Activities at South Chowdene Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Niki Powell
I arrange meaningful activities for all of our residents based on their likes and interests. I love sharing fun times with our residents, their families and with staff. I thoroughly enjoy chatting with residents about their hobbies/interests as well as reminiscing in small groups.
Our activities extend beyond the home with trips to places of interest, places residents have enjoyed throughout their lives eg. Seaside, parks, garden centers, as well as craft/ art workshops at libraries and general interest talks around the area.
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 South Chowdene Care Home
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Staff and residents welcomed community into the home for coffee/ tea and cakes raising money for Macmillan. Staff made cakes, family members also brought cakes in to help us out, Annie (our PAT dog) sent muffins in with her picture on and we managed to raise £160. A big thank you to everybody who contributed and attended. Residents very much enjoyed seeing regular visitors all together, chatting about the aims of the day as well as meeting new people.
Mental Health Week
This was a chance to reflect on how well we look after ourselves and what can be done to maintain a positive mindset especially going into winter. We kept our minds active with a quiz, exercised phisically, played balloon tennis to encourage co-ordination but the favourite was having a good laugh and going back to childhood playing with bubbles.
World Animal Day
We always love animal visits, and this was no exception. What arrived was a huge surprise as Paul hadn’t told us what he was bringing in. As a gecko, snake, centipede (the largest on earth I think) and a tortoise came out of the boxes, there were some interesting expressions on many faces but all residents present did get closer than they thought they might and we all very much enjoyed the afternoon.
History of Botanical garden
Our homes enjoyed a wonderful virtual tour of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with Community Engagement Manager, Charlotte Walker, and Botanic Cottage Operations Co-ordinator, Laura Gallagher.
The residents were thrilled to learn more about the history of the beautiful Garden, which is now a home to an impressive plant collection from around the world.
Charlotte and Laura also gave a demonstration of making fresh herbal tea and were happy to answer our questions. The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined.
Wallace Collection
Our homes had a fantastic time joining members of the Wallace Collection for an amazing sensory session.
During the live virtual experience, our residents explored one of the museum’s most beautiful Dutch flower paintings and learnt new drawing techniques.
We cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and produce beautiful paintings of our own.
Everyone enjoyed the lovely talk, we all had lots of fun and it’s given us plenty of ideas.
Summer Fair
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at South Chowdene Care Home to enjoy an Autumn Fete that was held in the home’s grounds on Sunday 4th September.
South Chowdene Care Home hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including Raffle, tombola, craft and gift stalls as well as live entertainment from Dave Brewis, which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway of summer and we have lots of fun filled activities planned - all welcome.
Coffee Morning - last Tuesday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for families, friends and neighbours to join us at our monthly coffee morning, last Tuesday of the month from 10.30 am.
Could you be a Volunteer?
Do you have spare time? Could you make a difference to someone's day to day activities? We'd love to hear from you.
Take a break on us!
Calling all professionals - come and take a break on us! There may be a cake or two available...
