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
National Scrabble Day
13th April is the day Scrabble inventor Alfred Mosher Butts was born. He gave the world an iconic board game now played all over the world. Today, more than seven decades later, our residents and staff were scratching their heads to achieve a triple word score or two!
Scrapbook Memories
Over the weekend our residents spent time updating our scrapbooks, they love arranging the pages, photos and cuttings. It's a time of reflection on what they've done and a chance to chat as they recall each event, and read the messages received from the wider community to the home.
Happy Easter!
We hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend with lots of chocolate and good wishes. Our residents got busy decorating their own Easter bonnets ... well done everyone and special 'congratulations' goes to Jackie whose creation was voted the bonniest!
Easter Bonnet Making
Good Friday Easter Bonnet creating - our residents just love getting arty!
Cyclethon Team Arrives At Oxford Beaumont
1st April and our cyclethon team have arrived at our second sister home Oxford Beaumont Barchester Healthcare What a welcome! we joined them via zoom and celebrated together in their fabulous 'Alice in Wonderland' themed tea party. Our residents loved chatting to one another over tea and cake.
We're all looking forward to the next pit stop at Hempton Field Barchester Healthcare Keep on cycling Team Southerndown Be Free Young Carers
En route to Mad Hatters Tea Party
The Southerndown Cycle Team for Be Free Young Carers took advantage of the gorgeous spring weather setting the units up outside, led by our Resident Ambassador; Carole King she ensured our care team kept the miles on-track to Oxford Beaumont Barchester Healthcare
Join us for a Mad Hatters Tea Party from 3pm today 1st April 2021. To received your invitation to the zoom please email the activities team E. Southerndown.Activities@barchester.com
Upcoming events
Southerndown Christmas Performance
Join us on Monday 23rd December at 2pm for an exclusive Christmas Choir Performance lead by our residents of Southerndown Care Home.
Santa's Coming To Town
Join us on Christmas Eve for a final get together, with music and party food with the man himself ahead of the big day.
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
