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
Proud Sponsors of Barchester Bowls Club
Woodland View is a proud sponsor of Colchester Bowls Club.
Colchester Bowls club was established in 1982 and is located in Colchester, Essex. The Club is affiliated with the English Indoor Bowling Association Limited (EIBA) and the Essex County Indoor Bowling Association (ECIBA), together with the London & Southern Counties Bowling Association. The Club has six bowling rinks, a restaurant, bar, shop, changing rooms and the unusual feature of an excellent viewing gallery for spectators to watch the bowling.
This week was the evening of the awards ceremony and, as sponsors, we were invited to present the trophies to the winners of many competitions.
Ashley Hanmer, Honorary Secretary, who hosted the evening was pleased to see so many people and thanked us for sponsoring them throughout the year.
The main speaker and presenter for the evening was Peter Thompson, Chief Executive of the English Indoor Bowling Association, and it was great to share the evening with him.
Wendy Twydell, Home Services Advisor, said: "It was a pleasure for us to be there on the night and share this wonderful ceremony with them that was enjoyed by all."
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Woodland View hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning event on 30th September.
Residents, visitors and staff enjoyed fresh coffee and home baked cakes whilst participating in a 'who's the baby' interactive quiz, which mixed celebrity baby pictures with baby pictures of staff. All those attending needed to do was to identify who the celebrity was and who the staff member was - easy, right? Nope! It was however, hysterical at times, as Joanna Lumley, for example, was identified (incorrectly) as Riet Jones, Woodland View's General Manager! Barchester Divisional Carer award winner, Tom Young, was mistaken for John Travolta - and the hilarity just continued!
As the chaos ensued, resident, Anne Harvey, moved around the coffee lounge with a raffle book in her hands and a smile on her face. A combination of cake and coffee sales, raffle tickets and cash donations, culminated in £105 being raised for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The raffle prize - a lovely chilled bottle of Prosecco - was won by visitor, Ivy Longshaw.
All that remains is for us to sincerely thank everyone who supported the event in so many ways.
Woodland View dug deep in their pockets for Harvest Festival Week
Throughout the week, staff at Woodland View rallied round in collecting food, fruit items and toiletries to be given out to our local charity, Beacon House Ministries.
Beacon House Ministries is a Christian charity that was established to help homeless people, those in insecure accommodation and those at high risk of homelessness. Beacon House offers a wide range of support services, providing a necessary and vital lifeline to these vulnerable individuals.
We presented them with boxes of goodies for everyone to share.
Harvest Service
Residents enjoyed Woodland View's very own Thanksgiving service, which was conducted by Reverend Gibbs of Mile End Parish.
The modern British tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843, when Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall. We sang lots of Victorian hymns at our service, which was a lovely way to spend the morning.
Hat Check Honeys
Performers from the Hot Check Hats came to perform in front of the residents recently, who were treated to a full afternoon of fun and sing alongs.
The Hat Check Honeys perform a mixture of different songs in fantastic costumes in an interactive and uplifting style. They were perfect for residents at Woodland View and are definitely welcome back anytime.
Chris' Birthday
At Woodland View, we joined General Manager, Riet Jones, and Deputy Manager, Juliet Driver, in wishing resident, Chris, a very happy birthday. All other residents, friends and family had a slice of birthday cake and some drinks to celebrate with Chris.
