Activities at Melbourn Springs Care Home

To celebrate the Queen’s official birthday at Melbourn Springs we held a special Afternoon Tea for our residents to enjoy the occasion together. But no Afternoon Tea would be complete without Cake – and what a showstopper we had! Who needs the Great British Bake off when we have 2nd Chef Annie Symonds?!?

The whole team came up with different designs and we held a vote to pick our final cake design - with the winning ‘Crown’ put forward by General Manager – Karen Allen.

Our residents helped decide on the actual colour and it was a close call between Red, Blue or Purple for the Crown but the team agreed with Royal Purple for our creation.

We were all blown away by Annie’s amazing Cake, with resident Iris exclaiming, “I have never seen anything like it - absolutely excellent!”

It seemed a shame to cut the ‘work of art’ but we all enjoyed a slice together which was truly delicious and there were smiles all round as we sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to our Queen. This special Cake and day will definitely be remembered by all of us at Melbourn Springs for many years to come.

As our residents cannot visit the Ice cream Van at the moment, our Activities Coordinator Laura organised a special Ice Cream afternoon to bring the Ice Cream to Melbourn Springs.

One resident said, “Oh, it reminds me of when I visited the pictures years and years ago - the best bit for me was always the Ice Cream at the interval but I was a bit boring really as Strawberry was always my favourite!"

Everyone had a lovely afternoon and Vanilla was definitely the most popular choice - with a Flake of course!

Our staff and residents voted for Rob our Head of Maintenance as our May employee of the month.

Rob, "works exceptionally hard to ensure that our home is always safe, our residents’ rooms are exactly how they want them to be and our gardens look amazing. He is always willing to help anyone and our residents love him!"

Well done Rob from all of the team at Melbourn Springs - we hope that you enjoy spending your £25 voucher!

“Barchester’s Executive Board would like to say a big THANK YOU to all members of the Barchester family, and particularly those in our homes and hospitals for their incredible hard work during this unprecedented time. They are extremely proud of all of you for your bravery, professionalism, care and compassion.”

The team at Melbourn Springs are extremely grateful for the amazing support that we always receive from our Executive Board and for our cards and gifts too!

Wearing our bands with pride at Melbourn Springs #BarchesterTogether

The Melbourn Coronavirus Community Response (M.C.C.R) was set up in March to respond to the needs of the community during the Covid-19 crisis. The MCCR is a small team formed from Melbourn Hub, Melbourn Parish Council and Melbourn Timebank - coming together to offer practical help, and to let every household know how to access any assistance they might need via phone lines that are open 7 days a week between 9am and 4pm on 01763 263303 # 1

As well as collecting/delivering prescriptions, organising grocery shopping for local people who are “shielding” the response group have also set up a Foodbank for the village between 11am and 2pm on Thursdays at the Melbourn Hub, 30 High Street, Melbourn, SG8 6DZ.

Following on from Mental Health Kindness week, all of the staff at Melbourn Springs wanted to donate to the Foodbank to help support such a great cause and the fantastic community group who really are leading the way in the village COVID-19 response.

If you cannot leave your home, call the MCCR on 01763 263303, tell them what you need, and they will deliver it to you! Melbourn truly is blessed with such an amazingly kind community shining brightly in these challenging times.

Every year the Mental Health Foundation host Mental Health Awareness Week to raise awareness and promote good mental health for all. The theme this year was kindness.

Kindness and mental health are deeply connected. Kindness strengthens relationships, develops community, deepens solidarity, is an antidote to isolation and creates a sense of belonging. It truly is the cornerstone to our individual and collective mental health. 

To mark this special week the team and our residents at Melbourn Springs have been very busy compiling our Melbourn Springs journey board - including all of the exceptionally kind comments that the home has received from our friends in the local community. 

Our Administration Manager Ian, is seen here holding just one lovely cards that our home has received, and our General Manager Karen is pictured with one of our home's smile boards to promote positivity, thoughtfulness, conscientiousness and above all kindness.

The whole team at Melbourn Springs are always looking for ways to do something to show our appreciation to our community, and spread a little kindness to say thank you to our friends for all of their amazing support that they have bestowed upon our team, residents and their new home, Melbourn Springs.