Activites at Wykeham House Care Home

Residents have been enjoying the summer in style here at Wykeham House with our trips to Worthing running throughout the summer. Whatever the weather, we have headed down to the coast for fish and chips twice this month!

This month residents headed to the popular local skittles event run by our local Horley Lions group! We caught the sun and had a good go down the alleys with the local community. Residents got to see old friends and make new friends.

With Carers week falling in June we decided to host our very own awards to show appreciation to our staff. Residents joined staff in the garden for a celebration and to watch them get their awards!

Residents have been enjoying their local Monday trips! 

This month we took a trip to our local Haskins Garden Centre Snowhill where we shopped for our regular gardening club and then headed to the café for tea and cake!

Our Harlequins fan Rachel took Exeter Chiefs fan Ron to the last home game of the season. 

Ron used to play rugby and enjoyed a trip to Twickenham's Stoop to watch his team in a tight battle against the Quins. 

Resident, Soren, at Wykeham House, has been a season ticket holder for Crystal Palace FC. He has held his ticket for over 50 years and his team made it to their third FA Cup Final that weekend. 

So the staff at the home made his wish a reality, proving it’s never too late, regardless of age, and it certainly wasn't for Palace, who secured the FA Cup win! 

Residents have been enjoying trips out in the new minibus this month. Our latest trip was a special event for the ladies. They wanted to spend some time just the girls gossiping and catching up, so we decided to have a local minibus trip to the Dog and Duck in Outwood. 

Residents enjoyed the food and some even treated themselves to a lovely glass of wine!

We had such a wonderful afternoon at our Mad Hatters Tea Party. The sun was shining, and we enjoyed a selection of cakes, biscuits and sandwiches prepared here in our kitchen and by Periwinkle cakes. 

Residents designed hats for the event and spent the afternoon enjoying some relaxing music by Oli Cavidino playing the flute. We topped off the event with an award from Guide Dogs UK to one of our residents!

Soren, a resident at Wykeham House, has always been interested in football and is a keen supporter of rival team Crystal Palace. 

Despite the two teams being well known for their conflicts in leagues, Soren was keen to go to the newly built Amex Stadium. He said it had always been of interest to him to see what the stadium was like.