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.
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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 Oxford Beaumont Care Community
A Voice in a Million
We were so lucky that the weather held, as residents were able to come outside in the fresh air to watch and listen to the lovely Fiona Harrison - A Voice in a Million.
She performed songs from the '50s and '60s to tie in with World Beatles Day. We also had themed activity packs available for residents and did our regular exercise session to some music from the Fab 4.
It was a wonderful day and residents said how much they had enjoyed it. Care staff joined in dancing with some of the residents and we can't wait to have Fiona back here for a party in August!
Opera Anywhere
Everyone at Oxford Beaumont was so excited to welcome back live entertainers after what seemed like such a long time.
We were honoured yesterday to be treated to a fantastic afternoon of music by Opera Anywhere. The event was organised by Shirley, one of the residents in the assisted living bungalows here, to celebrate her husband Frank's 90th birthday.
The set included light opera and musical theatre numbers, as well as some great old sing along songs.
Everyone had a great time and the timing was perfect, as the rain didn't start until the performers were packing up to go home.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible.
National Hamburger Day
National Hamburger Day may be an American celebration, but that didn’t stop residents at Oxford Beaumont enjoying a special American diner, rock ‘n’ roll burger menu.
Residents helped decorate the dining room, listened to rock ‘n’ roll music from a jukebox, chose burgers from a specially designed, Oxford-themed menu, and were waited on by dancing staff.
Blooming Wonderful
Residents at Oxford Beaumont were delighted to spend time creating beautiful floral masterpieces to enter the 'Blooming Barchester' competition in partnership with Blooming Haus, following their amazing virtual flower arranging masterclass.
We all had a wonderful time decorating and working on our arrangement, and we are happy to say we were impressed with our skills in applying all the tips and ideas learnt during the class to make a colourful floral design.
We used a variety of containers, and some of the flowers and foliage used came from our very own gardens. The finished arrangements are in communal areas of the homes, as well as in the rooms of individuals who are nursed in their rooms, to enable as many residents as possible to enjoy them.
African World Heritage Day
To celebrate African World Heritage Day, we had an African themed-day, with an art workshop in the morning, and another wonderful African song workshop from In2Cultures, who we hope to be able to have here in person soon. We also provided some African snacks.
Minibus Trip
Residents at Oxford Beaumont were so excited to be able to go out in the minibus for the first time in over a year.
We drove into Oxford and met with groups from other Barchester homes in the area and we all drove through Oxford City Centre together. Residents loved hearing about some of the sights on the route, and Graham was amazed at how much things had changed since he had lived there, especially on the road he used to live on, which was really busy with traffic.
We bought refreshments, which we had in the van, and were out for just over an hour. We will be making this a regular occurrence which will enable as many residents as possible to get out and see some sights safely.
