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.
Joanne Gadd
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.
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
Community Musical Moments
This week we were joined by Dementia Support - Hampshire & IOW & special guest violinist Jackie Drew for their monthly community musical moments session at the home. It was a wonderful afternoon of classical music, folk songs & a selection of traditional Christmas carols to get us into the festive spirit.
Thank you to both Jackie & Kathryn from the Dementia Support Group for providing the session & we look forward to seeing you both again in 2024
Mini Bus adventures
We've had some very wet days recently...., but that hasn't stopped us getting out for a trip to In-Excess garden centre in Fair Oak. They have a lovely cafe area & the coffee was delicious.
Community Knit and Natter - The knitted Christmas Tree !
We are delighted to be able to share with you all our knit & natter club’s completed knitted Christmas tree! A huge well done to everyone who was involved in putting it together, we think it looks absolutely fantastic!
Festive drinks at the Local - The Otter
This week we enjoyed a round of drinks at one of our local pubs, The Otter which is looking lovely and festive inside. Thank you to the staff at the pub for making us feel so welcome.
Otterbourne Brass Band - Community Carols
We were treated to a brilliant afternoon of music courtesy of the very talented Otterbourne Brass band this week
Four of their musicians came and performed a selection of festive songs & carols for us to sing along to including classics such as silent night, jingle bells & Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
We all had a wonderful time and would like to say a heartfelt thank you to the musicians for giving up their afternoon to come and play for us. We very much hope to see you again next year.
Otterbourne Theatre Company - Community Carols
We'd like to say a big thank you to the wonderful Otterbourne Theatre Company for coming to sing for us yesterday, we all had a fantastic time! We hope to see you again next year.
