Our new activities trolley

The team at Ashbourne Court Care Home have recently made an activities trolley so the activities can come to the residents anywhere in the home.

One of our volunteers suggested that we should make a trolley of activities, so that we could take the activities easily around the home while our residents are spending more time in their rooms. We thought this was a great idea so Nemily, our Magic Moments Club assistant and our volunteer, Lynn, got to work on upcycling a trolley. Lynn is an avid crafter so let Nemily raid her stash of material and craft items! With the help of a glue gun Nemily created this amazing activity trolley.

We have filled it all sorts of crafts, cards to write letters to family and friends, nail and pamper care and lots of treats, along with reminiscence items. Our residents were so excited to see it coming down the corridors! We celebrated the grand unveiling with tea and cake. The unicorn homemade bunting was a hit with everyone! We are looking forward to using it daily and keeping everyone feeling included.

Resident, Angela, “That’s very fancy, aren’t you clever. I can’t wait to see what goodies there are!”

Team member, Rebekka, said “That looks amazing, so bright and cheerful!”

Our Magic Moments Club assistant, Nemily, added “I’m so proud of what I’ve made, I love my job so doing this at home was a pleasure as I knew how much the residents would appreciate it. It’s important to me that I can include everyone and with this I can take the activities to the residents even when they can’t come and join us.”

At Ashbourne Court we believe in living life to the full. That’s why we’re passionate about creating vibrant, stimulating activities that will help our residents to love every day. We call them ‘Magic Moments’.

Every brighterkind home now has a Magic Moments Club which provides a vast range of activities and fun things to do that are open to all of our residents.

The idea behind Magic Moments is that just because someone moves into a care home doesn't mean that the things they love doing should suddenly stop – quite the contrary, we believe our residents should have the opportunity to love every day, by doing the things that they have always loved as well as trying new things along the way.

Ashbourne Court Care Home, rated 'OUTSTANDING' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is located in Andover, Hampshire and provides residential care, nursing care, dementia care, palliative care and respite care.

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