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
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is very important to us all here at Woodside as many of our residents have served in the Armed Forces. We started off by decorating our atrium area and making poppies, whilst sharing memories of conflicts we have seen. We also created knitted poppies which we sold to raise funds for the National Poppy Appeal.
We all enjoyed watching the parade and the service at the Cenotaph, followed by the Queen's speech. All accompanied by a lovely pot of tea with delicious, poppy-themed, cupcakes on the side.
National Apple Day
We celebrated National Apple Day here at Woodside. We had a selection for our residents and staff to try: apple cake, apple pie with cream, Granny Smiths, Golden Delicious, and lots more. Residents enjoy reminiscing about when they were little children and how their mothers would cook with apples.
World Food Day
Here at Woodside House, we celebrated World Food Day with a hugely varied dessert tasting session!
We had cheesecake from the Philippines, a Victoria Sponge from Britain, Romanian biscuit and chocolate snacks, croissants from Italy, doughnuts from America and Baklava from Greece. And whilst we are happy to try cakes from around the world, it was widely agreed that they do have to be accompanied by a nice British cup of tea.
Grandparents Day
Here at Woodside House, we celebrated Grandparents Day with our residents. We gave out little boxes of chocolate and pot plants for our residents to enjoy in their rooms, and we had a little party with scones and cakes, which was enjoyed by all!
Games Afternoon
We had a lovely morning playing some games together, and some of the residents were quite competitive!
Special Guests
We welcomed back some visitors under very strict guidelines. It was so lovely for our residents to see the mini donkeys; it put a smile on everyone's faces.
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.
