The home's main celebration events are due to take place during Care Home Open Weekend on Friday 20th June 2025, 2pm – 5pm. Newlands Care Home will be welcoming residents, colleagues, friends, family and the wider community to ‘New--fest’ where the home will be hosting a festival of arts, music and food.
A variety of entertainment from local musicians and artists will be showcased as well as delicious refreshments. Guests are encouraged to dress in festival style attire with colourful clothing, makeup and hair styles.
Care Home Open Week is a national event hosted by Championing Social Care, designed to connect care homes with their local communities. The week will offer care homes the opportunity to showcase their range of services, provide tours of their facilities, and highlight the activities that are offered to residents.
The event also seeks to connect the homes with their neighbours, highlighting the communal support that the home can provide. HC-One’s chosen theme for this year’s Care Home Open Week is ‘The Big Summer Weekender’ emulating the nostalgic feel of British summer holidays with a variety of fun-filled activities culminating in an end-of-week celebration at the home.
Throughout the week, residents, colleagues, families, and friends are set to enjoy a variety of fun-filled activities culminating in an end-of-week celebration at the home. The home and members of the local community will be coming together to celebrate summertime memories past and present and hosted a fabulous Summer Weekender event.
Newlands Care Home will be adorned in a variety of summer themed decorations, emulating the nostalgic feel of British summer holidays past and present providing a perfect setting for everyone to come together as a community, and to learn more about life at the care home.
As well as providing a space for existing relatives and residents to celebrate life at the home, visitors will also be encouraged to hear directly from colleagues in the home about what a rewarding career in care looks like as well as opportunities for community engagement and about the volunteering roles on offer within the home.
Melissa Johnson, HC-One’s Newlands Care Home Manager, said: “We are delighted to be taking part in Care Home Open Week once again here at Newlands. It’s a wonderful opportunity to open our doors to the local community, showcase the incredible work our team does every day, and celebrate the vibrant lives of our residents.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming visitors, families, and friends to join us in a week filled with fun, connection, and meaningful moments.”