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
Employee of the Month - August
In August, our housekeeping team, known as The Pink Ladies, were nominated for Employee of the Month. We received the following comment from a relative stating that they all deserved to be winners:
"Me and my mum would like to nominate all Pink Ladies who do a remarkable job throughout the home. My first impression when walking through the door was 'what a super clean and smell-free home this is'. The standards of cleanliness are very high. Laundry service is amazing; they are always willing to help with Mum’s tags and any missing items are found straight away. They are lovely and friendly and are always willing to go the extra mile, with nothing ever being too much trouble - we need to recognize their good work."
Congratulations, Pink Ladies!
Employee of the Month - July
July's Employee of the Month was Senior Carer, Carmelita Gabuyo. Carmelita was nominated by her colleagues for all her hard work over the last few months and her positive mental attitude. Congratulations!
What have we been doing?
We've been keeping ourselves busy here at Woodside House. Alice and John have been painting pictures for our retro room, the Blowfield Community Choir came to perform for us, and volunteers hosted a 'Come Dance With Me' session, which will now be held monthly; we replaced old plants with new tomatoes, played lots of games, including gentle exercise with our mini parachute; arranged some flowers that had been kindly donated from Sainsbury's, and took a trip to Caister Holiday Park to enjoy the beach and their fantastic flower displays.
Woodside's Divisional Winners
Congratulations to Heather Edwards, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the Volunteer of the Year category at this year's Barchester Care Awards.
Feed the Ducks
We spent an afternoon feeding the ducks and swans at our local lake, followed by a couple of drinks in the pub.
Congratulations!
We want to say a very big congratulations to Angela for completing her NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care!
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.
