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
Cheese and Wine Night with a Twist
Braeburn Lodge welcomes their new manager Kate Kay with a celebratory Cheese and Wine evening. Residents, families, friends, and local group representatives turned out on a cold windy night to welcome Kate Kay our new General Manager to Braeburn Lodge. Kate has been in nursing for nineteen years but since joining the Care Home sector four years ago she is a devotee, dedicated to providing quality care that can transform the lives of the elderly. Kate quoted “I want to ensure that Braeburn Lodge is the very best care facility in the area”. Kate was able to speak with all the residents and families. Whilst everyone enjoyed a lovely relaxed evening sharing a glass of wine and of course the obligatory cup of tea or coffee. The evening was a resounding success, with a great welcome being received by Kate from the residents and families.
Pancake Day
Braeburn’s residents enjoyed pancakes today as we celebrated Shrove Tuesday. Rev Linda offered her hand to help serve up the delicious treats and there wasn’t a single lost pancake on the floor or ceiling when we were done!
Hymm Singing at Braeburn
This afternoon we had a lovely service lead by Rev Linda with readings from the Bible and hymns centred around Candlemas to celebrate this time of year.
Trudi Mason Visits
Today we were lucky to have a special visit from Trudi Mason, a fantastic, lively, cheery pianist and singer who got everyone smiling, clapping, singing and dancing. We were certainly warm after all of that dancing and everyone left in great cheer (and ready for a snooze!)
Ball Games
Today the residents at Braeburn exercised their motor skills with a competitive game of basketball. But that wasn’t enough for us! We then exercised our brains with a winter themed quiz. We worked up quite the appetite between the two and, as always, rewarded ourselves with cup of coffee and slice of homemade cake.
Keeping Warm at Braeburn...
The residents at Braeburn kept themselves warm on this chilly winter Saturday by heating up the competition in a game of skittles. After a couple of warm up shots, we got into the full swing of things and by the end of the game we all had at least one strike to our name. Those coffees were definitely well deserved!
Upcoming events
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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.
