with our distance covered so far at over 110 miles.
Donkey Sanctuary Hayling Island
Lovely trip out this afternoon to donate the straw bales from our party at the weekend to the Hayling Island Donkey Sanctuary.
At Westergate House we sponsor a donkey called Poppy at the sanctuary so thought it would be great to give them the straw for their bedding, especially with how the weather is at the moment
Country & Western Summer Party
Our Country & Western theme Summer Party was an amazing success.
We had over 80 relatives and friends visit over the course of the afternoon. Entertainment from Jon Scott, Geoff Valenti and The Gainsbourgh Singers kept the music going all afternoon, Staff were all in western wear and Head Chef Chris and his team created a wonderful American lunch with Pulled Pork rolls and ‘Mac & Cheese’ and traditional desserts which all went down well.
We had superb skills shown on our archery and tin-can alley activities with top scorers of the day awarded prizes. Add on top a visit from the Ice Cream van and a great raffle everyone had a fun time. Thank you to all our volunteers for their help on the day and local businesses that donated prizes.
Cheque presentation to Sage House Dementia Support
A huge thank you again to everyone who came and supported our South Downs Challenge Walk here at Westergate House. We had a visit today from Lisa from Sage House Dementia Support in Tangmere with our final total.
An amazing £722.82 raised for Sage House and the Dementia Support charity!!
Thank you and well done everyone.
