Activity Workers Interactive Workshop

In recognition of the importance of promoting activities and interaction in the Homes, the training department runs development workshops for our care home activity workers and day centre staff at regular intervals throughout the year. These sessions may include speakers and tutors on specialist topics, but they are also forums in which activity workers from across the organisation can meet to share their experiences and expertise. June 10th saw a very lively workshop in which activity workers from our many homes got together to give demonstrations of activities they had found to be particularly effective in engaging people’s interest and promoting conversation. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1697","attributes":{"class":"media-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-4121","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","title":"Activity Workers Share Their Ideas","alt":""}}]] This proved to be a competitive event, with a wide range of interesting and effective activities being showcased and prizes awarded. Music, craft, reminiscence and various celebratory activities were all represented. Participants also shared information about useful external contacts and entertainers they had used and could recommend to other homes.