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

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Cat's and Coffee

Last week we enjoyed a ‘purrfect’ morning at the Paws For Thought Cat Cafe in Romsey.Many of our residents are cat lovers & have had feline companions throughout their lives, so we knew that a trip to cat café would be a popular choice!We’d like to thank the staff (and of course all the wonderful cats too) for being so friendly and welcoming, we’ll definitely be returning for another visit in the future.

Awesome Animals

Today we enjoyed a very special visit from Em & her gorgeous farm animals. We all absolutely loved meeting Wallace the sheep, Honey the pony, Forest the pig & an unbelievably cute pair of 11 week old goats. We’d like to thank Em & her animals for braving the chilly weather to come and see us today.

Coffee with company

Yesterday, some of our ladies braved the chilly weather to take a trip to one of our favourite places for coffee, Pinkmead Bistro and Tearooms.The tea rooms are situated next to Pinkmead Riding Stables, which means you can sit & watch the horses whilst enjoying a cuppa & slice of cake. Many of our residents have ridden & owned horses throughout their lives, so visiting the tea rooms brings back lots of lovely memories for them.

Cakes and Bakes

This week in our Baking Club, we created a batch of delicious ginger biscuits along with a tasty banana cake! We think we have some future The Great British Bake Off contestants here!
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January's Mystery trip!

Today we took our first minibus trip of 2025 and we decided to kick off the year in style with our Monthly Mystery Trip! Once a month we plan a special trip to a mystery location and today’s surprise destination was the lovely New Forest Heritage Centre, Lyndhurst.We all had a thoroughly enjoyable time exploring the museum (with the highlight being a beautiful embroidered tapestry depicting the history of the New Forest) before enjoying a cappuccino in the cafe.  A big thank you to the lovely staff at the centre for being so friendly & welcoming, we had a great time!

Happy New Year

Saying Goodbye to 2024!From all of us here we would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year! We can’t wait to see what 2025 will bring.