Activities at Braeburn Lodge Care Home
Our dedicated activities team are constantly dreaming up new and wonderful ways to support and stimulate the residents we look after. From trips to crafts, parties to skittles, musical performances and quizzes, we include something for everyone and pride ourselves on including everyone into the fun. We have a brilliant team of volunteers who help us to deliver more trips, support us at events and pop in for a cup of tea and chat. We have pet therapy at least once per week (sometimes twice!) and we take advantage of every school break by holding large scale events that we can invite families with children to. We have been developing ties with our neighbours since we first opened and thanks to this, we have successfully brought together our residents with local churches, choirs, Brownies groups, and schools. Whatever your interests are, here at Braeburn, there's something for everyone.
Yasmine Dawson
I have worked at Braeburn Lodge since 2015. I started working as a carer and the activities side of the role really appealed to me. We organise a variety of activities to suit everybody’s preferences and abilities. I enjoy working at Braeburn and making a difference to the residents’ lives.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Braeburn Lodge Care Home
Braeburn’s End of Summer Entertainment
We welcomed back the very talented Mr Nick Glover to our wonderful home for an exciting musical extravaganza. Our residents were thrilled
With the choice of songs sung on this occasion. In fact a few were even a little tearful due to the memories brought back during the concert!
There was definitely lots of singing and dancing happening throughout the morning.
Thanking all of our excellent Care and Housekeeping staff on the day for their support. It was a delight to watch the staff engage with the residents.
An introduction to dance
What a fantastic hour our lovely residents had at Braeburn Lodge. The lovely Sally Correia from Encore Academy ran an excellent Dance session for some of our more adventurous residents. It was full of light exercise, music and easy dance moves accompanied with props.
Dancing can release chemicals in the brain that actively work to reduce cortisol, which helps reduce stress, anxiety, and depression! Our residents loved today's activity and cannot wait to welcome Sally back to our home again.
A creative morning in Memory Lane
This morning we spent a wonderfully creative morning with our Memory Lane residents. Our theme was "Summer Trees". Our residents love experimenting with finger painting as it gives them a chance to be free and expressive. Even our wonderful carers were involved in this activity and helped support our residents during the crafting session.
Creative activities like painting and listening to music can stimulate the brain. It can help people living with dementia to create a dialogue and provide them with an additional means to express themselves.
Braeburn's Chess Club
What a very exciting event at Braeburn Lodge. Two of our wonderful residents have been wanting to play a great chess for such a long time. It was about time we made their special dream come true. The game turned out to be both tense and fun at the same time .. although our gentlemen had the best experience. We cannot wait for Colin and David to set a date for their next match!
Virtual Tour of Mayfair
Residents across our services had a fantastic time joining Mandy Morrow for a virtual walking tour to learn about the ‘Herstory’ of Mayfair. The Mayfair of Nightingales may be long gone but it still holds a 20th century charm. Birthplace to the late Queen Elizabeth II, home to one of WWII's most decorated female war heroes and a tale of a wealthy Aristocrat and one of France's favourite designers.
We were delighted to take a walk down memory lane and discover stories from one of London's most iconic areas. The experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Lazy Sunday Cinema Morning
After a very long break, our residents were finally treated to an exciting morning in our wonderful in-house Cinema room.
Our residents chose to watch the film Mamma Mia as part of their Lazy Sunday morning treat. They indulged in some delicious treats and refreshing juice, all part of the cinematic experience. They also sang along to most of the Abba songs and thoroughly enjoyed the whole vibe of this very exciting activity.
Going forward, we hope to make our Cinema room a big part of our weekly activities at Braeburn Lodge and cannot wait to invite other homes to share this experience!
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down to Christmas and looking forward to a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
Looking for a place to hold a meeting
For more information why not pop in and see what Braeburn Lodge can offer you.
Coffee Morning - 1st Tuesday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly coffee morning, come along and make new friends - all welcome from 10.00 am on the first Tuesday of the month.
Don't dine alone - every Friday
Join us every Friday from 12.30 until14.30 as we welcome the seniors in our communiuty to take advantage of our hospitality and join us for a nutritious lunch at Braeburn Lodge.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, come and take a break with us - we offer a warm welcome and a hot drink, there may be a cake to two available!
