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.
Stacey Davies
I have worked at Southerndown since 2013. I enjoy providing various activities for our residents with the team, such as gardening groups, trips out in the mini bus around the Cotswolds, quiz days and entertainment performances. Amongst the many things we enjoy doing, part of my role within the home is to ensure all residents are provided the purpose in life to fulfil day to day stimulation, whether that be together, or creating individual activity to those that prefer.
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
Aqua Painting
Here at Southerndown some of our residents really enjoy Aqua paints, so much so we thought we would buy some new ones to try. Our favourites are definitely the flowers as they remind us of the flowers we have growing in our sensory garden.
Reminiscence Therapy
Our residents had a lively morning with our ever expanding reminiscence suitcase. The biggest hit of the day was a 1940s newspaper which we enjoyed reading and we found some of the advertising quite amusing.
Everyone really enjoyed looking at all of the different bits and bobs, and it brought back some very fond memories.
Tending Young Growth
Fun in the garden, what a busy day we have had in the today. Tending to the peas and also the cucumbers we are currently growing. Our residents enjoyed watering all of our plants and we even had time for a leisurely stroll around the grounds, making the most of this wonderful weather.
Gone Fishing...
After a lively getting to know me session we found out that so many residents enjoyed fishing, so we thought we would try a magnetic fishing game. It was such a fun and an extremely competitive afternoon. Magnetic fishing isn’t as easy as it looks but we soon got the hang of it!
World Chocolate Day
The 7th of July is 'World Chocolate Day!' and Southerndown have been cooking up a storm in their life skills kitchen.
On the menu for today was make your own rocky road chocolate, including glacé cherries, mini mellows, sultanas, digestives and of course lashings and lashings of chocolate.
This was just the sweet treat we needed. We had two commis chef who were definitely up for the chocolate challenge.
Meet Our Manager Day
Saturday was our meet the manager event at Southerndown, We were proud to showcase our home, we started off a busy day with the wonderful saxophonist ‘Alan Hook’ who went down a storm with residents and staff. Alan brought back so many wonderful memories for us all.
Upcoming events
Cocktails and Canapes
You’re cordially invited to our Cocktails & Canapes Party on Wednesday 22nd May from 2pm. Join us in our beautiful garden and enjoy the refreshments on offer all afternoon.
Community Dementia Cafe
Join us for the launch of our new Dementia Cafe on Tuesday 11th June and meet with friends over light refreshments, and enjoy the variety of activities and entertainment
Professional Breakfast
We are inviting all Emergency Services and Blue Light Holders to breakfast on Wednesday 12th June 2024 from 8:30am. Come and join us for complimentary food and hot drinks!
