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.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Joanne Gadd

Activities Co-ordinator

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

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It's Friday evening ... It's Cocktail hour....

We welcomed the weekend with Cocktail hour on Friday evening... Cheers

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Heritage and History

 This week we enjoyed a fantastic morning at the Bursledon Brickworks Museum in Southampton. We all had a brilliant time exploring the various displays & learning about the history of the site.Thanks to all the volunteers at the museum for making us feel so welcome
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Treat Tuesday

 Tuesday is treat day here at Shawford Springs, so every Tuesday we deliver a themed trolley full of treats around the home for everyone to enjoy. So far we’ve enjoyed platters of fresh fruit, chocolates, delicious pastries & more!

Viva Las Vegas!

Recently we had a very special visitor here at Shawford Springs… none other than the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll himself, Mr Elvis Presley! (aka the fantastic Elvis tribute act Craig )

We decided to arrange a special visit from the King, after discovering that he is our lovely resident Richard’s favourite singer. 

Everyone had an absolutely fantastic time Rockin’ & Rollin’ to Elvis’ biggest hits, so we’d like to say a big thank you to Craig for a brilliant afternoon!

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Delightful dahlias

This week we visited Gilberts Dahlias to enjoy their glorious dahlia field, which is currently in full bloom & looking absolutely beautiful. The array of colours really were a sight to behold & who knew there were such a vast variety of different dahlia varieties!

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Out and about in the community - Long Barn

This week we visited the beautiful Long Barn in Alresford for coffee & cake. We also enjoyed taking a wander around the shop & plant area before heading back home for lunch. 

Thank you to all the staff for being so friendly & welcoming, we will certainly be back for a return visit.