Activities at Wood Grange Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
Ruby-Mae Walker
Hello, my name is Ruby-Mae and I am the activities Co-Ordinator here at Wood Grange.
My background is working in dance education and production as well as experience in the mental health care sector. I am extremely passionate about my role here in promoting life enrichment within the home and I feel privileged to work alongside such amazing people, and to be a part of our residents lives, spending quality time with them on a regular basis. I work alongside Louise to plan and organise daily activities to suit our resident’s needs, Louise and I are very enthusiastic about our roles and the resident’s well-being is always at the forefront of our minds.
I love to dance, keep fit by going to the gym and spending time with family.
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 Wood Grange Care Home
A heart-warming Visit from The Willoughby Academy!
We had the absolute pleasure of welcoming students from the Willoughby School to Wood Grange! They came along to spend time chatting with our wonderful residents, relatives and staff, learning about life here and exploring careers in the care sector.
It was truly special to see the connections made and the insightful conversations shared. The students showed such kindness and curiosity, and we hope their visit has inspired them to consider the rewarding path of working in care.
Our lovely Jacqui spoke about her role at Wood Grange on the admin team, Ruby-Mae spoke about her role as an activities coordinator, and we also had the pleasure of Iain, our maintenance manager, discussing his career at Wood Grange. The fabulous Harry and Rose spoke about their life here as a married couple, and lastly we had a brief talk with Tony, a relative, who spoke about his 40 years on the BBC.
Landmark birthday celebrations at Wood Grange
Celebrations have been in full swing at Wood Grange, as one of its residents reaches her centenary in style. Kath was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as she received a telegram from the King in recognition of her landmark birthday. An afternoon tea celebration was held at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake made by one of the home’s chefs Virginia Jowett.
Performance from Nick!
Nick Glover performs for the residents in memory lane, we welcomed Mick (a resident) who is Nicks uncle to watch him.
They were both in their element singing together like they had done in the past. This was a very special afternoon for all involved.
10 years at Wood Grange!
Teresa (nurse) celebrates 10 years’ service at Wood Grange in a joint celebration with James and Gee (kitchen staff) on the successful completion of the chef academy.
We gathered the team and residents together in the café to surprise and congratulate them.
Peter takes a trip!
Peter takes a trip into town to the Don’t Lose Hope charity for a coffee and a wood workshop.
He was welcomed with open arms and jumped straight into the activity thanks to the encouragement of others. Peter sat comfy by the fire to warm up after a hard morning of graft!
Zoo Lab
Zoo Lab made a great impression on Wood Grange! Chris brought a variety of animals for us to meet.
Everyone faced their fears and embraced the opportunity.
We saw Geckos, frogs, snakes and tarantulas.
Upcoming events
March
Spring is in the air. Take a look at our upcoming life enrichment and community events coming in March.
February edition / Newsletter
We are delighted to share our latest newsletter - February edition and we hope you enjoy reading!
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
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Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
If you would like to become a volunteer or more information on volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Come and take a break on us! Calling all emergency services personnel, district nurses, enjoy a warming drink and slice of cake on your break.
Memory Cafe
Join us at our 'Memory Cafe' and meet our highly trained dementia staff who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have or just to have a chat.
