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
Cooling Down
To cool down in the heat, we set up the paddling pool and sun umbrellas so the residents could enjoy an ice cream while dipping their feet in the cool water.
Cream Tea Afternoon
To enjoy Cream Tea Friday, we set up tables in the dining room with our lovely tea sets, which were donated by the public. We had the old record player playing the good ol' classics and enjoyed a lovely chat over tea and cakes and scones.
Residents Enjoy Planting Sunflowers
Residents at Wood Grange enjoyed a flower growing activity recently. They were very excited to plant and look after a sunflowers.
Chelsea Flower Show
Residents at Wood Grange celebrated the Chelsea Flower Show Week in style. Everyone enjoyed flower arranging sessions and fun-filled activities.
Residents Spent Time Together
Residents happily shared their experience living at Wood Grange. They were chatting about old times while eating ice cream in the sunny garden and sang songs. They thoroughly enjoyed the time spent together.
Old Friends
Who would believe that 70 years down the line you would meet up with your old school tennis partner? Well, that’s just what happened here at Wood Grange.
Resident, Mary, has been a resident at Wood Grange for several months, and Margaret recently joined us for some respite care.
Both ladies were very active through their lives and loved their sport right into their later years.
When Margaret arrived, Mary was sitting in the reception seating area and the ladies instantly recognised each other as old school friends and tennis partners from their days at Bourne Grammar School, around 70 years ago.
Margaret told us that her and Mary were partners at tennis through their years at Bourne Grammar school and that her family had a large tennis court in their garden and Mary would join her there to practice.
One thing both ladies can definitely remember is that, whenever they played against Stamford High School, Bourne Grammar would always win, and these games soon became a local derby between the schools.
During Margaret’s stay here at Wood Grange, the ladies have spent many times sitting chatting and we would like to think re-living those happy childhood memories.
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling, and November is calling. Check out our upcoming activities for the month.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
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.
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.
