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
Reminiscence and Rock n Roll
‘If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On’
We all know music is a wonderful way to lift spirits and can be so good for continued wellbeing. For those living with dementia, music can often promote good memories and a sing along. Our Team Leader and Dementia champion; John has just donated a vintage record player to our Blenheim Gardens residents and we can’t wait to get out the vinyl records and set that needle playing!
If any of our Facebook friends have some golden oldie vinyl’s gathering dust, we’d love to give them a spin, please email our activities team on Southerndown.Activities@barchester.com we’d be happy to collect.
We’re ready to Reminiscence and Rock n Roll.
Christmas-themed Floristry Masterclass
Our staff and residents were treated to an interactive virtual Christmas-themed floristry masterclass courtesy of Master Florist, Michal Kowalski, from Blooming Haus - Floral Engineers
Blooming Haus, is one of the UK’s most innovative floral design and artisan studios. With sustainability and seasonality at the core of their designs, the duo behind Blooming Haus - Michal Kowalski and his business partner, Michael Dariane, bring a completely fresh approach to floristry and their ambition to push the boundaries of traditional floristry has laid the foundations of Blooming Haus’ success to date.
Residents; Michael and Beryl joined our Home Manager; Rosalynn and Activities Coordinator Beth to watch the live stream. They all took so many notes to share with their fellow residents during our arts & crafts session later this week.
With the larger group we will be taking inspiration from the Blooming Haus team and combining Michael and Beryl's thoughts on how to create the best Christmas Wreath.
Blooming Haus' have invited all Barchester Residents to enter into a Facebook competition judged by Michal and Michael to win Love2Shop vouchers. We'll post our entry once complete for you all to see.
100 Handcrafted Remembrance Poppies
The staff and residents of Southerndown Care Home welcome you to join them in creating your own recycled remembrance poppy.
We’ve been busy cutting, shaping and painting varying sized plastic bottles to create our poppies. Please see our Facebook page for the instruction guide and photos courtesy of our resident ambassador Carol assisted by Stacey. https://www.facebook.com/BarchesterSoutherndown/
We plan to place our annual 100 handcrafted poppies to the front of our home in remembrance of the war fallen, and residents and friends that have passed away in the last 12 months.
Our residents would love to see your creations, whether you’ve followed our guidelines or created your own special poppies, please take a photo and send it to: Southerndown.activities@barchester.com
We’ll put your images on display, ready for our Remembrance Sunday for all to see. Thank you in advance for making our residents smile.
Employee of the Month - September 2021
Southerndown care home residents and colleagues wish to congratulate Subramanian on receiving Employee of the Month for September 2021.
Subramanian is one of our wonderful pre-registered nurses and has been a key member of the Barchester - Southerndown team since July 2021. He’s has been nominated by the residents and his colleagues for being a fantastic asset and for making everyone smile.
We all hope he enjoys his voucher and Barchester accolade, well done Subramanian you’re a star.
You have the opportunity to join the fantastic team here at Southerndown in Chipping Norton. We’re currently recruiting for a number of roles. Please follow the link to find out more and apply today.
https://jobs.barchester.com/job-search/?JobTitle=&City=OX7+5YF
Pumpkin Carving Competition
We’ve started Pumpkin carving at Southerndown. Activities coordinator; Stacey with the help of Cyril showed the arts & crafts group how it’s done.
Using designs created by the residents, they scooped and carved each pumpkin to create these amazing heads.
We will be doing more throughout the week for display at the front and around our home. We’d love the local community to get involved, there’s a goody bag for every entry and the chance to win an exciting prize for the residents choice of ‘spookiest Pumpkin’.
Send your pumpkin images to Southerndown.Activities@Barchester.com We can’t wait to see your entries.
Employee of the Month - August 2021
Southerndown care home residents and colleagues wish to congratulate Queeny on receiving Employee of the Month for August 2021.
Queeny has been a valuable member of the Barchester - Southerndown team for 2 ½ years; she’s a compassionate and caring team player who is much loved by our residents.
We all hope Queeny enjoys her voucher and Barchester accolade, it’s very much deserved.
You have the opportunity to join the fantastic team here at Southerndown in Chipping Norton. We’re currently recruiting for a number of roles. Please follow the link to find out more and apply today.
https://jobs.barchester.com/job-search/?JobTitle=&City=OX7+5YF
