Activities at Beaufort Grange Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Lucy Lock
Hello, I am Lucy and I have worked at Beaufort Grange since 2015, starting as a care assistant I have progressed to senior care assistant and now into my role as an Activities Assistant. It's always a pleasure to keep the residents updated with community activities. What I enjoy about my job is making everyone laugh and keeping residents and staff entertained. You will often hear me singing as I walk down the corridor!
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 Beaufort Grange Care Home
The Hoppiness Project
Exciting news! After keeping it under wraps since October, we finally got to see #thehoppinessproject with ALIVEgardening on The One Show last night!!
Our residents found the experience both enlightening and fun, especially enjoying the beer at the end! A big shout-out to Dennis and Dr. Gupta for their incredible contributions to The Hoppiness Project, even commenting that it has given their lives some meaning. Cheers to that!
Thank you to Guy from ALIVEgardening and Alive Activities and to Karen from the University of Bristol Brigstow Institute for letting us be a part of The Hoppiness Project.
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and Nutrition & Hydration Week!
This week, we kicked off our festivities by making delicious soda bread in honour of St. Patrick’s Day while also focusing on the importance of nutrition and hydration.
To top off our celebration, we enjoyed a refreshing Guinness and were delighted by a surprise leprechaun visitor who added to the fun! A huge thank you to our amazing catering staff for the lovely shamrock shortbread biscuits that brought an extra touch of sweetness to our festivities.
Here’s to good food, great company, and the spirit of celebration!
Pancake Day!
What a fantastic Pancake Day we had! We had a blast decorating our pancakes with silly faces using a delicious array of toppings, including bananas, raspberries, blueberries, cherries, strawberries, chocolate spread, and squirty cream, all drizzled with golden syrup!
After all the decorating, the best part was getting to taste our delicious creations! The favourite was the good old classic, lemon and sugar. Thank you to everyone who joined in on the fun—can’t wait to do it again next year!
Owl Adventures
What an unforgettable day with Owl Adventures!
We had the absolute pleasure of meeting Gizmo and Henrietta, and let me tell you, it was a blast! Everyone had so much fun holding Gizmo and sharing some cuddles—he's such a sweetheart! And then there’s Henrietta, who kept us on our toes by teasing us as she swooped over our heads. Her playful antics had us all laughing and in awe of her grace!
Thank you, Owl Adventures, for an amazing experience filled with fun, learning, and a few feathery surprises! Can't wait for our next visit.
Songs of Praise
What a wonderful afternoon we had at Songs of Praise with John and Poppy!
It was extra special this week as we welcomed our special guest, Reverend Tom. It was a joy to meet him and share in uplifting music and fellowship together!
Thank you to everyone who joined us and made the day so memorable. If you enjoyed this gathering, we’d love to see you at our next Songs of Praise, happening every other Thursday at 3 PM. All are welcome, so bring your friends and family for more amazing songs and community spirit!
Christmas Cake
The hospitality team at Beaufort Grange put their heads together and donned their aprons to come up with the most amazing Christmas cake decorated to perfection.
Their fabulous cake is designed as a train travelling around a Christmas tree on the train tracks and consists of delicious ingredients such as dried fruit and walnuts, doused with brandy and covered in marzipan and fondant icing.
Jason said “I had a vision of an old school tree surrounded by presents and wanted there to be a magical element to it. So the working toy train brought it all to life. I felt it would remind Beaufort Grange residents of Christmases when they were younger as many of them would have had a train set that brought hours of enjoyment as a child. I was thrilled to be able to bring my vision to fruition exactly as I had seen it. The tree itself had a wooden dowel for support but was made up of hundreds of handmade fondant branches and the beautifully wrapped presents were also edible, made from mini Battenberg sponge and fondant icing.
I have never entered a competition before but have been bringing to life imaginative cakes for family birthdays for years including a full sized Yoda for my brothers 21st.”
