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
Birthday wishes!
Birthdays are a firm fixture on our life enrichment programme and we recently had the pleasure of celebrating Pauline’s 90 years-young. Pauline who lives in our Assisted Living Apartment joined us for a lovely afternoon of cake and prosecco, singing as we sung a rousing rendition of ‘happy birthday’.
Residents also enjoyed sharing memories of how they have celebrated birthdays with families and friends over the years. It was a wonderful afternoon!
Gingerbread crafts
Christmas started early yesterday, Residents enjoyed decorating gingerbread snowflakes for hanging on our Christmas trees with General Manager, Sarah. There were lots of beautiful designs but we made sure there was one left for everyone to enjoy with a cup of tea!
Clothes Show
Residents of Edgbaston Beaumont enjoyed a very special fashion show when a local supplier popped in for a clothes show and viewing. Residents enjoyed browsing the rails and vast selection of outfits and there were purchases too of sparkly outfits especially for Christmas.
Tea tasting afternoon
Residents of Edgbaston Beaumont enjoyed an afternoon tea, but with a difference. To create the much-loved experience of going to a traditional tea shop, residents were able to choose from a selection of teas from around the world.
They were made in an individual tea pot and served to them with a cake or two whilst learning about the history of tea and testing their knowledge with a quiz.
Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Sunday is a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
During the day, our residents enjoyed putting a remembrance display together, with their own handmade wreaths and poppies, which turned out beautifully, created in their popular arts and crafts session.
We enjoyed watching coverage of the Remembrance Day service to honour veterans and armed forces members who have died in the line of duty and we read some war poems. It was a lovely day of remembrance, enjoyed by all.
Bonfire celebrations
Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night is an annual commemoration observed on the 5th of November.
We spent time learning about the gunpowder plot where Guy Fawkes and his associates planned to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament in 1605.
In celebration, we chose a selection of fireworks and we gave our residents some sparklers to light once the sun had set as watched a selection of beautiful firework display with our families and friends, enjoying delicious hot-dogs and warm drinks!
