Activities at Shawford 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.

We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Joanne Gadd

Activities Co-ordinator

Hello, I am Joanne. I have worked as an activities coordinator for over seven years. In that time I have built a wealth of skills, knowledge and experience in designing and implementing activities that will support the mind, body and soul. I have a passion for delivering person centred sessions and will strive to ensure our weekly programme is engaging for all. I love organising events and am continually looking for ways to connect with our local community.

Life-encriching activities booklet Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.

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 Shawford Springs Care Home

Taking in that fresh sea air!

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!We often ask our residents where they’d like to go on our weekly minibus outings and two of our ladies, Rosemary & Jackie, said that they’d like to visit the seaside again. So, today we took a trip to the lovely Lee-on-Solent beach near Fareham to take in the views and refreshing sea breeze. We also popped in to the Bluebird Cafe, so Rosemary could enjoy a tub of her favourite strawberry ice-cream by the sea.

We turned Two!

We have recently celebrated turning 2 with a Big Birthday Bash!  We danced & sung the afternoon away courtesy of the fantastic China Wolf Country Duo before tucking into a delicious party buffet & birthday cake thanks to our wonderful kitchen team. We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who came along, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We would also like to thank everyone who has supported us over the past 2 years!

World Book Day

Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day with another brilliant trip to visit Locks Heath Infant School in Southampton. 

The morning started with a performance of the three Billy Goats Gruff story by the Year 1 classes and then we each visited a different class to read a book to the children. 

We’d like to thank all the teachers, staff & children for welcoming us back to the school again, the outings are a special treat for us & we always leave with big smiles on our faces. 

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Brilliant Bakers

Yesterday Elisa, David & Paris got together for our Baking Club & made a mouth-watering batch of fruit muffins for everyone to enjoy!

They very carefully followed the recipe and we can assure you the muffins did not disappoint.

Our residents really enjoy baking club as it allows them to use skills that they don't want to loose. It also brings up happy memories of them baking with their children, partners and other friend and family.

World Wildlife Day

This week, we were very fortunate to get to listen to a fascinating talk about the Wildlife of Africa thanks to our resident wildlife expert Richard. From Lions to Meerkats, Richard took us on an amazing journey through the African Savanna, drawing upon his knowledge gained from 17 trips to Africa & his time spent volunteering at Marwell Zoo. We’d like to thank Richard for taking the time to speak for us & we very much look forward to hearing his future animal themed talks!

Gardening Club!

We’d like to say a big thank you to our fantastic resident gardeners here at Shawford Sprinsg, David & Jeanette, who spent the morning planting a selection of colourful Primroses & Polyanthus to brighten up our raised beds & balcony.  We love this time of year when we can get outside, feel some sun and enjoy the flowers.