Activities at Woodside House Care Home
Activities at Woodside House
Our activities team deliver a wide variety of mentally and physically stimulating activities and events for those we support, including coffee afternoons, which we hold every month for the local community, regular outings in our minibus, and visits from entertainers and musicians. Monthly resident meetings help us to ensure that those living here are getting the most out of our activities programme, and that our social events reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible. From growing our own vegetables to making giant paper-mâché animals, there is always something fun going on at Woodside House.
Sam Lake
My name is Sam and I lead our Activities Team at Woodside House.
I have been at Woodside House since 2004 and I love it here. I am responsible for ensuring that the residents are able to participate in sociable, fun and rewarding activities. My team and I are very passionate about our work and love putting smiles on the residents' faces.
We involve the residents in the planning of our activity calendars and encourage residents to continue with the hobbies that they have enjoyed throughout their lives. We will support every resident to try new things and we love learning from our residents every day.
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 Woodside House Care Home
Nail Day!
One of the activities here at Woodside House, which is a favourite, is having Katie, our Gel nails technician, come to visit.
We love to be able to keep in contact with the community and love being able to remain independent.
Valentine's Day Celebrations!
On February 14th we had amazing Valentine's Treats to celebrate the day.
We had a lovely meal cooked by our head chef, Kim, and we set the table ready for the evening - we really did feel the love here at Woodside House!
Owl Visit!
We had a lovely morning here at Woodside. We got to have a visit from the Norfolk Owls and learn all about how to handle them.
It was lovely to see how affectionate and tame they are! Pet therapy is so important for us all at Woodside as it supports our well-being!
Hot Chocolate
Here at Woodside we celebrated national hot chocolate day with a selection of our favourite toppings!
Our residents really enjoyed being able to choose their favourites and everyone was able to join in, being offered a choice promotes independence and makes us feel a sense of purpose.
Baking session
Every week our residents thoroughly enjoy the baking club.
This week we made cheese straws - which were a great success!
The baking club is very popular with the residents as it enables them to maintain their independence. They also love deciding what to bake! The best part is taste testing our creations at the end!
Sainsbury Art Centre
Our residents here at Woodside House wanted to take a trip to the Sainsbury art centre.
Our residents really enjoyed being able to learn about the history and have a look at the art and there was even time to stop off for a coffee and cake!
