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.
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.
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
Lucias Tiny Farm
We were so luck to have a delightful visit from Lucia’s Tiny Farm!
Lucia brought along her beautiful dog Coco, as well as rabbits, guinea pigs, a chicken, a tortoise, and Bernie the bearded dragon.
It was a wonderfully relaxed and contented afternoon, filled with petting animals and reminiscing about the good old days on farm and our own pets from years gone by.
Pet therapy really is amazing and a sight to behold
Wimbledon Fever Starts!
Wimbledon fever has started at Southerndown as we set up our own centre court to take in the action whilst having a game ourselves. Balloon tennis was the key match of the afternoon, followed by tradtional afternoon tea with strawberries and cream!
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
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.
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.
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!
