Activities at Melbourn Springs Care Home
Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is a major focus of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat will always be welcomed.
Denise Ashby
Hello, my name is Denise and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Melbourn Springs. I joined Barchester in 2022 and always strive to support and care for all of our residents in a way that best suits each individual.
Making sure that our residents have things to do that they really enjoy doing is something that I hold very close to my heart. It is so important to make sure that they are happy and enjoy all of the activities and events that we host for them.
A lot of our residents also enjoy our special trips out on our Mini Bus as we create new, special memories together at Melbourn Springs.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Melbourn Springs Care Home
Doreen's Birthday !
We love birthdays at Melbourn Springs! Today was no exception when we celebrated Doreen's special day! Family and friends made a surprise visit with cards, flowers and gifts! More celebrations on Sunday when Doreen will enjoy private dining with her family!
Happy birthday Doreen - our birthday girl!
Tap About Town !
We always love welcoming foot tapping Katie Lewis to our home! She always brings fun, laughter and energy with her and leaves us with smiles and aching arms after we have been clapping, swimming, hitch hiking and shaking our eggs! Not always in tune but we're having so much fun, we don't care!
We might have to buy Shankly his own pair of tap shoes! Our very own dancing carer!
Audrey loved the whole afternoon and couldn't wait to tell Katie what a wonderful time everyone had. 'Thank you for coming, it's always lovely to see you!' Another great afternoon Katie! You certainly brighten our lives!
Ukulele Fun!
Yesterday we had the pleasure of welcoming Royston Ukulele Group to our home for some great music, favourite songs and lots of laughter! Thank you so much for entertaining us!
Pat said, ' What a lovely time and everyone was so friendly!'
Susie and Jackie played for the first time in front of an audience and really enjoyed themselves! They said they can't wait to come back and we look forward to seeing you again!
Hedgehog Hamper
A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Hedgehog Hamper over the last week!
I was delighted to hand it over to the SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital this afternoon and I got to spend a few minutes with their newest additions, Giles, Ella & Pamela who are doing just fine in their incubator.
The Hedgehog hospital is doing amazing work and encourage us all to look out for hogs in distress so keep those beady eyes out and help the hedgehogs If you'd like to find out more about the hedgehog hospital you can follow their page tagged above.
To find out more about life at our home and the community work we are involved in, go to:
https://www.barchester.com/.../melbourn-springs-care-home...
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Bank Holiday with KJ and the Catt
Music, laughter, dancing and singing, it must be KJ and The Catt!
Bank Holiday Monday saw us having a great time as KJ sang to Donald and Margaret sang to all of us! The Catt did his usual amazing horse riding impression as we listened to a favourite tune from Calamity Jane! Requests were given for favourite songs and everyone sang along!
'What a wonderful afternoon! Thank you for coming!' was Audrey's response to a fun filled afternoon!
Thank you for bringing even more enjoyment and laughter to us and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
August Fun!
It's been a busy few days at Melbourn Springs! We have enjoyed lots of activities including games in the garden, making fairy cakes, playing bowls with celeriac and potatoes that often bounced off in different directions causing lots of oohs, aahs and laughter and being mesmerised by the wonderful sounding Tom Huttlestone!
Eileen said 'What a lovely young man! He's a good singer too!' I think her smile says it all!
We loved looking at all the tropical fish in Scotsdales and the ladies enjoyed a bit of window shopping at Coton Orchard.
Marley always wins over everyone's hearts at Play dates and it has been lovely to spend time out in the garden!
Joyce became the lucky mascot for a player in a bowls team from Hitchin when we visited Melbourn Bowls Club. A busy and enjoyable week!
Let's see what this week brings!
