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.
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
Ladies Day
And there's more !!
We have a crafty bunch here !!
Look at these fascinators. Made by ladies, for ladies on Ladies Day !!
Pet Therapy
Chocolate in the morning, chickens in the afternoon !!
In came the adult chickens that we hatched at Woodside last year.
So the residents, staff and visitors could see how the chicks we hatched this year will look when they're all grown up. We talked and talked, so many questions!
Piglet is in the building!!!
What a splendid time we have had today !!!
The lovely ladies from Hallswood Animal Sanctuary came with a fabulous collection of animals for us to see, pet and learn about. We met a dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig, hedgehog, cockerel and a piglet !! YES A PIGLET !!
Happy Valentines Day
The day started with Elvis handing roses to all the ladies throughout the home, before singing for us.
Tables were set at lunch looking beautiful, with special tables set for couples to have an intimate dinner for two.
The afternoon was filled with dancing, a little fizz and delicious sweet treats.
While a couple of the staff headed out surprising the public with wrapped single roses ! Those lucky people were most surprised explaining "they had made their day
The Barchester Olympics came to Woodside
Over the last two days our residents and staff have been having so much fun taking part. We have all enjoyed the games and think we are all Gold medal contenders here at Woodside
Jewellery Making
Here at Woodside, we have tried a bit of jewellery making to help with our esteem needs and to become creative to help us with our social interaction these activities worked so well that our resident enjoyed it and be able to wear what we made.
