A fantastic Holiday – right on your doorstep!

Each Summer we create a ‘Holiday at Home’ experience in venues across Southampton for older people to enjoy the highlights of a trip away!

Delicious food, Fabulous sights, Dancing, Music, Traditional games, crafts and activities – all the best bits of a holiday under one roof!

Our creative teams transform the venues into exotic locations. In recent years we have:

taken in the delights of Paris, cruised through Greece, travelled the railroad through the Scottish Highlands and explored an African Safari! For Summer 2024 we enjoyed everything Spain could offer from seated Flamenco dancing to Tapas, to the local school children providing some music.

This year we are going to say ‘Ciao’ to Italy with its historic architecture, beautiful mediterranean coastline and soaring mountain regions. Delicious Italian cuisine will be on offer and we’re hoping the Italian weather may come too!

Highfield Church, 8th July 2025 – Click here to book!

Keep an eye on our diary to find out where we’re headed off to in 2026!!

These events bring the generations together, and provide a great opportunity for the community to work together.

Ice-Cream Parlours, Schools, Care Homes, Supermarkets, the Saints Foundation, Music Groups, Reptile Societies and many others have joined us to make this venture so diverse and successful.

If you are involved with an organisation you think could contribute – please chat to us – we’d love to hear about it!

 

Through training and resourcing, Caraway hopes to encourage further churches to provide ‘Holiday at Home’ events for their local communities.

If you are interested in finding out more about running your own Holiday at Home event – please get in touch!

TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF HOLIDAY AT HOME - "A TASTE OF SPAIN" Many thanks indeed for such an enjoyable time - and a delicious meal! The children's performances were wonderful!

Guest from Holiday at Home 2024

"Just wanted to say a huge Thank You to you and your colleagues who put together yesterday’s event. Our Residents that came along had a fantastic time, it was lovely hearing all about their day when they got home. Many Thanks."

Care Home Manager, Holiday at Home

As always it’s difficult to give my favourite part of the day…. Food which someone else has prepared, Music from little children and the Seated Dancing are my top three I think. Just being with other people. An excellent day!!

Holiday at Home Guest – 2024

Just a quick message to say thank you for the ‘Holiday at Home’ again this year. What a special and unique event and what a team & formula you have put together. I was sat next to two ladies 89 and 94 and both also fully enjoyed it. It is the Lord’s work and a real domain of the kingdom.

Holiday at Home Guest – 2024

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