Activities at Southerndown Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Stacey Davies
I have worked at Southerndown since 2013. I enjoy providing various activities for our residents with the team, such as gardening groups, trips out in the mini bus around the Cotswolds, quiz days and entertainment performances. Amongst the many things we enjoy doing, part of my role within the home is to ensure all residents are provided the purpose in life to fulfil day to day stimulation, whether that be together, or creating individual activity to those that prefer.
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 Southerndown Care Home
Hey Jude........
'Yesterday' we transformed our home into the Cavern Club to mark Global Beatles Day on and even recreated the famous Abbey Road picture! The day celebrates the band’s music and we had a special themed performance whilst enjoying a drink and nibble in the sunshine!
Fairy Day at Southerndown
What a lovely afternoon spend in the garden celebrating Fairy Day with family and residents. We had a some special guests fly in for the party, spending time decorating cakes before being treated by the residents to a new fairy wand! Magical time had by all
Get Set Go!!
Southerndown Kicks Off "Get Barchester Moving" Campaign!!!! We're excited to announce that Southerndown has officially kicked off the "Get Barchester Moving" campaign!
This initiative encourages everyone to be more active, logging our "get moving" minutes to compete with other Barchester divisions.
To launch the campaign, we organised a big walk around our beautiful grounds with both residents and staff.
It was a wonderful event filled with laughter, fresh air, and community spirit.
National Beer Day
Celebrating the King's Birthday and National Beer Day at Southerndown!
We had a fantastic day watching the Trooping the Colour, followed by an exciting beer tasting event alongside a fun quiz all about King Charles.
Cheers to great company and royal celebrations
National Carers Week Party
This week is National Carers week, and a chance to thank our wonderful care team at Southerndown for all their hard work they put in to ensuring our residents are cared for and safe in our wonderful home. Cake and chocolate was on the cards along with some lovely homemade pizzas made by our brilliant kitchen team. A well deserved party thrown by the residents as a token of thanks for everything you do!
On your marks, get set, BAKE!
This week was extra special for our baking club, as residents wanted to bake a cake ahead of celebrating National Carers Week this week. Everyone was on hand to help, with all of us having different roles and key parts in the bake off! The final result was incredible and we very much looked forward to presenting it to the team here at Southerndown as a huge thank you for everything they do!
Upcoming events
Community Dementia Cafe
Join us for our July Community Dementia Cafe, supported by Dementia Oxfordshire on Tuesday 9th July from 10:30am.
Professional Networking Breakfast
We invite all healthcare professionals, blue light holders, and local community emergency workers to our next Networking Breakfast happening on Wednesday 17th July from 8:30am
Southerndown Pitch 'n' Putt Opening
We are excited to be opening the new Southerndown pitch 'n' putt on Friday 26th July. Come and join us for a few rounds, BBQ and Drinks on the 19th Green decking.
