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
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.
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.
World Kindness Day
Woodland View celebrated World Kindness Day. Volunteers from University of Essex ‘V-team’ and the amazing ‘Leading Lights Morris of Dovercourt’ dancers visited the home on the day.
Staff members, residents, relatives and children from the local school decorated the home with paper silhouettes and created a ‘We are the World’ themed display.
Everyone is very proud of the results and had lots of fun during the celebrations.
Remembrance Day
Residents, relatives and staff members at Woodland View Care Home in Colchester worked hard to create a handmade poppies dress in recognition of Remembrance Day.
Everyone took part in decorating the home for the day and on 11th of November at 11am they had a service with two minutes of silence to pay tributes to the members of the armed forces, who have died in line of their duty.
The day continued with poem readings and an amazing live piano performance by Colin Bennett.
Halloween Cheese and Wine
For Halloween, our residents enjoyed a lovely range of cheese and wine and had a party! We had a volunteer from University of Essex join us and everybody had a really wonderful evening.
Diwali Celebrations
At Woodland View we celebrated Diwali - the Festival of Lights! We tried a range of Indian food and learned about Indian traditions during this celebration.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us as we get into the festive spirit. Merry Christmas!
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
