Activities at Woodland View Care Home

Activities at Woodland View

Woodland View is passionately committed to providing residents with a varied choice of entertainment, social, health and well being, craft and relaxation based activities.

Activities will all be meaningful and based on the likes of residents and will continue to evolve depending on our residents. The activities provided will also include involvement from other local community based organisations and are open to all residents, family and friends of residents. Our activities will be facilitated by staff from all departments as well as invited guests. Families are also enthusiastically encouraged to play a part in activities when possible.

There will always be at least one person at every activity who has been DBS checked to ensure the safeguarding of our residents. The dignity of our residents and our respect for them is at the centre of everything we do, each and every day.

We are always reviewing and changing our schedule of activities to be a centre of excellence and actively invite feedback and suggestions for new and meaningful activities and ideas.

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

Petra Hardman

Activities Coordinator

Hi my name is Petra and I'm the Activities Coordinator here at Woodland View. I love seeing the difference that activities can make to each individual, and finding out what interests they have and ensure I incorporate that into our activities here.

I love music and drama coming from a musical background as a singer all over the country, music is important to me and I feel it makes such a difference to everyone, it evokes memories, and creates happiness. I also love to boost residents self esteem by creating pampering sessions and having one to one time to relax and reminisce.

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 Woodland View Care Home

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Pancake Day

Pancake Day at Woodland View was a very busy and fun day. We were lucky enough to welcome in the Essex University Volunteering Union to come and help our residents to make and enjoy some pancakes!

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World Pizza Day!

Residents and staff at Woodland View had a great 'World Pizza Day' making their own pizza designs! The best bit was being able to taste the pizza that you had made!

Visit from local school for Valentines Day

Woodland View residents worked together with some of our local school children to make Valentine's Day crafts! The residents and children made Valentine's themed posters about love and used them to decorate the Home’s lounge.

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Burns Night celebrations

Woodland View celebrated Burns Night in style with a performance from some Scottish dancers. Woodland View residents, relatives and staff members very much enjoyed the celebrations. 

Christmas Panto

Residents, relatives and friends of Woodland View were entertained in true festive style with a Panto! These fantastic performers came to the home and everybody had a wonderful time watching and getting involved with the show.

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Christmas Fete

We were delighted to host a Christmas Fete again this year at Woodland View, where we invited in lots of different members of the community and had a range of stalls for friends of the home and the residents to purchase gifts for their loved ones or for themselves! Everybody had a lovely time.