Activities at South Chowdene Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Niki Powell
I arrange meaningful activities for all of our residents based on their likes and interests. I love sharing fun times with our residents, their families and with staff. I thoroughly enjoy chatting with residents about their hobbies/interests as well as reminiscing in small groups.
Our activities extend beyond the home with trips to places of interest, places residents have enjoyed throughout their lives eg. Seaside, parks, garden centers, as well as craft/ art workshops at libraries and general interest talks around the area.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 South Chowdene Care Home
Trip down memory lane for V E Day
Residents at South Chowdene marked the anniversary of VE Day in style by throwing a ratio book tasting session to remember the foods available at the time, the spread was especially prepared by the homes hospitality team. The home was specially decorated for the occasion with flags and bunting.
Our residents listened to wartime tunes, reminisced about their memories of VE Day and watched clips of the celebrations that took place outside Buckingham Palace and all across London and looked back to the day with a VE day activity book and quiz.
It was a fabulous day, enjoyed by all. To find out more about life at South Chowdene, please visit our website: www.barchester.com/home/south-chowdene-care-home
Cultural treats at South Chowdene
South Chowdene residents spent the May Bank Holiday with cross culture celebrations. Residents marvelled at a virtual Maypole dance display and reminisced about their own Maypole dancing attempts and Mayday community celebrations.We also took a look at how Eid would be celebrated and had a taste of ‘Kheer’ which they would eaten as part of an Eid meal with lots of lovely spices and sultanas. Thank you to our hospitality team for making this delicious treat for us.
Conversations by the Pond
We had a lovely time joining Henry Slator for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Conversations at the Pond’.
Henry had an unusual writing journey, which many of our residents found inspiring, he underwent chemotherapy in early 2020, which allowed him to rediscover his light-hearted outlook on life by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun.
The entertaining Conversations at the Pond, with its mass of colourful illustrations, took our residents along his journey, they felt inspired, cheered and loved hearing all about Henry’s experiences.
Ukrainian support
This was all about finding out about a country most hardly knew about until trouble started and showing support for those disrupted by the war. Residents very much enjoyed a virtual look around Ukrainian landmarks and countryside before sampling Chicken Kiev and Honey cake made by our fantastic chef Babs. Ribbons were worn to show support for the people of Ukraine and the ‘seasons’ tree has been decorated to remind us to think of Ukraine. We have started making our own version of the Ukrainian flag in craft sessions which will be displayed in reception.
Easter decorating and celebrations
Residents had a great time making up Easter baskets and designing Easter bonnets to make both the home and ourselves look festive.
Easter spirit with penpals
Our penpals at Larkspur Community Primary school were overjoyed to hear from South Chowdene residents with a return letter enclosed in handmade Easter cards. South Chowdene residents loved the cards sent in return from the primary children as well as Palm crosses from Father George and St Andrews church, Lamesley.
Upcoming events
July
Hello July! We extend a warm invitation for you to join us throughout the month - all welcome.
Coffee Morning - last Tuesday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for families, friends and neighbours to join us at our monthly coffee morning, last Tuesday of the month from 10.30 am.
Could you be a Volunteer?
Do you have spare time? Could you make a difference to someone's day to day activities? We'd love to hear from you.
Take a break on us!
Calling all professionals - come and take a break on us! There may be a cake or two available...
