Activities at Edgbaston Beaumont Care Home
Our team pride ourselves in providing a wide range of activities and events to suit all of our residents needs. Comprising of art and craft classes, pet therapy, outside entertainers, visits from local schools where students attend and work alongside ourselves and the residents. We also have presentations on wildlife and other demonstrations, musicality and singalongs, quizzes, a poetry corner, knit and natter sessions, and one to one interaction, as well as trips out in the mini bus. For our residents who are less mobile we bring the shopping experience to the home for their convenience. We respect everyone's religious beliefs by providing visits from all denominations, such as Anglican, Catholic, working in conjunction with the local mosque and the Jewish community and providing religious interaction. We encourage our residents families to participate in all our activities, working alongside them to ensure we provide the best service possible here at Edgbaston Beaumont.
Celia Palmer
I’m Celia and I’m the Activity coordinator here at Edgbaston Beaumont. I previously worked as an activity coordinator in a hostel and am enjoying the shift into the residential setting. I have an arts background so enjoy painting and drawing in my spare time, which hopefully I can share my love for with the residents here. I also enjoy reading, travel, live music and looking after my cats! And copious amounts of tea.
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 Edgbaston Beaumont Care Home
Summer Fete
The sun decided to make an appearance for our lovely summer fete at Edgbaston Beaumont. The residents enjoyed live entertainment, outdoor exercises, stalls and a wonderful bbq! The day was absolutely fantastic and it was so nice to see the residents outside spending time with family and friends. We also raised money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital on the tombola!
Nan's 90th Birthday
We recently celebrated resident Nan’s 90th birthday here with a lovely afternoon tea in our café. Nan was joined by family and friends from afar and they enjoyed gathering for the food and prosecco provided by our wonderful kitchen staff. Nan’s secret to a long healthy life is ‘eating healthy, but enjoying a chocolate treat every day’.
Art Gallery Visit
Recently at Edgbaston Beaumont we took a couple of our residents out to view the Victorian Radicals Exhibition currently on at Gas Hall. The exhibition includes Pre- Raphaelite sketches and paintings as well as work by textile designer William Morris. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the experience, as well as learning about the history of some of the famous pieces. For our resident Anne, founder of Birmingham Printmakers Association, the day out was a particular highlight.
Celebrating 200 years of Cadbury
We have been celebrating 200 years of Cadbury chocolate here at Edgbaston. Being so local to the factory in Bournville it was especially important to celebrate the legacy of the famous confectionary company.
Residents were treated to a live virtual event about the rich history of Cadbury, as well as a talk by our resident Graham about his experience working there.
Highlights of his career included working abroad in New Zealand and assisting on a special edition publication for the Sunday Times about chocolate boxes. Everyone here thoroughly enjoyed the chocolate devoted afternoon!
Relaxing the senses
Here at Edgbaston Beaumont we had a sensory relaxation afternoon for the residents designed to relax the 5 senses: sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste.
The downstairs lounge was set up with gentle lighting, lavender scent and calming music and residents were offered a relaxing hand massage. A couple of the residents commented that they had never had a hand massage before and found the experience relaxing.
We finished off the session with some tasty soft Turkish Delight and a muscle relaxation, leaving residents feeling thoroughly tranquil!
Hosting Living Eggs
During the Easter period we were privileged to play host to a family of chicks courtesy of Living Eggs. The organisation left us with 10 unhatched eggs in an incubator and we were left to watch the journey unfold.
The first couple of days were spent tentatively waiting for the chicks to begin their hatch, but as soon as one hatched the rest followed soon after! Our residents absolutely loved coming through reception each day to check on the progress of the chicks as they quickly developed their soft down and feathers.
Living Eggs are available for organisations such as residential homes and schools, and have free range farms allocated for the chicks once they move on.
