Activities at Oxford Beaumont Care Community
Our Activities Coordinators are committed to organising a mix of activities and events that cater to all tastes, which includes minibus outings to nearby places of interest and visits from animal trusts, local school choirs, musicians and entertainers. We also undertake one-to-one activities for residents who are unable to participate in group sessions, and encourage loved ones to join in whenever they can.
Alice and Sarah
Hi, I'm Alice (left) and I've been working in activities since 2019. I absolutely love my role, and I'm passionate about providing meaningful and life enriching activities for all our residents. My aim is to make them smile everyday!
Hi I’m Sarah (right), I’ve been a member if the Oxford Beaumont team since January 2020. Starting as an Activities assistant on a part time basis, I enjoyed the role so much I'm now one the the full time coordinators.
It’s an absolute pleasure working here, being able to provide life enriching activities that make our residents happy and smile. We have so much fun together, and learn something new everyday from these incredible ladies and gentlemen.
Making links with local groups and organisations to ensure our residents remain part of the local community is a key part of the activities team role, if you would like to make contact with me or my colleague Sarah, please feel free to call us on 01865 730990 or drop us an email OxfordBeaumont.Activities@barchester.com
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Oxford Beaumont Care Community
Exercising Mind, Body & Soul
Today’s activities covered mind, body, and soul! As today is Confucius’ birthday we started with a discussion group talking about some of his most famous sayings. We followed this with some parachute games to exercise arms and to do some stretching. We included our question ball which is a great way of finding out about the lives of the residents.
This afternoon we had planned for Tristan Pate to come and play for us outside but unfortunately the weather wasn’t good enough so he did a zoom session instead. This meant we were able to take our two Samsung tablets to our residents in their rooms. They really enjoyed choosing songs for him to sing for them.
Clocking up our 100 Hours Outside
More time outside today as part of the #Barchester100hoursoutside challenge. This time residents enjoyed relaxing on the balcony outside the dining room. They chatted, enjoyed refreshments and made more autumn items for our themed display which is coming along nicely. Another resident spent time outside with her family on her 99th birthday today and others walked or sat in the lovely gardens or helped with some weeding.
Getting Creative for Recycle Week
This week is #RecycleWeek so we discussed ways to use plastic bottles. One group made sun catchers to hang in the windows of residents in our nursing unit and another group used the bottles to print flower pictures. We also made some hanging decorations from old curtain rings.
What a 'Thank You'
Wow what a wonderful surprise from a resident’s family, to all the staff at the Oxford Beaumont. #compassionateaboutcaring
Virtual Wine Tasting
Our residents were treated to a wine tasting masterclass hosted by Nick Parker and Lee Isaacs from Unity Wines. Wine can be a complicated subject and Unity Wines aims to help people navigate the different styles on offer in order to find the perfect wines for all of its customers. So today we enjoyed a virtual tour of various wine regions, sampling different grape varieties which was simply delightful!
Robotic Dogs Delight!
Our dog day last month raised over £200 which was split between the Oxfordshire Animal Rescue charity and purchasing a new robotic therapy dog for residents.
We took the dog to meet everyone and it was a huge hit. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
