Activities at Shawford Springs Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Joanne Gadd
Hello, I am Joanne. I have worked as an activities coordinator for over seven years. In that time I have built a wealth of skills, knowledge and experience in designing and implementing activities that will support the mind, body and soul. I have a passion for delivering person centred sessions and will strive to ensure our weekly programme is engaging for all. I love organising events and am continually looking for ways to connect with our local community.
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 Shawford Springs Care Home
Mini bus travels ...Out and about in our community
We had a lovely outing to Beechcroft Farm Shop & Tea Barn this week for a cup of tea in the sunshine. The farm is situated on the outskirts of Winchester & enjoys beautiful rural views of the Hampshire countryside. We very much enjoyed our visit so will definitely be returning in the Spring
Keeping fit and Healthy
We enjoy regular fitness sessions as part of our weekly activities program here at Shawford Springs. One of our most popular classes is run by Karen from SitFit whose sessions are always high energy and full of fun. So we’d like to say a big thank you to her for helping to keep us all active.
Baked with Love
We’d like to say a big thank you to our wonderful resident baker Elisa for making a batch of delicious shortbread biscuits for us to have at our Burns Night celebrations on 25th January
Memory Well-Being Centre St John's Winchester Community launch
We were very pleased to welcome St John's Winchester this week for the launch of their Memory Well-Being centre at our home
Taking place every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month between 10am-12:30pm, the Memory Well-Being Centre is designed to be a welcoming and supportive group that provides information and advice to people affected by dementia.
The Well-Being centre will allow individuals with dementia to gather, take part in different activities, talk to other members, and receive personalised support from the St John's Winchester team.
Exploring our community
Some of our gents got together this week for a trip to one of our locals, the Bridge Shawford for a round of drinks. It’s a lovely pub and the beer was a big hit with everyone. Thank you to the staff for being so accommodating, we hope to be back again soon.
January Open Day
We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to our open day event at the weekend, it was a fantastic turnout! We’d also like to say a special thanks to opera singer Jenny for her absolutely wonderful performance. We were all blown away by her brilliant voice.
