Activities at Melbourn Springs Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is a major focus of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat will always be welcomed.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Melbourn Springs Care Home
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Dementia Coffee Morning with friends
We had a busy little morning yesterday when we joined our friends from Royston Rotary for their Dementia Coffee morning at the Coombes Community Centre in Royston.
There was entertainment courtesy of Graham and John who were playing guitars and singing. This was followed by a competitive and light-hearted quiz before we all finished by making some very special Valentines Day cards. We love these coffee morning and cannot wait to see our friends again next month.
There was entertainment courtesy of Graham and John who were playing guitars and singing. This was followed by a competitive and light-hearted quiz before we all finished by making some very special Valentines Day cards. We love these coffee morning and cannot wait to see our friends again next month.
Creature Comforts
We had an amazing animal filled afternoon at Melbourn Springs courtesy of Safari Stu's Animal Party. We had a mixture of the 'cute and cuddlies' along with the 'creepy crawlies' and it was brilliant to see how much the residents interacted with the animals of choice!!
Stu is also excellent with the residents and spends time with all of the residents, giving them an in-depth description of each of the animals. These are always some of our favourite activities and we very much look forward to welcoming Stu and the animals back to Melbourn Springs very soon.
Stu is also excellent with the residents and spends time with all of the residents, giving them an in-depth description of each of the animals. These are always some of our favourite activities and we very much look forward to welcoming Stu and the animals back to Melbourn Springs very soon.
Cinema Club
Some of the ladies came to us to say that they would really enjoy a movie in the cinema room so we held an impromptu 'Cinema Club'.
The movie of choice was Mamma Mia and there was lots of laughing and singing along to an all-time classic movie. We love our impromptu moments and being able to offer our residents what they want, when they want it, is one of the most satisfying parts of our roles within Melbourn Springs.
The movie of choice was Mamma Mia and there was lots of laughing and singing along to an all-time classic movie. We love our impromptu moments and being able to offer our residents what they want, when they want it, is one of the most satisfying parts of our roles within Melbourn Springs.
Panto Magic
The residents enjoyed a wonderful evening watching the brilliant Orwell Panto Group production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Orwell Village Hall. There was a lot of laughing and cheering and the cast were kind enough to pose for a few pictures with the residents at the end of the show.
One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live entertainment. Resident involvement in choosing events along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar.
One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live entertainment. Resident involvement in choosing events along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar.
An outing with new friends
We had a lovely afternoon with our new friends from the Evergreen Club at their weekly afternoon gathering at the Masonic Hall in Royston.
It was bingo week so the residents got their dabbers out and played for the big prizes. This was followed by tea and biscuits. There was a special surprise for Brian as one of the ladies from the Evergreen Club found out that he is a West Ham United fan so serenaded him with 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'. Thank you to everybody at the Evergreen Club for making us so welcome. We look forward to seeing you again, both at the Masonic Hall and also at Melbourn Springs.
It was bingo week so the residents got their dabbers out and played for the big prizes. This was followed by tea and biscuits. There was a special surprise for Brian as one of the ladies from the Evergreen Club found out that he is a West Ham United fan so serenaded him with 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'. Thank you to everybody at the Evergreen Club for making us so welcome. We look forward to seeing you again, both at the Masonic Hall and also at Melbourn Springs.
Singalong with Dave
We have continued with our busy activities programme by bringing back one of our favourites for an afternoon of singing courtesy of the one and only Dave Parry. Dave is a regular at Melbourn Springs and our residents simply adore him. Once again he had us all entertained with his foot-tapping rendition of our residents' favourite songs and there were plenty of our residents who were happy to sing along with Dave. A great afternoon had by all.
