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
Friday Fun Day !
Friday's trips out and about for our memory lane and residential communities - Bury Lane cafe and garden centre & the Melbourn Hub.
The ladies enjoyed a cuppa and a chat in our local farm shop before having a wander through the plants and gift section.
Our lovely activities ladies, Justine & Siobhan also took a few of our memory lane residents out to the Melbourn Hub for coffee and some social chit chat in the local community.
It's so important to keep the residents engaged in our local community and continue to take them out and about engaging in some good conversation and taking new opportunities.
Audrey turns 101
Audrey Turns 101!
Cheers to 101 years Audrey, Tea and cake all round this weekend as we celebrated passing a century of life with our eldest resident.
Look at those amazing cakes made by our very own chef, decorated by our housekeeping team - so many hidden talents coming out of the woodwork!
Friends joined us to wish Audrey a fabulous birthday and we had a lovely afternoon together with our other residents, it was a fantastic sense of community in the home and a memory we will cherish for a lifetime.
Happy Birthday Audrey, a truly inspirational woman
Thursday with Danny La Rue...
Well, what a Thursday we had with Danny La Rue
We had it all from Steve's Musical Entertainment, Costume changes, Ice cream interval, props galore, and of course a wonderful array of songs sung along to by our lovely residents!
FriYaY with The Banjo Man
FriYAY! With The Banjo Man, what a way it was to start the weekend
Our residents were delighted to sing and dance along to some of their favourite songs with the The Banjo Man, fabulous afternoon enjoyed by all!
We love the Hub!
We love the Hub!
Hot chocolate, Tea and doughnuts just what we needed to get through this cold weather spell!
We took advantage of the library and read lots of stories with the children and each-other.
Games afternoon
Getting competitive with Bowls & card games in reception café this weekend.
Everyone had a go, got right into the spirit of it and had a laugh!
Things got tense in a game of 'higher or lower', but we all pulled together & took the right chances. After a few successful rounds we celebrated with Tea & biscuits.
