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.
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.
I'm 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 get to know the residents likes and dislikes, if you would like to come and chat with me about your family member please pop in and see me.
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
Some Mother's do Ave Em
Residents across our services had a fantastic time enjoying the virtual screening of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Frank Spencer’s comical misadventures had everyone laughing and it was wonderful to see so many happy faces.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and a special thanks to The Barn Theatre in the Cotswolds for bringing this stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom to our screens.
Northumbria Mounted Police visit the home
PCs Lucy Adair and Bev Crain from Northumbria Mounted Police brought two very special guests, Patronus and Poppy, to visit Barchester’s Bedewell Grange Care home in Hebburn for ‘coffee with a coppa’.
Residents, families and staff had a great morning hearing about some of the fabulous work the Police horses do. Everyone was highly impressed with their wonderful nature, stature and professionalism, the horses were impeccably behaved as residents got to meet them and of course have a stroke.
Poppy had been working hard at the football the previous night, keeping everyone safe at the Newcastle v Wimbledon game, and PC Adair told everyone about her special work at The Queens Jubilee on one of the forces other mounts.
Sewing and Textiles
We have a number of crafters at Bedewell Grange who when they were younger worked in tailors , dress makers and as seamstresses. As part of our Autumn activities we have decided to created a display using all of their skills.
We have been making pumpkins using a range of different fabrics in an array of autumnal colours and using the sewing machine to create the perfect pumpkin shape. Some of our ladies chose to stitch by hand.
National Foodbank Week
Bedewell Grange helped our local crisis response team ‘Hebburn Helps’ to collect in donations of food to donate to the food bank which our residents sorted into bags and they were grateful for the donations.
Hebburn Helps does a lot around our local community and Bedewell Grange were added to their Christmas gift appeal last year and our residents all received gifts from the generous community. We will continue to link in with them and help where we can
Baking Pies
Our ladies cooked up a storm in the kitchen making cheese and onion pies. We started off making pastry from scratch. Its always a team effort as our ladies helped each other mix and roll out the pastry. The pies were filled to the brim with cheese and basted with egg before going in the oven which gave it a golden glow. We had to have a taste of the pie which we enjoyed with a cup of tea!
Virtual trip to Cornish Seal Sanctuary
A big thank you to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the fantastic live virtual event today!
Residents across our services loved seeing the seals up close and learning about the incredible work the sanctuary does to protect them and other wildlife in Cornwall as well.
Everyone truly enjoyed the experience.
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
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.
Community Cafe - Every Thursday
We know the importance of supporting our local community and extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our weekly Community Cafe. All welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, we offer a warm welcome to join us on your duty breaks for a refreshing drink and a slice of cake.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information please contact Bedewell Grange on 0191 483 8000.
