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
Virtual Cruise and Cooking demonstration
It was cheers all round as our residents enjoyed some delicious food and drink from our Life Enrichment Virtual Cruise and Cooking Demonstration.
Needless to say the Bitterballen went down a treat - expertly prepared by our Head Chef Trevor. But it appeared Doreen’s favourite was the Watermelon Mojito!
Sean - the Banjo Man performs for us
Our residents at Melbourn Springs were delighted to welcome Sean The Banjo Man for a great singalong of some favourite classics and modern tunes too! Needless to say everyone was singing, “My old man said follow the Van…” for the rest of the afternoon and we all look forward to welcoming Sean again soon!
Art Club
Our resident ‘artiste’ Betty was sharing some very useful tips with Sam our Activities Coordinator and our other residents at Art Club this week. First stop - the colour palette!
September Walks and tending our Vegetable Patch
What a way to spend a morning in September! The Sun was shining and we all enjoyed some garden walks together - our residents were even able to pick the last of our fresh homegrown Tomatoes from our Vegetable patch to enjoy with their lunch!
Boules Tournament
Some afternoon fun here at Melbourn Springs - Boules was the game of choice and the competition was certainly on with our residents. Well done to our winner Brian - we can’t believe you’ve never played before!
Cheese and Wine Tasting afternoon
One of today’s activities was Wine and Cheese tasting. This went down an absolute treat with our residents.
We had lots of different varieties of Cheese and Wine including alcoholic and and non-alcoholic too - what a perfect way to spend a Friday afternoon!
