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.

Enriching life
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Sam Lake

Activities Coordinator

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.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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

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Christmas Events

It’s been a busy Christmas at Woodside; we’ve had visits from the local Beavers troop, primary schools and the Baptist church. On Christmas Day, we received lots of new games and things to do for 2018.

Baking Club

Baking Club

We hold a baking club every other Friday with our volunteer, Denise. Residents really enjoy making lots of delicious treats.

Employee of the Month - November

Employee of the Month - November

Congratulations to Ashley Grief, who was named as Woodside House's Employee of the Month for November 2017.

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Arty Corridor

We’ve updated our corridor with these colourful animals that the residents made over the last few months. We also created a photo gallery with memories of everything we’ve been up to this year. We’ve certainly been busy!

Employee of the Month - October

Employee of the Month - October

Congratulations to Sophie Young, Woodside’s Employee of the Month for October.

Employee of the Month - September

Employee of the Month - September

We are delighted to announce that our Employee of the Month for September was Ian Breeze. Congratulations Ian!

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.