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
Knit and Natter news...It's Poppy Season
One of our lovely knit & natter club members Jean has been busy knitting red squares which will be turned into poppies for a Remembrance Day wreath. What a great effort - we can’t wait to see the finished result!
Chocks away....
We recently enjoyed a brilliant trip to the Army Flying Museum near Stockbridge
It was a particularly special visit for Alan, as he used to work at the Army Aviation Centre which is situated next door to the museum. Alan spent much of his career doing aviation artwork & drawings and was thrilled to be able to see some of the planes that he has worked with over the years on display at the museum.
Flowers Galore
We had a lovely community event for residents and visitors recently when we were joined by Louise from Creative Flora who kindly gave an afternoon presentation on a beautiful seasonal floral arrangement
The results were simply stunning and the smell of fresh herbs amongst the flowers has filled the home with beautiful scent
Keeping Active ...the fun way
We’d like to say a big thank you to our wonderful keep fit instructor, Karen for another fantastic exercise class this week
Karen’s sessions are designed to give the body a full workout from head to toe, with movements & stretches that can be done either standing or seated & adapted to suit different abilities.
They are also always lively, fun & full of laughter!
The Birthday Girls....
We've had two of our lovely lady residents who celebrated Birthdays with us recently....
A very Happy Birthday to Elisa and Jean on your very special days....
Gardening Club - Resident Gardener Lys
We’d like to say a big thank you to our resident gardener Lys, for doing a great job replanting our hanging baskets ready for Autumn.
Yesterday her & Jo (our Activity Coordinator) took a walk to our lovely neighbours at George Beckett Nurseries to buy some autumn bedding plants & then this morning they planted them in the baskets. We are looking forward to seeing them in bloom!
