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 Annual Christmas Fete
Wow.. what a successful event we had at Braeburn Lodge this year! We had a selection of festive external gift stalls, family tombola, Christmas raffle, mulled wine & cake, live music and also our very own Santa’s Grotto.
While our residents had the opportunity of looking through all the amazing gifts on sale, family enjoyed a glass of wine while also being entertained by our volunteer guitarist! Our raffle was certainly a big triumph, so many wonderful hampers gifted to all of our lucky winners.
It was amazing to see so many visitors from our local community, come together on this joyful event. Our residents really appreciate all the love and support they receive from friends and family, especially over the festive period.
Wishing everyone a joyful and peaceful Christmas this year.
Paint A Pot morning with our residents
Today, the lovely Derek from Paint A Pot visited our wonderful home and hosted an excellent Christmas crafts morning.
Our residents had the opportunity of selecting a festive ornament made from clay first, before painting it in their own choice of colours. Through various artistic mediums such as painting and sculpture, art therapy encourages seniors to explore their feelings and strengthen their bones! We thank Derek for a wonderful, sensory based class.
Our residents look forward to receiving their glazed Christmas ornaments.
Festive Quiz Morning at Braeburn
On the 4th of December we started our festive month at Braeburn Lodge with a wonderful quiz and games morning.
Wendy Ponsford from Viatris, kindly volunteered for the day by organising a challenging morning for all of our wonderful residents. Wendy also brought along her elves, who were also very active and helped entertain everyone. Gifts were handed out to all of our winners.
Overall, it was very exciting and successful event, enjoyed by everyone in our home.
Meet The Reindeers
Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.
Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers. We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.
Lest we forget.
"We live in direct relation to the heroes we have. The men and women who without knowing our names or recognizing our faces, risked and sometimes gave their lives to support our country and our way of living. We must say thank you."
At Braeburn Lodge we celebrated this special, memorable day with some of our wonderful residents. John the harpist kindly played a selection of beautiful and sentimental tunes, deflecting on the hero’s we lost during the war. It was certainly a very emotional morning, one that will always be remembered amongst our residents and staff members!
Fireworks and hot chocolate.
What an exciting evening we had at Braeburn Lodge care home. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the very colourful fireworks display, very carefully arranged by our home’s maintenance team. It was wonderful to see family, friends and local neighbours popping in to have a little bit of fun with our residents.
All our guests were provided with hot chocolate and whipped cream, while the children were treated to a display of sparklers. Together with our friends, our residents were very excited about the fireworks. Some of our wonderful residents even sat inside, eagerly watching the flashing lights as they discussed the evening with other fellow residents.
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!
