Activities at Southerndown Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Cathy Wheeler
I have been with the team at Southerndown since 2023
People ask me what I enjoy about my job and the answer is easy... 'the people'. Its the small things that make the difference every day, seeing people smile and seeing someone respond positively to interaction. We offer a great life enrichment programme at Southerndown and every day is different but enjoyable.
In my spare time I like to spend time in the garden, I enjoy sewing but mostly love spending time with my grandchildren
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 Southerndown Care Home
Kiddleydivey
There's never a dull moment at Southerndown, and especially not today as we had a very special visit from Kiddledivey. Kiddledivery provide fun-filled lively and imaginative classes and sessions, and we had such an amazing afternoon with Yvette singing and dancing to our favourite songs.
Burns celebrations
Southerndown have been celebrating Burns Night in style with a hearty meal of Cullen Skink soup, Haggis with neeps and tatties and finished off with a fantastic Cranachan dessert.
And if that’s wasn’t enough we had a surprise visit from Richard and James playing the Bagpipes, which was amazing and we would like to say a massive thank you for taking time out of your day to come and play for us.
Dick Wittington in Panto
On Monday, the 13th Day of our Countdown to Christmas calendar the activities team gave to us 'Dick Wittington in Panto' courtesy of the amazing Partytime Productions players.
Our residents had a super time watching and taking part in the production, with lots of 'he's behind you' and 'oh no he isn't'. Resident Joan said she hasn't laughed so much in ages and Margaret remarked the show reminded her of going to see the panto in Oxford when she was younger and Ester couldn't wait to tell her daughter all about it as she'd had such a good time!
The residents and staff at Southerndown send a big THANK YOU to Partytime and wish everyone a very merry Christmas.
Community Christmas - Thank You
The team at Southerndown are committed to supporting their local community. Christmas is just the time to give thanks for all the support we have received over the past year. With goody filled hampers in hand our Home Manager; Rosalynn and the Activities Team have been out delivering some Christmas cheer!
Merry Christmas to all our health professional colleagues at Chipping Norton Hospital, and Chipping Norton Health Centre, we’re so thankful for the service and care you provide our residents, and staff.
We also visited our friends; Sarah and Henry at A. L. Sole & Son, Independent Funeral Directors, the compassion they have shown our resident families and staff has been outstanding.
From all at Southerndown care home; Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2022.
Christmas at Blenheim Palace
What a marvellous ‘magical’ day we all had at Blenheim Palace.
We arrived in a convoy of minibuses, staff and residents from Southerndown along with 6 further Oxfordshire based Barchester homes all to be treated to a fabulous Christmas event courtesy of Blenheim Palace
The organisers at Blenheim Palace were amazing hosts. Firstly we discovered the story of The Nutcracker re-imagined within the Palace rooms, each one exquisitely transformed and filled with hidden surprises – from the toymaker’s workshop on a frosty Christmas Eve; through the glistening Land of Snow and onto the candy-cane Kingdom of Sweets adorned with the sweetest of treats and larger-than-life gingerbread men. It’s a world where nothing is quite as it seems, from a dashing Nutcracker Prince and an army of mice to a Sugar Plum Fairy and a music box with a difference.
General Manager, Rosalynn Forson, said: “Today’s Christmas tour has been an absolute feast for the senses. Our residents loved being able to experience all that Blenheim Palace has to offer at Christmas, from the beautiful Palace rooms right down to the outdoor Christmas market, we got to take in all the sights. It really has been a wonderful treat for us all.”
The day culminated with a tea party in the prestigious Marlborough Room, with a slice of Christmas chocolate caterpillar cake for us all!
We'd like to thank Blenheim Palace for their hospitality and making our day so very special.
Employee of the Month - November 2021
The residents and staff at Southerndown care home took time to congratulate Senior Carer; Julie Miles for being nominated as ‘Employee of the Month’ for November 2021.
Julie has been outstanding in her support of all departments across the Southerndown community even extending her time to offer additional support to one of our sister homes. She truly is amazing! Loved by her colleagues and our residents.
Our Home Manager, Rosalynn congratulated Julie on her achievement, presenting her with a £25 voucher as a special THANK YOU. “Julie is a very special young lady, she’s gone above and beyond throughout November with a smile on her face that lights up the home. We all hope this award goes some way towards showing Julie how valued she is by us all."
Congratulations Julie, enjoy the accolade and recognition.
