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
Harvest Festival
To celebrate Harvest Festival, Melbourn Springs held a special virtual service on our home I-pads as our residents watched the All Saints Melbourn and Holy Trinity Meldreth Church Harvest Festival via Facebook.
But no Harvest Festival would be complete without a Harvest Sheaf and our Head Chef Paul Jones did not disappoint!
Residents helped decide on whether to have Plaits or a Basket but the Sheaf was agreed on in keeping with the farming community around Melbourn.
All of our residents had a lovely day - complete with delicious home-made Chunky Vegetable Soup and freshly baked Bread as we gave thanks for all of the delicious food that we are so fortunately blessed with.
Betty wins National Poem Competition
Our community friend of Melbourn Springs, Elizabeth Murphy (‘Betty’) wrote ‘Isolation Musings’ for the pleasure of our residents and had us all in fits of laughter! Betty has been writing poems for many years but never had one published. However, this is now about to change!
With Betty’s authorization, our Home Services Advisor Dan put the poem forward for national recognition in a Poems in a Pandemic competition – supported by Care Talk.
Poems in a Pandemic was a national poetry and art competition for frontline social care support staff, leaders, nurses and community friends to capture their thoughts, feelings and experiences throughout the pandemic.
Betty’s poem has beat 300 other entries to win the Humour category and her poem is going to be published in a book with all proceeds going to supporting the mental health of care workers through art projects.
Betty has even ventured into the virtual world for the first time to give a live reading of ‘Isolation Musings’ on the competition live final via Zoom.
To donate to fund the publishing of the top 100 poems from frontline staff, with all profits going towards supporting mental wellbeing, please visit: https://t.co/FY3OLtorhe
Well done Betty!!! We are all very proud of you at Melbourn Springs and thank you for being such an amazing friend of our home.
Thank you Melbourn Primary School!
As the Sunflower Competition alongside Melbourn Primary School drew to a close it was impossible to pick a winner! Instead, our residents wanted to donate their Sunflowers to the flowerbeds at the school so that the children could enjoy them too.
Deputy Headteacher Tiff gratefully accepted them and our residents’ card to say thank you for enabling them to be a part of the competition. Thank you very much Melbourn Primary School - we look forward to many more collaborative projects together soon!
George - the Melbourn Springs Mascot
Welcome to the Melbourn Springs family – George, the old English Show Cocker.
“George was born on St George’s Day and is an old boy now at 14 years old. But still has a waggy tail and is a very proud to be named the Melbourn Springs Mascot!”
Thank you for sending us a photo of your beautiful canvas portrait George - our residents are looking forward to meeting you properly soon!
Melbourn Springs Wish Tree
As Melbourn is renowned for its Orchards and history of fruit picking our Activities Co-ordinator Laura and our residents have made their very own Wish Tree complete with their wishes on Apples!
First stop – a Mini Bus excursion to a Safari Park by the looks of it!
National Day of Art in Care Homes 2020
Our residents at Melbourn Springs have had a lovely time with our Activities Co-ordinator Laura in our Activity Cafe creating their very own piece of art to celebrate National Day of Art in Care Homes Day 2020.
Everyone has had a delightful morning and we are proud to present to you our home Peacock - Peter!
