Activities at Milford House Care Home
The Activities Team at Milford House are dedicated to providing a range of stimulating activities for both groups and individuals, that promote both physical and mental wellbeing based upon resident's interests both past and present. As a member of the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) the team are always striving to incorporate best practice into the array of activities on offer and to enhance their own skills through qualification with NAPA to NVQ Level 3 in Activities Provision. The team combine weekly activity favourites such as sherry mornings with special events, musical entertainments, slide shows, outings in our own mini-bus as well as interacting with local community groups such as Plain Arts Salisbury to showcase resident art and creativity and others who come into the home to interact with our residents. Milford House also benefits from a strong network of volunteers who support the Activity Team as they deliver their programme and who, along with friends and relatives, are always welcome to come and join in our sessions and outings.
Gale Louw
Gale joined the Milford team in 2019, initially as a carer but has gradually transferred over to the Activities Team where she is now the full time Coordinator. Gale has a passion to create a comprehensive and inclusive programme of vibrant events for residents, family
members and friends to enjoy and, along with the rest of team, ensure that each resident is able to participate in meaningful activities tailored to their likes and dislikes.
Originally from South Africa, when not at work Gale loves nothing more than exploring the UK, catching up with family and friends, being creative across a variety of disciplines and keeping her eyes out for great activities and events she can bring back to the home for
residents to enjoy.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Milford House Care Home
Coffee at the Farm
Residents enjoyed a visit to the café at River Bourne Community Farm where they received a very warm welcome. Following the snow it was a rather raw day so we sensibly decided to visit the animals on our next visit and settled down with our coffee and our selections from the array of delicious cakes. Here’s to the next visit!
Residents Raise Money for Community Farm
Residents and staff were delighted to welcome Ben Parker, Chairman of River Bourne Community Farm to the home today to tell us all about the history of the farm, how it has developed, plans for the future and of course the funding needed to keep the farm going. A much loved local venue, which is just a couple of minutes away from Milford in the heart of Laverstock, it has been a regular place for residents to go and meet the animals and have a cup of coffee and during 2023 we will be fundraising for them to help them continue providing such a valuable community resource so close to the heart of Salisbury.
To get the ball rolling we were delighted to present Ben with a cheque for £240. Each month we will be undertaking a fundraising activity - so watch this space and please join in the fun if you are visiting the home - and also having a regular coffee morning at the farm, the first one being on March 9th. We are looking forward to catching up with Ben again then - see you down on the farm!
Armchair Zumba Goes Down a Storm
Residents at Milford House have been delighted to welcome Kirstie to the home who has been leading us in Armchair Zumba. This is something new for all of us and Kirstie has been running sessions packed to capacity as we all get to learn the exercises. Everyone does what they can and there has been lots of fun and laughter along the way as we seek to maintain and improve mobility.
Ready for Valentine's Day
Residents at Milford have created wonderful decorations for the home for everyone to enjoy as part of our Valentine's Day celebrations. There was a special lunch featuring activities that reflected the theme of the day and much fun was had by all. We were all reminded that this time last year one of our residents proposed to his now wife on Valentine's Day - how romantic!
Mayor of Salisbury opens art exhibition
Residents welcomed The Mayor of Salisbury, Councillor Tom Corbin who formally opened the Milford House Care Home Art Exhibition featuring the local group Phoenix Artists; Mel Cane, Mary Gilson and Liz Hoppe who all work from a riverside studio in nearby Laverstock. The artists are all members of Plain Arts Salisbury, as is the home, and residents thoroughly enjoyed the opening and chatting to the artists and visitors who attended the opening. All the works will be on display until mid-February and are available for sale and feature the themes of landscape, flowers animals and more.
Residents prepare for Big Garden Birdwatch
In preparation for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, which runs from the 27th - 29th January, and following on making our bird feeders in readiness we have been finding out more about some of the garden birds that we hope to see and count and making sure that we can identify them. We had great fun looking at the facts and myths behind some of our favourite garden visitors and then drew them and made little models (thanks to our HOM Bill for the stands) to remind us what we will be looking out for when the time comes and as quick identifying aides.
