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.
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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
Bob Marley’s birthday
Celebrating Bob Marley’s birthday had South Chowdene residents learning about his musical success, politics, religion and The Caribbean. Residents really loved a virtual look around both land and ocean, saw snippets of concerts and recognised his songs as part of a very chilled Musical Bingo. We also had a taste of the Caribbean with local fruit juices.
Valentine's virtual event
Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!
Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own. Residents truly enjoyed the experience.
Pancake Day
The staff and residents at South Chowdene Care home care home in Low Fell have been mixing up batter and flipping pancakes all morning in preparation for their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day celebrations.
South Chowdene Care home has marked this year’s Pancake Day with a pancake flippin’ competition and of course, lots of pancakes! Lynne Parkin, head chef at the home, made sure that residents had plenty of pancakes with all their favourite fillings.
She said: “My secret to the best pancakes is all in the whipping. Give it some elbow grease when mixing the batter and you’ll get perfect pancakes every time. I like experimenting with the fillings – the residents’ favourites are stewed apple, golden syrup.as well as good old fashioned lemon and sugar!”
Chinese New Year
Staff and residents at South Chowdene Care home in Low Fell welcomed in the Year of the Dragon with a day of celebrations and activities.
Inspired by Chinese culture and traditions, residents crafted their own dragons, one including the outline of a hand of each resident and member of staff in the home, so that everyone was included. A virtual Dragon Parade was shown and residents became the virtual judging panel for a Lion dance competition. Residents learnt all about the traditions and superstitions of Chinese New Year, Chef Michelle cooked up an oriental feast for lunch and residents enjoyed traditional Chinese snacks during the Chinese Quiz.
Big Garden Birdwatch
Staff and residents at Barchester’s South Chowdene Care Home in Low Fell got out their binoculars and bird books to support this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch initiative.
The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is an annual event to try to understand what is happening to our native birds. The idea is to log all the birds you see in your garden, from your window or in your local park in a one hour period any time between January 26th and 28th. In 2023 over half a million people took part and between them they counted 9 million birds. Sadly we have lost over 38 million birds from the UK skies in the last 60 years so it is vital we do all we can to protect our birdlife.
Medical Detection Dogs
Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.
Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.
We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff. It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.
Upcoming events
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...
