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
Diddly Squat Farm Shop
We had a fantastic time on our outing at Diddly Squat Farm Shop, we braved the typical English weather and had a great time.
We also had a lovely time driving around Chad and Chipping Norton to see the beautiful countryside.
Spring is in the Air
Here at Southerndown we have been making the most of the lovely spring weather and we are amazed at our wonderful spring bulbs that the Gardening Club planted back in September. The trough was made by our talented Head of Maintenance Steve, and the bulbs were planted in a lasagne fashion. We are just thrilled with how they have turned out. The Gardening Club are now excited to start their next projects.
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.
