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
Melbourn Mascot Dog Competition
In honour of National Dog Day 2020 our residents at Melbourn Springs are on the lookout for a fluffy home Mascot!
We are inviting local dog lovers and dog owners to enter their handsomest hounds and prettiest pooches into our home competition for the chance to win a £50 Pets at Home voucher and the honour of being crowned our home Mascot.
All entries are free and the closing date for entries is Wednesday 9th September 2020.
Please send your entries to our Activities Co-ordinator Laura Wallace at the home address, Melbourn Springs Care Home, Hyacinth Drive, Melbourn, Royston SG8 6FY or to: MelbournSprings.Activities@barchester.com
*Make sure you include a good photo, your Doggies name, your email address and contact number - AND most importantly a little sentence/paragraph as to why your fluffy friend should be crowned the Melbourn Springs Mascot. The winner will be announced live on our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/BarchesterMelbournSprings/ on Thursday 10th September 2020 at 2pm
Good luck and get those entries coming in!
National Allotment Week
National Allotment Week was developed as a way of raising awareness of how people can live healthier lives growing their own vegetables and is also a great way for a community to bond too.
Our residents at Melbourn Springs really do love their own Vegetable patch - with our resident Colston along with our Head of Maintenance Rob carefully tending to the home’s Tomato plantation most days. And it sure looks like it is going to be a plentiful harvest this year by the looks of it!
Afternoon Tea Week
Afternoon Tea Week is a celebration of one of the nation’s favourite traditions and took place between 10th -16th August 2020. To mark the special week, we hosted our very own Afternoon High Tea in our stunning Café at Melbourn Springs.
Delicious Sandwiches and Cakes expertly crafted by our Head Chef Paul and Second Chef Annie - our residents had a truly delightful afternoon with lashings of Tea, Victoria Sponge and Strawberry Cream Turnovers also made an appearance at supper too!
Home Blessing by Revd Lizzie Shipp
Our residents and staff at Melbourn Springs were delighted to welcome Revd Lizzie Shipp to bless the home. Originally planned before the home opened it was a really special day for the blessing to actually take place – after the home meet and greet checks had been completed and socially distanced from the garden of course.
After a deluge of rain earlier in the day fortunately there was not a single drop throughout the service. Revd Lizzie proceeded to bless the home Reception, Dining Room, Lounges and the bedrooms of residents who requested a blessing.
Manager - Karen Allen said, “This is truly a special day, a few tears of happiness were shed and this moment will be sure to be remembered for many years to come. Thank you very much Lizzie!”
Smoothies to beat the heat!
Hydration and keeping cool in the heatwave is absolutely paramount right now and to combat this our residents at Melbourn Springs have been enjoying a variety of different tasty, healthy, delicious smoothies expertly crafted by our second Chef Annie.
Some were loved and some tasted like cold Peas! However, not a drop was left and Pear and Apple was definitely the favourite choice by far. Everyone was in fits of laughter when one of our ladies said, "I do prefer Sherry to be honest!" Coming right up Bet!
Employee of the month for July - Annie
Our staff and residents voted for Annie our 2nd Chef as our employee of the month for July.
Annie, "is an exceptionally talented Chef and her Cakes are absolutely delicious!"
Well done Annie from all of the team and residents at Melbourn Springs and thank you for the Chocolate Roulade too!
