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.
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 Woodside House Care Home
Garden Party
What a great day here at Woodside. Residents and staff have enjoyed a lovely afternoon garden party. The sun was shining, the music was playing and thanks to Kim, Herald and our fantastic kitchen team the food was yummy.
Thank you to all our stall holders and staff for all your hard work, what a team.
A wish Granted
Massive thank you to The Assembly House, Norwich, for their amazing service and afternoon tea.
Thanks to our Resident ambassador's wish on the wishing line some of our residents got to join her. They had such a lovely time we are looking forward to see what the next wish will be.
Supporting our Creativity
We've been enjoying the opportunity to develop a wider range of skills by getting crafty! Arts and Crafts activities are very popular with residents here at Woodside House. We've designed and decorated our own pots and set a little plant in them too!
Hallswood Animal Sanctuary
Another brilliant visit from Hallswood Animal Sanctuary today. Thank you ladies for bringing a cockeral, a hen, a hedgehog, a guinea pig, a rabbit and our friend Ivy Pig Pig.
The cockerel was flat out, asleep on a lap.
We are obviously a calm lot as so did the guinea pig and rabbit!!
While the hen found the garden and got herself some snacks !
'Giving Back' to Pricilla Bacon Lodge
This year our lovely residents are 'giving back' to the local community. We have lots of plans but today was our first presentation to the amazing staff at Pricilla Bacon Lodge. It was a pleasure for our Resident Ambassador Biddy to present our first cheque to Louise from our fundraising events.
Thank you, residents, staff, and visitors for your generous support, and thank you Louise and Helena for making us so welcome. We look forward to the next visit.
A visit from the Vintage Motor Cycle Club
The lovely gents from the Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC) came to visit this morning and attracted quite a crowd, before stopping with us for lunch. Resident and relativities, volunteers staff, and some new faces enjoyed admiring the bike chatting to the guys reminiscing along the way.
Upcoming events
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.
