Day Care Centres or Nursing Homes

Do you run sessions for people in day care or nursing home settings?  Are you looking for new ideas for activities?
As an experienced speaker and activity facilitator, Christina can help in the following ways:

• Advising and mentoring staff and volunteers in the planning and delivery of activity programmes (£20/hour)
• Running a project – for example, exploring memories of childhood and responding to these through art-based activities (prices variable - please contact Christina to discuss)
• Delivering ‘one-off’ sessions (£35 for talks / £45 for talks and activities)
  

Current Sessions Available

Reminiscence Sessions
These interactive sessions use a range of methods and stimuli to ‘bring to life’ memories from the past.  Sing along to your favourite tunes, take part in a sand castle building competition, revise your times tables or prepare for a party.  Themes for sessions include: the seaside, school, at home and celebrations.  Please contact Christina for further details.

Bringing the Outside Inside
Plants, flowers and herbs have been used in the home for many years.  A short (20 minute) talk touches on their use in medicine, romance, food and superstition.  This is followed by an opportunity to take part in a variety of simple flower-inspired activities, including hand massage, making paper bouquets, drawing a still-life arrangement and looking through gardening books.

History of Norwich
A shortened version of the ‘History of a Fine City’ talk.  Using a range of costumes and historical objects, Christina brings to life some of the more unusual elements of Norwich’s history.  This is often popular with people who have lived and worked in Norwich when they were younger, as they are able to add their own anecdotes to the talk.

All sessions can be tailored to suit the needs of your clients, including making adjustments for those with hearing/sight loss or dementia.  Sessions are normally 1 hour long, but this can be negotiated to fit with your requirements.