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
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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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Autumn Flower Arranging

“Flowers are like friends; they bring colour to your world.”This week at our monthly ladies club, we took on some flower arranging, producing some lovely Autumnal vases to put around the home.Its amazing how sometimes the simple things bring us together and its made even more special when what we do provides purpose to the people we love and care for
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Dementia Community Cafe

What an amazing morning we had at our October Dementia Community Cafe.It was lovely to see so many new faces as well as family members taking some time out to come along for some singing and dancing.A big thank you to Rosie for putting on a fantastic show for us. It was great to get everybody on the dance floor and moving to the classic hits.
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Feels Like Autumn

This weekend we took our ladies club to Fosseway Garden Centre taking in all the Autumn plants and decorations and even seeing some of the Christmas decorations ahead of the big time of year (still too early!!)We also started work on our Community Project, supporting the Chipping Norton Theatre with decorations ahead of the Jack And The Beanstalk pantomime showing this Christmas. We will be busy making all the leaves for the stage production ahead of the first show in the weeks ahead!
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Making New Friends

Happy International Older Person's Day 2024! To celebrate the special day, we were invited to the Henry Cornish Centre in Chipping Norton where we exchanged gifts and cards made by the residents at Southerndown Care Home.Each card had a special message, including poems and words of comfort to always remind us that someone is always there to help and to be kind to each other other.Thank you to the team at the Henry Cornish for your hospitality. It was lovely to meet you all and look forward to you coming to see us next time!
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Macmillan Coffee Morning

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2024!We had a fantastic morning celebrating the Macmillan Coffee Morning last week and supporting the fantastic work the team do at Macmillan Cancer. We we also joined by the students from the ICE Centre in Witney who came along to me the residents, and indulge in some delicious homemade treats. Thank you so much for coming along and we cant wait to see you all again soon!
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Chipping Norton Community Awards

We were given the very proud responsibility of supporting the Chipping Norton Town Community Award 2024 on Friday night.After successfully supporting the textile fair, we were asked to return this time providing canapes and drinks ahead of the awards ceremony last week. Our fantastic team put together a stunning range of food to enjoy, whilst our General Manager Arlene, and Activity Co-Ordinator Stacey got behind the bar for the evening to help out.The event was made even more special as Dr Sheila Parker, who lives with us at Southerndown was invited to attend as an honouree member of Chipping Norton. She was asked to present the William Fowler Allotment Award on the night. What a very proud moment for Sheila and her family, and an amazing evening had by all.

Upcoming events

Spring Open Day

Join us for our Open Day, take a tour of the home, meet the team and explore everything that Southerndown has to offer.

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Monthly Dementia Café

We extend a warm invitation to our Dementia Café on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. We offer a welcoming and supportive place for people living with dementia and their loved ones.

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Take a Break With Us!

We want to look after those who look after us. We extend a warm invitation to all blue light professionals to come and take a break with us. Homemade cakes always available!

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