Activities at Bedewell Grange Care Home

We celebrated our open day with a party for our residents. There was lots of dancing and entertainment. We enjoyed a sweet cart , donut stand and glasses of bubbly which went down a treat. It was a successful day with visits booked  to look around our recently refurbished home. Our residents were joined by families who were in the party spirit and the children joined in with the entertainment even singing on the microphone with our entertainer.

Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life.  Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.  

Residents across our homes had a fantastic time exploring the Eden Project virtually - an educational charity and visitor attraction based in Cornwall, featuring sprawling outdoor gardens and breathtaking biomes that house the largest indoor rainforest in the world.

During the session, residents who joined were reconnected with nature through their senses, memories and stories.  A big thank you to the community team at the Eden Project for the wonderful event.

We enjoyed a visit from discovery zoo learning about the different animals . Twiggy the Malaysian stick insect was a big hit with one of our ladies who has friends in Malaysia and couldn’t wait to tell them she had held in on her arm. The tortoise name was Flash and our residents were intrigues by him eating a huge chunk of tomato. The favourite was the long haired Guinea pig who got lots of cuddles.

We enjoy keeping active with exercise and dance. Starting with a warm up we did our movements along to music from Abba. Our residents follow the movements with ease and some of our ladies took to the floor as they were enjoying the music so much.

Our session finished with stretches and a cool down.

We celebrated the 80th anniversary of  D – Day joining our local social club and veterans for a remembrance parade followed by refreshments and entertainment from Wor Vera who had our ladies singing and dancing along to all the songs bringing back sad and happy memories.

We were so lucky to receive the invite as our ladies had such a fantastic afternoon.