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
Out for Coffee
On a sunny Wednesday morning, residents headed out for a walk through the market. Unbeknownst to us, two of our Nurses, Ewa and Jane, were also out that morning and, after a spot of shopping, we met up for a coffee in Cinnamon Coffee Shop. Ewa had her very young baby boy with her, whom the residents found adorable. It was lovely for us to see Ewa again and we look forward to her coming back after her maternity leave.
Braeburn's Divisional Winner
Congratulations to Lisa Smith, who has been named as a Divisional Winner for Memory Lane Champion at this year's Barchester Care Awards.
Summer Fete
The weather came through for us on this glorious Sunday afternoon, allowing us to hold our Summer Fete, bringing together all the residents and their families in one fun-packed event. We had singing and dancing, courtesy of Trudi Mason; Becs Fun Faces did face painting for the children and some members of staff even joined in on the fun! We had a BBQ, tombola, Jacqueline’s homemade crafts and Momma’s Magical Melts selling their goods. We polished off the afternoon with a wonderful magic show and balloon shaping from Keith’s Party Magic. Residents were overjoyed watching the little ones play with building bricks, balloons and skittles, and then watching their faces and hearing their laughs at Keith’s funny voices. Kind donations from family and friends totalled £105.71, which will go towards the resident's fund.
Thank you to everyone who attended and who helped make it such a special and relaxed day - we can’t wait for next year’s!
Wimbledon Cream Tea Party
What better way to celebrate England’s fantastic wins at Wimbledon than with a classic English tea party? We had jam and cream scones in true English fashion and tested our knowledge with a tennis-themed quiz. We also played our hand at a bit of balloon tennis across the room, working up quite the appetite!
A local guitarist's debut at Braeburn
Residents were impressed by a local man named Joe, who offered up an hour of his Friday to come and play for us. It was a very daunting experience for him as we were the first people outside of his family to hear him play! We were a lovely audience for his first public performance, joining him in singing our favourite songs and tapping our feet to the beats. We were even lucky enough to be the first to hear an original song written by Joe himself! We thanked Joe for sharing his gift with us and we hope other local artists feel that they can come and practice their craft here too!
Summer Newsletter
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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!
