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 many various activities for our residents, such as gardening groups, trips out in the mini bus, quiz days and art therapy, amongst the many things we enjoy to do.
I look forward to meeting you all.
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 Southerndown Care Home
Make a Wish Tree
Our residents have started to add their 'wishes' to our tree for all to see. From visits to the local duck pond to getting a new lipstick.
We will review them regularly and see how we can fulfil them all over the coming months. After such a tough year, they all deserve their wishes to come true!
Boogie with ribbons!
Using streamers of colour our residents always have the most fun dancing to their favourite tunes.
'Save the Date' 16/03/21 Barchester Cyclethon Launch
The residents and staff at Southerndown care home are so excited to announce they will be embarking on a mammoth ‘Sponsored Cyclethon’ in the hope of raising funds to support the amazing work Be Free Young Carers do across Oxfordshire. Our residents, just like the younger generation enjoy getting out and about and spending time with their friends. During this past year this simple pleasure has been difficult to achieve for all ages.
We've all found it hard, and understand how tough it's been for the younger generation, particularly those with additional responsibilities. So we've set ourselves a challenge, in the hope our efforts will go some way to brighten these young people’s lives. The Cyclethon will be ‘physically’ undertaken by staff and residents within the home using foot/hand pedal cycles suitable for all abilities. Each team will be covering c.20-30 miles a week over a 5-week period. Total round trip miles to achieve = 124 miles.
To send motivational wishes & donations, please visit https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/Barchester Every penny of your donations goes directly to the BFYC charity.
We want everyone, old and young to feel involved and will be hosting virtual tea parties at each home as the team arrives; zoom invitations will be posted to our Facebook pages inviting the local community to ‘join in the fun’ and spur the next team on!
Celebrating 20 years Service - Sue Busby
Our wonderful Head of Housekeeping has just received a prestigious Long Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years.
Sue Busby, started at Barchester in March 2001. Sue joined the team initially as a house keeping assistant, joining the Southerndown in the footsteps of other family members. After a few months she moved onto working in care. During her 5 years in this role, Sue achieved her NVQ and became a Senior Carer.
Sue is such a people-person; she loves making the residents comfortable and spending quality time with them. Feeling more at home in housekeeping, she decided to apply for the Head of Housekeeping role and has never looked back!
Over the past 15 years in this role, Sue has worked hard to ensure her team exceed the Barchester whole-home cleanliness standards. She continues to make time for the residents, knowing everyone by name and ensuring their rooms are as kept clean, tidy and set up as they like them!
Ela Solomon, General Manager said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 20 years of loyal service with Sue. Chef; Bong prepared a personalised cake for Sue and I’m so pleased to present her with her long service badge, certificate and shopping voucher. She has demonstrated her dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Southerndown when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Sue!”
Congratulations Sue from all at Southerndown #BarchesterTogether
Springtime Garden Walks
Over the weekend our residents made the most of the early spring sunshine. They enjoyed exploring our beautiful grounds and seeing the spring flowers that have already bloomed. We couldn't resist picking a few daffodils to decorate the tables for our St David's Day lunch.
Spring Planting
Our gardening group took advantage of the great spring weather today, venturing outside to clear the pots and raised beds ready for planting. We're working together on what to plant for spring? Vegetables or fruits ... maybe both, suggestions welcome.
