Activities at Southerndown 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.

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.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Stacey Davies

Activities Co-ordinator

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. 

 

 

Life-encriching activities booklet Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.

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

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Christmas Tree Competition - The Results!

As the festive season quickly approaches, we took on the challenge of the Christmas Tree Competition taking place at The Methodist Church Chipping Norton. Look at the wonderful results.

We have also left some story books under the tree for the children of Chipping Norton to help themselves to. These stories are about Gran and Grandad's New Home, written and designed by Barchester Healthcare to introduce how a loved ones home can change and what makes it a special place to live.

Good luck to all the entrants taking part in the Christmas Tree Competition, its wonderful to see the community come together at this special time of year.

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Christmas Tree Competition

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!With the wintery weather we have had today it got us in the mood for all things Christmassy. Tomorrow we will be taking part in the Christmas Tree Competition at The Chipping Norton Methodist Church, so we prepared our homemade decorations ready to decorate our tree.Over the past few weeks residents collected pine cones from our garden and we have spent time baking them to preserve them ahead of turning them into personalised decorations. Each one will have a name of one our residents ready to hang on the tree in church.
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Remembrance Sunday 2024

On Sunday 10th November we proudly wore our poppies and supported the Remembrance Parade in Chipping Norton. 

This year we were asked by the Chipping Norton Town Council if we could help provide the refreshments and food for the event which we took great pleasure in doing. Our fantastic Chef Andrei provided a range of delicious treats for those supporting the event and parade as well as attending ourselves to help out where we could. A very proud day for the team at Southerndown and the community of Chipping Norton.

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Pet Therapy

We were delighted to welcome lots of furry and feathery friends into the home for another pet therapy session. Its lovely to be able to get up close to a variety of different animal breeds that provide both a calming nature and the ability for us to interact and learn.

Chippy Theatre

As we completed our work on the leaves for the Jack and The Beanstalk performance at the Chipping Norton Theatre we took a walk into town to drop off our homemade support for the show.

We had great fun contributing towards the theatre and look forward to coming and seeing the performance in a couple of weeks time

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Lollipop Ponies

“Animals are the bridge between us and the beauty of all that is natural. They show us what’s missing in our lives and how to love ourselves more completely and unconditionally. They connect us back to who we are and to the purpose of why we're here."A big thank you to the Lollipop Ponies who stopped by to see us this week and say hello. Its was an amazing experience for our residents to get up close and personal to some slightly unique visitors that definitely left well fed and cuddled!Residents at Southerndown love the animal therapy sessions that our dedicated Activities Team organises monthly. As one of the foundations of our Life Enrichment program, we know that animal therapy can help reduce blood pressure and improve overall cardiovascular health.

Upcoming events

January Open Day

Please join us for our first Open Day of 2025, meet the team and tour the home, taking in all that Southerndown has to offer you or your loved one.

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