Activities at Bedewell Grange Care Home
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.
Donna Brooks
My Name is Donna. I am the activities co-ordinator at Bedewell Grange care home Hebburn. I joined Bedewell Grange in April 2022 and I bring lots of new exciting ideas to the role, having worked in the health and social care sector for the last 15 years. I am passionate about my role within the home and aim to bring a smile to all our residents faces through different types of activities. My personality is bright and bubbly so aim to share this each day at work. I have experience in supporting our residents who are more able as well as doing sensory Namaste sessions with our residents who are less able. As I gather the residents likes and dislikes if you would like to come and chat with me about your family member please contact the home to arrange.
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 Bedewell Grange Care Home
Dementia dolls donated from Morrisons
Our beautiful Irene was emotional as she was kindly gifted a dementia doll fundraised by Morrisons (Jarrow) community champion, Andria.
There were smiles and tears as Andria handed over the doll, who Irene has named ‘Dotty’.
Andria jumped into fundraising for Dementia charities after her own personal experience, and now fundraises for her own Rubens Barn dolls to gift to residents with Dementia. Each doll has it’s own sewn on sunflower and ‘In loving memory of..’ dedicated to Andria’s cause. Dotty is one of two dolls gifted to our home by Andria, and our second is waiting for that special person.
Andria also kindly donated a beautiful hamper to help with the fundraising of more Dementia dolls like Dotty. Anyone is welcome to purchase tickets and contribute to this amazing cause.
Thank you Andria, from all of us at Bedewell Grange.
Pinch Punch, First Of The Month!
Our Christmas festivities have officially begun at Bedewell Grange! All the residents were given their own advent calendars to enjoy for the countdown to Christmas!
Let the celebrations commence!
Winston Churchill's love affair with Blenheim Palace
Our residents were thrilled to join Antonia Keaney - Blenheim Palace’s Historian for an intriguing virtual talk on Winston Churchill.
The private resources of Blenheim Palace were drawn upon to afford very new and refreshing insights into this remarkable man. During the talk Antonia shared fascinating information about the breadth of talent, achievement and personality of the "Greatest Briton": soldier, politician, statesman, painter, writer, orator, family man - and bricklayer!
We all had a wonderful time and enjoyed learning more about UK’s former Prime Minister.
Christmas Wreath Making
We were delighted to join Blooming Haus’s Christmas Wreath Making Masterclass, where Master Florist, Michal and his business partner - Michael showed us the best method to create beautiful festive wreaths.
Following the tips and ideas learnt during the amazing virtual experience, we were happy to put our skills to a test and to enter the #BarchesterChristmasWreaths competition.
We all had a wonderful time creating our festive wreath/s.
Thank you Blooming Haus for helping our residents flow into the true spirit of Noel.
Pamper afternoons at Bedewell Grange
Our beautiful ladies spent the afternoon enjoying a relaxing pamper.
We gave our residents the full spa experience and they loved it!
We created a relaxing atmosphere by playing tranquil music with some lovely scents, it smelt like a real spa. The residents enjoyed a gentle hand massage followed by a fresh polish.
Our pamper sessions are always very popular at Bedewell Grange. Our ladies love to feel pampered and refreshed and we like to do these sessions whenever our ladies want them!
Residents and staff remember the fallen
Bedewell Grange in Hebburn commemorated the signing of the Armistice Day agreement on the day that the guns finally fell silent. They joined the rest of the United Kingdom in holding a two-minute silence at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, of the eleventh month.
As well as marking Armistice Day by wearing poppies and observing the national two minute silence, residents took part in therapeutic activities including a beautiful live event from the English National Ballet and a live performance from Kayley Cares Vintage Singer.
A resident at Bedewell Grange said: “It is very important that we keep the memories of those who fought alive and that we also think about those involved in conflicts around the world today.”
It was a wonderful day, enjoyed by all.
Upcoming events
Blue Light Breakfast
If you are part of the Emergency Services or Community District Nurses, we extend a very warm welcome for you to join us - Every Tuesday from 7.30 am - 10.00 am.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time and could make a difference? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
