Celebrating life at Barchester

We celebrate life through everything we do, from our thoughtful experiences and activities to our delicious food. We offer the latest technology as well as sensory engagement to nurture the wellbeing of our residents. With a wide variety of tailored activities and events we make sure our residents have the best physical, mental, spiritual and social stimulation, all bespoke to them. Take a look at what we’ve been up to…

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Latte Fun and Ice Cream

Our residents and friends from the local community put to a "cool" new twist on their free monthly community café.

The usual gathering, received a special upgrade with a visit from a classic ice cream van. Residents and guests will have the chance to meet and chat over tea, coffee and assorted refreshments, with this month’s edition having the added treat of a fresh ice cream to enjoy in the sunshine. 

Spring time in the gardens

Our residents have enjoyed the better weather this week, making the most of the gardens and potting planters full of colour. Enjoying coffee and conversation outside in the lovely fresh air, and the opportunity to get out for a walk too. All of these daily routines are important to enrich lives at our home.

Enjoying the local area

We've been glad to enjoy an outing to Romsey war memorial park for a game of tennis, our week so far has all been about staying active and making the most of the beautiful sunshine.

World Art Day 2026

Celebrating World Art Day

A wonderful afternoon enjoying a relaxing nature themed watercolour session to celebrate World Art Day here at Shawford Springs Care Home - Barchester Healthcare.

We’ll be continuing our art themed activities throughout the week, with a visit to Southampton City Art Gallery nearby.

 

A Delightful School Visit!

We had such a sweet visit from West Hill Park School recently. The residents and children were all very engaged in various games and puzzles!

Their visits bring a lot of happiness to our residents and bring back lovely memories about their children, and even their own childhood! 

We can't wait to have them back again soon!

 

Visit from John Moore Musuem

This week we've welcomed wonderful team members from The John Moore Museum, who delivered another interesting talk on historical items from the Tudors time.
Angela brought some random items from the Museum today, which the residents enjoyed talking and learning more about.
We also shared and talked about some of our crafts talents with each other; Angela brought one of the fantastic pieces of artwork done by one of the volunteers at the Museum, and one of our residents shared her embroidery skills with everyone by showing some of her work.

We celebrate St George's Day

Happy St George’s Day.
The decorations have truly brought a sense of celebration and pride throughout Tewkesbury Fields, creating a lovely atmosphere for both our residents and team to enjoy. It’s these thoughtful touches that make such a difference and turn special days into meaningful moments for everyone.
We enjoyed the social time, and a coffee morning with a themed St. George's day quiz.
We’re so lucky to have such dedicated team members who put their heart into everything they do — a true reflection of our whole home approach

Golf Practice

We are always keen to learn new hobbies or perfect the ones that we have! This week residents challenged each other with indoor golf. There was some very talented golfers amongst them. 

We always encourage residents to maintain there current hobbies and interests and support residents to learn new hobbies and skills,

Sunshine and Blossom

The blossom is out and Wheatlands Care Home in all its beauty.

Residents have enjoyed a morning on our patio enjoying the sunshine and watching the birds nesting. With the sun on our faces and the sound of bird song all around and good conversation it doesn't really get much better. Residents couldn't quite believe we where still in April.