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:

Paris and Italy, Cruised through Greece, taken 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.

Keep an eye on our diary to find out where we’re headed off to in 2025!!

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!

Latest updates

The Archbishop of Canterbury visits Caraway!

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, came to visit the work of Caraway at our Sholing Memory Cafe and Carers Course on the 26th October. He was keen to meet people living with Dementia and hear their stories.

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Tea Dance Joy!!

The UN  have designated the 1st October as ‘International Older Persons Day’, and to celebrate – Caraway hosted a wonderful Tea Dance! The fun afternoon…

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