Activities at The Wingfield Care Home
Here at The Wingfield our activities team provide a varied and interesting range of activities for all residents. We are registered with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) and we take pride in delivering activities that will enhance residents lives and bring happiness and a sense of purpose. Our cooking activities are very popular, as well as the regular book clubs, coffee mornings, skittle matches and bus trips. We provide one to one support for those who are unable to attend activities and we have tea dances, musicians, quizzes, music and movement, as well as our giant scrabble board! But most importantly we have fun! Relatives are always welcome and there is always much laughter and smiling faces during our activities. We take pride in what we do and we continually strive to enhance residents lives through meaningful activity.
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 The Wingfield Care Home
D’artagnan’s Debut Performance
Here at Wingfield. the residents recently enjoyed an afternoon with the fabulous D’artagnan!
Something a little different this time, with D’artagnan performing acoustic pop, reggae, soul and little rock & roll for everyone.
We were joined by family and friends and everyone had a great time!
There was lots of dancing and singing a long and the residents thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
We look forward to having D’artagnan visit us again very soon.
Autumn Crafting
As we’ve welcomed the new season in and it’s started getting colder outside, we’ve took to staying in more and doing some crafting to keep us busy.
The residents recently enjoyed making Autumn wreaths, decorating wooden lanterns and creating some beautiful bowls using leaves and air dry clay which you can now see proudly displayed around our home.
Long Service Award
Petya, one of our lovely Hostesses at the Lodge recently celebrated ten whole years of service within Barchester Healthcare.
Ansitha, our General Manager at The Wingfield said "Petya is a key member of the team at the home and both the residents at the Lodge and their families are very fond of her. Petya is always so cheerful and goes out of her way to ensure everyone always feels comfortable and welcome in our home. We are very lucky and proud to have Petya on our team at The Wingfield Care Home".
Kiddley Divey
The residents were recently treated to a little trip around the world, right from the comfort of their armchair. Kiddley Divey joined us for the afternoon and played a variety of music from lots of different countries. The residents thoroughly enjoyed getting into the spirit of things, learning the different traditional dances and playing instruments to the tunes.
Kiddley Divey provide fun-filled, lively and imaginative classes to care homes. The session include lots of familiar songs from chosen eras of different times that inherent in their ability to stimulate memories, minds and bodies. The sessions also involve the use of sensory props, our residents particularly enjoyed the bubbles and waving of our national flag as we touched back down in the UK at the end of our world tour.
Mexican Fiesta!
The home recently celebrated Mexican Independence Day and we all had a fantastic day! Staff and residents donned their sombreros as we went on virtual tours around this beautiful country in the morning, tried different Mexican cuisine at lunch time and enjoyed an afternoon of Salsa dancing to Mariachi music and party games. The residents particularly enjoyed playing games such as ‘pin the tail on the donkey’, toss the hoop on the cactus and a piñata. Some of these games sparked fond memories of attending family parties in the past.
Musical Memory Works
We were recently joined by Susan and her Musical Memory Workshop for an afternoon of music, singing and playing percussion instruments. Staff and residents all joined in with the fun and everyone had their part to play in the performances. Creating music ranging from Folk songs, Sea Shanties and music from the 40’s and 50’s. The afternoon was a big hit with the residents and we look forward to welcoming Susan and her workshop back to the home very soon!
