Enliven Southland

14/11/2025

In conjunction with World Kindness Day, residents and staff at Peacehave retirement village got together to have a chat, enjoy cake together and take the time to appreciate each other. A lovely way to spend the afternoon.

13/11/2025

The SupportLink quiz had a decidely festive theme today, fitting for the final quiz of the year.
Sarah and the SupportLink team will be back with more fun next year. Watch this space for more details in the new year.

13/11/2025

Thank you to James Hargest College junior band and choir and their teacher Mrs Saunders for visiting Peacehaven today to perform for our residents. You sounded fantastic.
These connections with the community are invaluable for our residents, and we appreciate every visit.

12/11/2025

Nicol MacFarlane regaled residents at Peacehaven retirement village with stories of his school days as a pupil and later as a teacher. He also showed off his collection of school memorabilia, including ink a school bag and "The Strap" before sharing in school lunch themed refreshments with the residents. It was fun reminiscing.

10/11/2025

There was a happy, positive vibe only children can bring when a group of pupils from St Theresa's School, Invercargill visited Vickery Court this afternoon.
For the past two terms, 75 children from the middle syndicate have been writing letters to pen pals in three care homes, including Vickery Court.
They visited today to drop off their final letters and meet their pen pals in person. Teacher Anna-Marie Middlemiss said through the activity the children had learned how to ask and respond to questions, further developing their conversational skills, but they had also benefited from the social connections they had made with the residents.
Residents Valda Mainland and Wilma Capil had thoroughly enjoyed connecting with their young pen pals.
Valda said there were no young children in her immediate family at the moment, so it was lovely to connect with her pen pal.
Wilma found out that her pen pal took dance classes with her grand-daughter.
“Finding out those family connections was just lovely.”

10/11/2025

Our annual Family Works Christmas Gift Appeal has kicked off for 2025.
Please give a little hope to Southland families who are less fortunate this Christmas by donating new, unwrapped gifts for children in need we are supporting.
With your help we can make Christmas special for them.
To find out more, click here: pss.org.nz/news/lets-life-each-other-up-this-christmas

05/11/2025

Sunshine, sea views and refreshments were the order of the day for a group of residents from Vickery Court who had an outing to Omaui on Monday. Looks like a great day out.

05/11/2025

Racing fever took hold at Vickery Court yesterday. Residents and staff had lots of fun celebrating the Melbourne Cup with a staff hobby horse race, residents horse racing competition and a sweeepstake and a tipple while watching the race on the big screen.

30/10/2025

Health and wellbeing was centrestage at SupportLink Invercargill's coffee club this morning. Thank you to Logan Dalgity of Active Southland for coming along to give the group some tips and tricks for healthy living, including sleep hygiene and foods to help maintain consistent energy levels as well as information about Green Prescriptions and much more.
The coffee club will not meet in November, but look out for information about the group's Christmas function in December. More details to come.

30/10/2025

Catwalk chic and creativity took centre stage when Enliven Southland hosted its Wearable Arts Show Enliven Style at Vickery Court yesterday.

A massive thank you to the judges Steve Broad - Invercargill City Councillor and ILT board member Angela Newell for taking on the difficult task of selecting the winners. We would also like to thank Kane Johnson for his fantastic work as emcee for the event.

Here are the results:

Supreme winner - Enliven PPE Princess (from Central Office team: Jenny Donnelly, Dulari Jayasinghe, Juliana Baxter, Courtenay Spearin and Michelle Ryland)

Highly commended (wearability) - Lolly Sack (Raine (Anna) Villanueva)

Highly commended (construction) - Back to the Future (Peacehaven Village cottage and townhouse residents and SupportLink team)

Highly commended (creative) - The Cat's Whiskers (Iona D3 and D6 residents)

Highly commended (creative) - UFOs our UnFinished Objects (Peacehaven cottage and townhouse residents)

Highly commended (use of recycled materials) - The Penny Milkmaid (Relda Watson)

Congratulations to you all. Fantastic effort.

29/10/2025

Reminder, the Enliven national survey closes tomorrow. The survey will help shape a more inclusive, respectful society for older people.
If you haven't already, we encourage you to take part in the survey. Your input is invaluable.
Take the survey now and show your support.
For more information click here: www.ps.org.nz/enliven-nz
To take the survey click here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/LM7W8K6

29/10/2025