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
Open Day at Woodside
We hosted lots of activities for visitors to celebrate National Care Home Open Day, including some delightful Spanish guitar sessions with Pete.
DIY at Woodside
We spent some time sanding down old table legs in preparation for for next year's community garden.
Pleasant Potting
We potted up some donated plants to keep them nice for our meditation garden whilst we are putting it together.
Horticultural Fun at Woodside
These radishes were our very first home-grown organic produce - and they were delicious.
May's Employee of the Month
May's Employee of the Month at Woodside House is Maxine Brighton, our Night Carer and Laundry Assistant.
Maxine was nominated by her fellow colleagues for being "a good, reliable team member who is devoted to her roles and is always happy."
Congratulations, Maxine!
It's been a busy few weeks!
We've had a very busy few weeks here at Woodside House; entertainer, Pete, came to visit and play some guitar for us, we did some gardening, flower arranging - and also painted some furniture for the home.
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.
