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.
Cathy Wheeler
I have been with the team at Southerndown since 2023
People ask me what I enjoy about my job and the answer is easy... 'the people'. Its the small things that make the difference every day, seeing people smile and seeing someone respond positively to interaction. We offer a great life enrichment programme at Southerndown and every day is different but enjoyable.
In my spare time I like to spend time in the garden, I enjoy sewing but mostly love spending time with my grandchildren
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
Enable Launch!
Today staff and residents celebrated the launch of our new digital platform Enable.
We all enjoyed a wonderful tea party including our baking clubs latest bake, a chocolate cake.
It was then covered in fondant icing and decorated with fondant hearts depicting staff uniform colours.
A Musical afternoon
Southerndown buzzed with delight at Alan the saxophonist visit filled the air with melodies, The joy of the music prompted spontaneous busts of singing, dancing and laughter throughout the room.
The whole afternoon was truly wonderful and brought back so many memories of days gone by.
Music Therapy
Kiddley Diveys music therapy session brought a bust of energy into the home. Residents and staff eagerly participated, especially when there were drums involved. The Lively session led by Yvette used the powerful connection between music and emotions allowing the resident to express themselves through music. We really do enjoy our monthly music therapy visits, and are already looking forward to the next one.
Decoupage workshop
Residents all gathered for a delightful decoupage workshop led by our activities coordinator Cathy, surrounded by vibrant paper and glue the workshop became a decorative haven. Cathy’s enthusiasm for arts and crafts filled everyone with enthusiasm transforming ordinary objects into personalised works of art.
Supporting our local community
We recently presented The Chippy Larder with a cheque for £175 to help them continue support in our local community. This was raised by Southerndown staff who completed a 10k sponsored walk. The Chippy Larder are a secular and non – judgemental service provider whose aim is to alleviate poverty in Chipping Norton and the surrounding areas
We visited their ‘pop up’ hub in the Guildhall and met with Rizvana and other wonderful volunteers, who were busy setting up the larder for that afternoon.
A Magical Visit to Blenheim Place
Visiting Blenheim palace during the festive period when its adorned in the Sleeping Beauty Theme is such an enchanting experience.
The grandeur of the palace, combined with the magical ambience created by the themed decorations transported us into a fairy tale world for Christmas. We always thoroughly enjoy the palace, especially at Christmas and we are so lucky its right on our door step.
