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.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Ruby-Mae Walker

Activities Coordinator

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.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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

Cupcake Fun

Residents had lots of fun when one of our resident's daughter brought in cupcakes left over from her son’s wedding. The cakes were left for us to decorate and then, even more fun, to eat them.

Dance Session

Resident Gwen was the envy of all the ladies in the room, when singer Jeremy invited her onto the dance floor. Everyone had fun and enjoyed the afternoon.

Sensory Apron

Duke of Edinburgh Award student, Emma Fordham, presented Head of Memory Lane, Ron, with the sensory apron she designed and made as part of her course work. Emma has asked if she would be able to carry out her work experience here at Wood Grange.

 

Christmas Entertainment

Our Memory Lane community danced the afternoon away to local singer, Nick Glover, who joined us as our Christmas party entertainment.

Christmas Card Creations

Busy Bees nursery showed residents how much fun could be had by playing with glitter when they created their own Christmas cards.

Busy Bees

Residents and Busy Bees nursery enjoyed reading stories together. Everyone always looks forward to the this activity. Busy bees join us twice a month for playing games singing and story time.

Upcoming events

November

The leaves are falling, and November is calling. Check out our upcoming activities for the month.

Newsletter - October

We hope you enjoy reading October's newsletter.

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.