Activities at Winchester House Care Home
Our activities team 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, including the local priory and garden centres, as well as visits from musicians, a wide range of entertainers. We are lucky enough to have a enthusiastic team of volunteers who regularly visit the home throughout the week, and our yearly pantomime is a real crowd-pleaser and is well-attended by residents, relatives and members of staff. 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, and that life at Winchester House is fun and active.
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 Winchester House Care Home
Cinema Evening
Recently, we decided to host an outdoor cinema evening, inviting family and friends from the local community. Although we quickly had to bring the show indoors due to the rain, everyone had a wonderful time, eating popcorn and ice cream and singing along to 'The Greatest Showman'.
ABBA-lutely Fabulous
We had an 'ABBA-lutely Fabulous' time when Tickled Pink Productions visited Winchester House and put on a show for us. Their show took us all the way back to the 1970’s and included all our favourite ABBA songs. Residents and staff had a wonderful time singing and dancing along to these classics, and we can’t wait for them to come back with another show for us!
Walk with Winchester
Many of our residents are living with Alzheimer’s, so staff at Winchester House wanted to show their support by completing their own memory walk for Alzheimer’s Society. We took on the challenge and completed a 20 mile walk in order to raise money and awareness for this great cause. Despite all the aches and pains which followed the next day, it was worth every mile to raise over £500 for our chosen charity.
Wonderful Sunshine
With the wonderful summer sunshine, we’ve been having lately, we took the opportunity to hold our very own summer fair in one of our beautiful gardens. Residents, relatives, staff and members of the local community came together for some face painting, funfair games and food and live entertainment from Rob T.
Winchester's Centenarian
We had the pleasure of celebrating a resident's 100th birthday! Denise loved receiving her card from the Queen, as well as all her cards, presents and balloons!
Informative Talks
Over the past few weeks, we have been delighted to invite some of our favourite entertainment and activity providers back into the home. Residents have once again been able to enjoy live music and holy communion, as well as the wonderful Tim from Dawson Talks. Tim gave us an informative talk about the 1950s, complete with music and video clips. Some of our residents remembered Tim and were pleased to see him again, while some of our newer residents were excited to experience something new.
