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
Politics and Passion at Cliveden
We were treated to an amazing live virtual talk and a tour of Cliveden, hosted by the house and chapel guides from the National Trust Talks Service.
The volunteers kindly gave us a tour around the famous house taking an in-depth look at Cliveden’s many stories from its 350 year history, from devilish dukes to scandalous headlines and boundary-breaking garden designs to political notoriety.
Starting with the Duke of Buckingham who built the first house in 1666, our residents met the key owners who helped shape the house and its gardens including the Orkney, Sutherland and Astor families.
The talk was accompanied by an illustrated presentation which brought to life these individuals and showed how their influence at Cliveden still continues today.
Pen-pals
Once again we have the privilege of writing to children from Larkspur Primary School. Residents sent ‘Happy New Year’ postcards and have received in return some beautifully decorated and written letters from the youngsters. We look forward to finding out a bit more about our new friends
Chinese New Year
South Chowdene residents and staff were fascinated as to which animal corresponded to their year of birth and what this meant. This information helped decorate the seasons tree and residents took great pride in producing ‘Chinese lanterns’ to decorate the home helping our celebrations for Year of the Tiger. These were also enhanced by some delicious dishes made by our fantastic chef Babs.
Valentine's celebrations
As ever, this was a key day for chat and reminiscence with many a good story about romantic gestures gone wrong (and right). Residents took the opportunity to decorate the seasons tree and shared pictures of themselves and their partner.
We also managed a game or two of Valentine Bingo and a quiz to see just who was the most romantic resident.
Home link with local school for pen-pal initiative
South Chowdene Care Home in Low Fell have teamed up with Larkspur Community Primary School for a newly launched pen pal scheme, connecting residents within their homes with creative writing pupils.
Residents of South Chowdene Care Home, which is run by Barchester Healthcare, have been sharing their stories of the past with year four students, and making new friends in the inter-generational scheme.
Nescafe virtual experience
We had a fabulous time joining NESCAFÉ’s virtual coffee experience. We were able to look into how they sustainably farm their coffee beans, as well as, to have a virtual tour of one of their factories all from the comfort of our home.
To make things even more interesting, our residents had the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive quiz, and to the delight of all to taste the signature Sweet Cinnamon Shaken Iced Coffee cocktail.
Upcoming events
January
Hello January! We have lots of exciting things planned throughout January and we hope you can join us.
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.
Calling all Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all professionals - come and take a break on us! There may be a cake or two available...
