Creative Carer Community
Join Our Community
Are you an activities coordinator looking for fresh ideas, creative resources, and a supportive community?
Our Plays Aloud Creative Carer Community is a dedicated space for sharing inspiration, best practices, and success stories from care homes and community schemes across Northern Ireland.
Join our Facebook Group to be part of the conversation. Whether you're looking for advice, resources, or just a place to chat with fellow coordinators, this is your space to connect and collaborate.
Why Join?
Share What Works – Post about creative activities that have been a hit with your residents and gain inspiration from others.
Find New Ideas – Discover tried-and-tested activities, from music sessions to interactive storytelling, that engage and uplift older adults.
Shape the Future – Help us identify gaps in the sector so we can develop new workshops, performances, and resources to better support you and your residents.
Make Connections – If we can’t help directly, we’ll do our best to connect you with someone who can!
Our Resources
Creative Resources for delivering Arts Activities with Older people
We know how important it is to have engaging, accessible activities for older adults—so we’ve gathered a range of free creative resources to support you in delivering meaningful experiences.
What You'll Find:
Original Resources – Created by our expert workshop facilitators, these activity guides, games, and exercises for care home settings.
Resources Signposting – We’ve also handpicked some fantastic materials from other organisations to direct you to.
Other Resources
Playlist for Life
- A playlist of personally meaningful music to help people living with dementia
Teasury of Arts Activities
- A year of creativity: 52 accessible and creative activities for everyone working with older people. Published by the Baring Foundation