Recently one of our activity Co-Ordinators saw a leaflet for an open call submissions of art for the Newhouse in Guilford. The theme of the exhibition was ‘in dreams’. We brought up the exhibition with our residents and some of them said they would like to participate. They spent a couple of weeks deciding what …
On the 13th Of September our activity centre took a group of our residents out for lunch at the Rural life centre. The Rural life centre is an open air museum located in Farnham that has many historical buildings that contain items that would have been commonly found in them back in the day. A …
On the 24th of August we had an instructor come and do a Zumba session with our residents. The instructor was able to make sure all the residents were able to participate by making the activity possible for varying degrees of abilities. The session lasted just over an hour and the instructors played many songs …
On the 14th of August we had a group of 10 volunteers from surrey county council come in from 10am – 1pm. The volunteers had two different groups: one outside doing some gardening and another inside with the residents doing some activities in the day centre. The volunteer group brought in various activities for the …
On the 26th of July Woodlarks held its first ever Woodlarks got talent in the dining room. There where 13 acts in total, which included 3 staff members, 13 residents and 1 family member. Acts included residents singing, dancing and telling jokes throughout the afternoon. The show started with an duet between one of our …
On the 6th of July we had a small band come in to play some music for our Residents. The band was made up of 3 people and they all played various instruments. The main 3 statement pieces were the cello, violin and guitar but at some points they got a piccolo out and a …
On the 4th of July we held an America themed day. We decorated our dining room with American flags and 0ur day Centre made headbands for both residents and staff to wear. One of our staff members cooked a BBQ outside while the residents got seated at their tables and got their order taken. We …
On the 14th of June we had Zoolab come in to teach us about different types of bugs/reptiles. We let the residents decide if they would like to see/hold the animals and if they did not feel comfortable with it we gave them activities to carry out in the dinning room. All the other residents …
On the 10th June 2023 we held a carnival themed day at the Woodlarks Centre. We started the event at 2pm and welcomed the guest into the building letting them know what time lunch will be cooked by and the stools we had prepared down in the activity centre. Everyone gathered in the dining room …
On the 7th of June we had an artist come in to teach and guide our residents with their painting skills. The theme of the day was flowers and how we can incorporate them into art. Many of the residents tried painting still life pictures of some of the bouquets that were brought in by …