Activities at Woodhorn Park Care Home
Activities make up the most important part of all our days at Woodhorn park, so we ensure a variety of social events are available that reflect the interests of all the people we support. In our Memory Lane community, we have group conversations and regularly reminiscence about past experiences, which is something that people living with dementia really enjoy. Many residents love gardening, baking, outings, pet care and gentle exercise, which we provide, along with many other wholesome activities, as it is essential that life at Woodhorn Park is fun and active.
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 Woodhorn Park Care Home
V&A Dundee - Night fever
We had a lovely time joining V&A Dundee curator, Kirsty Hassard, as she introduced us virtually to the history and design of night clubs and the club culture from the 1960s to present day.
We explored the evolution and development of night clubs around the world, from Italy to America, and closer to home, looked at their importance as cultural venues and designed spaces.
This current exhibition celebrates night clubs at a very important moment, as we all look to a brighter future where everyone can come back together, to dance and to enjoy nights out once again.
We all enjoyed the virtual talk.
Local brewery donates beer to Residents
We had a fun-filled day as we raised a glass and tasted top ales in recognition of International Beer Day.
Our residents enjoyed a mini beer festival in the garden and got involved in a variety of interesting activities. Residents enjoyed tasting beers that were donated from Alnwick Brewery, beers are locally brewed and we have also been invited along to their beer garden.
Some of our residents spent time learning about craft brewing and the history of beer, others preferred to join the beer tasting session in the garden and to try beers from all around the world.
It was a wonderful day, enjoyed by all.
Home hold Dog Show
At Woodhorn Park we love our dogs and we recently held our very own virtual dog show for residents, family, and friends to shared their furry friends with us all too.
Dogs have fun loveable quirks, tricks and general gorgeousness. So, over the month we asked our community friends to share their loveable pet pictures and to enter their furry friends into a whole host of fun categories.
Forget-me-knots
Residents at Woodhorn Park have been busy planting forget me not seeds kindly donated from Age UK in china tea cups to decorate their individual rooms and watch them grow. The home enjoys their strong community links and look forward to welcoming their community friends back to the home. Thank you Age UK.
Olympic excitement at Woodhorn
Here at Woodhorn Park we are excited to watch and follow this year’s Olympics in Tokyo.
To show our support for all the nations that participate and the Team GB, we decorated our home with special flags, banners and torches.
We’ve organised a series of activities, games, quizzes and themed events for our residents to enjoy during the games.
Robots with V&A Dundee
We enjoyed a wonderful virtual introduction to the world of robots with V&A Dundee Curator, Kirsty Hassard.
Kirsty talked us through the history of robots and their early beginnings, the presentation traced the fascination of all things wired and wonderful and considered what the future might hold for our relationship with a multitude of mechanical machines.
It was absolutely thrilling to learn what robots can do now and what they might be able to do in the future.
Upcoming events
November
Hello November, we extend a warm invitation for you to join us throughout the month. All welcome.
Could you be a Volunteer?
We are looking for friendly and compassionate volunteers to help make a difference to our residents day to day lives.
Meeting Room for Hire
Are you looking for a room to host a meeting? Pop in and see what we have to offer.
Calling all Emergency Services - take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, come a take a break on us! We offer a warm welcome and a refreshing drink - there may be a cake or two too!
Carers Cafe - Last Friday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly, Carers Cafe - last Friday of the month from 2.30 pm. All welcome.
