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
Enjoying our Garden
We’ve been out in our lovely garden this morning, it’s so nice to see the sunshine again after all the rain we’ve had lately!
We are Sailing.....
A few of our residents had the best afternoon sailing recently...
We boarded the Alison MacGregor operated by Solent Dolphin charity for a fantastic two hour cruise from Hythe Marina out onto Southampton water
The sun made an appearance and we were lucky enough to spot four Black Swans...
Our thanks to the volunteer crew of The Alison MacGregor... we are already looking forward to our next trip
Getting to Know you - New friends
Forming Friendships
Some of our lovely ladies have been enjoying chatting & getting to know one other today over a cuppa.
Tropical Day
We enjoyed games, music & a spot of dancing at our Tropical Party along with a delicious three course tropical lunch. The lounge was transformed into a tropical paradise island for the occasion which had us all reminiscing about our favourite beach holidays.
Out and about Locally
This week we enjoyed a lovely trip to Whinwhistle Coarse Fishery and Romsey Bait and Tackle Shop for a cup of tea with a view.
The cafè served a generous cuppa with shortbread which we were able to enjoy next to the tranquil lakes.
A big thank you to the staff & visitors who were all so friendly & welcoming. We’ll definitely be visiting again.
Eyes Down - Musical Bingo - USA
Every Monday we hold our weekly Bingo Club here at Shawford Springs.
During this week’s session we enjoyed a game of U.S.A Musical Bingo, where instead of marking off numbers we got to listen to some American themed hits including; American Pie, Tennessee Waltz & Viva Las Vegas.
A big well done to Marie, who was this week’s winner.
