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.
Petra Hardman
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.
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
D-Day 75 Flypast
Our residents took a seat out in the sunshine to enjoy watching the flypast of the Dakota's. They got a great view of this amazing event that was commemorating D-Day.
Visit to Castle Park
Our residents at Woodland View enjoy regular trips out and about into the local community. A firm favourite is to go to visit Castle Park in Colchester where we can get ice-creams and feed the birds!
Trip to Harwich
Residents and staff enjoyed a day trip to Harwich to see the boats and enjoy the seaside! The sun was shining when we took two mini-bus' full to go to Harwich to enjoy the sights.
Cheese & Wine Evening
Our residents at Woodland View enjoyed a sophisticated cheese and wine evening hosted in the cafe lounge. Everybody was able to have a nice chat whilst enjoying this evening snack.
Trip to the Garden Centre
As part of National Gardening week, it only made sense for a trip to the local garden centre where the residents were able to pick out some new flowers for the gardens at Woodland View. This hard work was finished up by a lovely cup of tea and slice of cake at the garden centre cafe.
Visit from the Farm!
The residents at Woodland View all enjoyed some lovely little visitors as part of National Gardening Week! We had baby chicks who were only 2 weeks old and baby goats who were only 4 weeks old! Residents enjoyed a cuddle with the baby farm animals and it was lovely to see the joy in their faces.
