Staff and residents and the local community came together at a care home to enjoy summer sun at their seaside themed event.

Glebefields care home, in Drayton Village, Banbury, hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including tin-can alley, skittles, beach volleyball and a sandcastle competition.

The gardens were transformed into a beach front with a visiting ice cream van.

Read more: New Asian superstore is holding a grand opening

In addition, the home’s hospitality team served a traditional fish and chips menu.

Residents Edith and Marlene said: “We thoroughly enjoyed it, seeing so many people having fun in our gardens.

“The vintage ice creams were just perfect.”

General Manager at Glebefields care home Nisha Shaji said: “The day was such fun and it’s not the end of summer fun at Glebefields, we have many more exciting activities lined up for the residents and local community.”

 

Read more from this author

This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.

Matthew covers Bicester and focuses on finding stories from diverse communities.

Get in touch with him by emailing: Matthew.norman@newsquest.co.uk

Follow him on Twitter: @OxMailMattN1

A message from our Editor

Thank you for reading this story and supporting the Oxford Mail.

If you like what we do please consider getting a subscription for the Oxford Mail and in return we’ll give you unrestricted access with less adverts across our website from the latest news, investigations, features, and sport.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok for more. 

You can also join the conversation in our Facebook groups: stay ahead of traffic alerts here, keep up to date with the latest from court here, share your favourite memories of Oxford here, get your daily dose of celebrity news here and take some time out with news that will make you smile. 

If you’ve got a story for our reporters, send us your news here. You can also list an event for free here.