Activities at Melbourn Springs Care Home

Our staff and residents voted for Annie our 2nd Chef as our employee of the month for July.

Annie, "is an exceptionally talented Chef and her Cakes are absolutely delicious!"

Well done Annie from all of the team and residents at Melbourn Springs and thank you for the Chocolate Roulade too!

We all love getting our hair done don't we?!? And as our residents cannot visit the hairdressers - Melbourn Springs brought hairdressing to the home in the form of two professional hairdressers - our Care Assistant Leonie and Home Services Advisor – Dan.

Leonie and Dan worked their magic and our residents were delighted with the final results after their hair Pamper Day with Elizabeth exclaiming, “Absolutely excellent!”

Our dear friend of Melbourn Springs, Elizabeth Murphy (Betty) from Melbourn has very kindly knitted our staff 'Ear Savers' to wear with our Face Masks. The savers have been exceptionally well received with Karen our General Manager exclaiming "Wow, these are so comfortable and such a kind gift this International Friendship Day too!"

But Betty didn't stop there! Also sending a delightful poem that she had written during the lockdown period called, 'Isolation Musings' - which our residents thoroughly enjoyed. So much so that Betty’s poem is displayed in our reception and has been entered into the national Poem's in the Pandemic Competition.

We are all rooting for you Betty - you really are exceptionally gifted and thank you for being such an amazing friend of Melbourn Springs.

Our Home Services Advisor Dan, has been announced as the National Care Award, Central division winner for Community Engagement. Dan was presented with his Certificate and £40 prize voucher by our Manager, Karen Allen.

Dan has been selected out of 2,800 nominations for his dedication, passion and contribution and has been acknowledged as the best in the division.

As the divisional winner, Dan has been invited to the Care Awards ceremony where the overall winner will be announced on 8th October 2020. This year will be a virtual event and we are all very excited to see who will scoop the National award.

Thank you for all your amazing work Dan and good luck in the finals from all of the team here at Melbourn Springs.

Our residents at Melbourn Springs highlighted at their last resident meeting that they would like their very own vegetable patch and Rob our Head of Maintenance was on hand to enable the plans come to fruition.

2 days later and Melbourn Springs now has its very own resident Tomato plantation and Herb Garden too! Needless to say our green fingered residents are absolutely delighted and cannot wait to collect the first crop.

Congratulations to Dan Amis, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the 2020 Barchester Care Awards. Dan is a finalist in the Community Engagement category, and has been invited to attend a virtual awards ceremony on 8th October, where he will find out if he has won overall.