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.
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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
Fall Fighters
Southerndown was proud to visit Willow Gardens Chipping Norton to present our Barchester Healthcare/ RoSPA Fall Fighters campaign to increase awareness of how to prevent the pain and distress caused by falls in our local community. We had a fantastic reception and it was lovely to meet so many new people and discuss falls prevention around the home.
Come For Tea
Southerndown was proud to hold the St Marys Church ‘come for Tea’ event today.
We had so much fun and we really enjoyed holding the event and meeting so many new people.
We enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea made by our amazing chef Peter and we even had time for a mini reminiscence quiz.
A visit from Chipping Norton Fire Station.
Today we had a special visit from the Chipping Norton Fire Station.
The firefighters were amazing and they even brought the fire engine for us to have a look at. We talked about the amazing roles they play in our local community and we also talked about fire safety around the home. It was a really great visit and we all hope that they can come and visit us again soon.
International Day of Forests
With it being International Day of Forests we thought that we would make the most of the nice weather and take a walk around our beautiful grounds and head off into the forest. We really enjoyed the walk, we all found perfect sticks to hike with, and we really soaked up the atmosphere.
Pub Lunch
We decided to take a trip to the wonderful Plough Inn for nice pub lunch and a Guinness or two.
The weather was kind so we finished our drinks and desserts outside in the sunshine.
We had such a great time and we are looking forward to our next trip out on the mini bus.
Southerndown Baking Club
This week in baking club we were joined by our amazing carer Sasha, and our fantastic Care Practitioner Graeme and we were baking some simply delicious bread. It is easy when you know how and we are all a dab hand at bread making. We made the perfect loafs to accompany our soup for lunch. We have decided that nothing (almost) tastes better than freshly baked bread.
Upcoming events
Cocktails and Canapes
You’re cordially invited to our Cocktails & Canapes Party on Wednesday 22nd May from 2pm. Join us in our beautiful garden and enjoy the refreshments on offer all afternoon.
Community Dementia Cafe
Join us for the launch of our new Dementia Cafe on Tuesday 11th June and meet with friends over light refreshments, and enjoy the variety of activities and entertainment
Professional Breakfast
We are inviting all Emergency Services and Blue Light Holders to breakfast on Wednesday 12th June 2024 from 8:30am. Come and join us for complimentary food and hot drinks!
