Activities at Melbourn Springs Care Home

We had a lovely afternoon with our new friends from the Evergreen Club at their weekly afternoon gathering at the Masonic Hall in Royston.
 It was bingo week so the residents got their dabbers out and played for the big prizes. This was followed by tea and biscuits. There was a special surprise for Brian as one of the ladies from the Evergreen Club found out that he is a West Ham United fan so serenaded him with 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'. Thank you to everybody at the Evergreen Club for making us so welcome. We look forward to seeing you again, both at the Masonic Hall and also at Melbourn Springs.

We have continued with our busy activities programme by bringing back one of our favourites for an afternoon of singing courtesy of the one and only Dave Parry. Dave is a regular at Melbourn Springs and our residents simply adore him. Once again he had us all entertained with his foot-tapping rendition of our residents' favourite songs and there were plenty of our residents who were happy to sing along with Dave. A great afternoon had by all.

We had an excellent turnout for our weekend game of Bingo with the residents and their families all eager to take part. There were prizes on offer and all participants had a great afternoon.
 Our Activities Team is dedicated to ensuring that we organise events that encourage our residents to host their families and friends at Melbourn Springs. Our home is always to open to loved ones who wish to take part in our life enrichment program.

We had another thoroughly enjoyable visit at the VIP Day Centre in Royston. As always, Alison and Julie were the perfect hosts and they provided the residents with hot drinks and fresh cream cakes followed by songs, games and a whole lot of laughter.
 As an additional treat, we also got to spend some time with the Alpacas, goats, pigs and sheep. We love coming here and cannot wait to see Alison and Julie again very soon.

We had a very special day at Melbourn Springs yesterday as our amazing resident, Dora, celebrated her 100th Birthday. Dora wanted the day to be low-key so the staff and residents celebrated with her friends and family. Chef made Dora a special birthday cake and Dora enjoyed showing everybody her card from the King and Queen.
 We hope that your big day was as amazing as you are Dora.  Many happy returns!!

The residents' had a very musical afternoon when they were treated to another live performance by the brilliant Les.  There was a lot of singing and a lot of dancing from residents and staff alike as a full range of songs from yesterday and more recent filled the home. One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live musical entertainment. Resident involvement in choosing genres along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar.