Activities at Wood Grange 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.
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.
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 Wood Grange Care Home
Flower Pressing
This is a great time of year to start flower pressing, rescuing flowers from the ground in our gardens and pressing them, we hope to frame our pressed flowers for the residents to hang in their rooms.
Royal Ascot
Starting Ascot week with decorating very special hats fit for Royal enclosure, whilst taking on bets and watching the races with much suspense.
Braeburn Coffee Morning
May started by being invited to Braeburn care home coffee morning, our residents had a lovely time meeting the residents from Braeburn and the activities team. Braeburn offered lovely cake, tea, coffee and we even tested our plant knowledge by playing a guess the flower quiz. We finished our morning by having a walk in their garden area.
The Sweetness of Kindness
We had a morning to take our residents into Bourne town for any shopping that they needed, one particular resident wanted to use the ATM to withdraw some cash. Unfortunately when our resident went to withdraw we had noticed her card had expired! We decided to continue our day by getting a cup of tea at a café nearby, it so happened that we were sat at Cafe Cream next to the Sweet Stop which is Bourne’s traditional sweet shop. Our resident Robina is a big fan of sweets and I told her about the shop, she got her purse out and counted 60p. Then to our surprise a lady who was sat next to us, overheard our conversation and handed Robina a £5 note to spend in the sweet shop, she was over the moon and told the kind lady, “I am going to spend every penny”. That she did, £5.60 exactly. Robina loved the shop and did not want to leave. Thank you to whoever you are, you made her day.
Dementia UK Coffee Morning
Wood Grange decided to hold ‘Time for a Cuppa’ at the start of Dementia action week. We got our finest china sets out and served some yummy cakes to help raise money for Dementia UK. It was a fabulous morning, our residents really enjoyed themselves and so did our friends and family. We raised £51 in total.
Queen's Birthday
The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in the garden, with glorious sunshine whilst eating a fabulous cake created by our talented kitchen team served with traditional English tea.
Upcoming events
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.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Looking for a place or venue to hold a meeting? For more information on what we have to offer please get in touch.
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.
Dementia Support Group
Helping loved ones to connect - 3rd Thursday of the month from 1.15 pm. All welcome.
Gentlemen's Club
Come along and make new friends over a game of dominoes, games and enjoy a drink or two.
Knit and Natter
Are you a knitter? We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our weekly knit & natter group - Every Thursday from 2.00 pm.
