Activities at Wood Grange Care Home

What an egg-ceptional Easter Family Fun Day we had at Wood Grange Care Home!

Our residents and their families enjoyed a delightful time filled with arts and crafts, games, an exciting Easter egg hunt, and mind-boggling riddles! And of course, we savoured every moment with hot drinks and scrumptious Easter treats!

Celebrations have been in full swing at Wood Grange Care Home, as one of its residents reaches her 105th birthday in style on the 2nd of April.

Ethel was joined by staff, relatives, friends for a celebration at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake made by the home’s chef Radovan. Ethel also received a card from the King and local MP Gareth Davies. Ethel served in the RAF many years ago where she made friends for life, her colleagues, friends and family always called her ‘aunt happy’ because she was always smiling.

Wood Grange Care Home had asked the local community and businesses in the area to send a card for Ethel’s big 105th , in total Ethel received 65 cards one coming from as far as Scotland. Ethel and the home would like to especially thank Bourne Westfield Primary Academy, Sue Hutchinson Age UK, Paint a Pot Place, Card Factory Bourne, Rosedale Property Agents, and The Sweet Shop who all kindly sent cards. Ethel was also visited by Dr Pears and Denika Wilmot from Hereward practice as they came to celebrate their eldest patient’s birthday. 

We had a brilliant time across our services with Harrogate Skills 4 Living as they took us on a wonderful virtual visit to their Harrogate Chocolate Factory.

Residents were thrilled to discover details about the chocolate-making process and the fascinating journey from bean to bar, all while enjoying some delicious sweet treats.

The Factory aims to employ people with learning disabilities and autism, involving them in all parts of the process, from sorting and roasting the beans to packaging and sales. The experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined this event.

We continue to celebrate a varied life enrichment programme and across our services we linked up with other Barchester care homes and hospitals up and down the country for some interactive Beat the Clock games. 

Our residents truly enjoyed solving word puzzles, conundrums and mathematical problems as part of Barchester’s very own game show series.

Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Join us in celebrating a decade of dedication and excellence! Today, we honour Amanda, who has been an invaluable part of our Wood Grange family for 10 years. Her commitment, compassion, and unwavering dedication have touched the lives of countless residents and colleagues. Today we showered her with gratitude and appreciation for all the work she has done in making Wood Grange a warm and loving place. Here's to many more years of making a difference! Amanda made a comment saying, “Thank you everyone for your incredible generosity and for making me feel so special”

Staff and residents at Wood Grange Care Home in Bourne marked International Day of Happiness by spending the day preparing bunches of flowers to hand out to the local community and businesses.

Nigel, Community Champion at Sainsbury’s in Bourne, kindly organised to have flowers donated to Wood Grange Care Home to support them with their mission which was to spread happiness. Wood Grange residents created small bouquets of daffodils and other flowers to hand out in the local community as well as the homes staff members.

Katya Petrova, General Manager at Wood Grange said: “Our residents really enjoyed putting bunches of flowers together and giving back to the local community on such a special day. It has put everyone in such good spirits – having an International Day of Happiness is a fantastic idea!”