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.
Dee Tugluer
Hi, my name is Dee, and I am the Activities Coordinator at Braeburn Lodge.
I have over ten years of experience of working in events and activities. I also have extensive knowledge in people skills and project management. Together with my past skills and my friendly personality, i look forward to working with our lovely residents at Braeburn Lodge!
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 Braeburn Lodge Care Home
Harrogate Chocolate Factory
We had a brilliant time across our services with Harrogate Skills 4 Living as they took us on a wonderful virtual visit to their Harrogate Chocolate Factory.
Residents were thrilled to discover details about the chocolate-making process and the fascinating journey from bean to bar, all while enjoying some delicious sweet treats.
The Factory aims to employ people with learning disabilities and autism, involving them in all parts of the process, from sorting and roasting the beans to packaging and sales. The experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined this event.
Beat The Clock
We continue to celebrate a varied life enrichment programme and across our services we linked up with other Barchester care homes and hospitals up and down the country for some interactive Beat the Clock games.
Our residents truly enjoyed solving word puzzles, conundrums and mathematical problems as part of Barchester’s very own game show series.
Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Vine House Farm Café.
Getting out and about is a necessity for all of us, both in terms of mental and physical health. That is why, we at Braeburn Lodge, are always happy to provide our residents with the option of taking part in local outings. Sometimes it may be just a bus ride around the local countryside, sometimes it could be a trip to the local fishy for a lovely lunch and sometimes it could be a quick trip to the village pub for a pint or two. No two trips will ever be the same, although we will always try to accommodate the needs of all of our residents.
On this particular occasion, we treated some of our residents to the local farm house café for a coffee and sneaky slice of delicious cake! Our residents are very fond of the Vine House Farm Café as it is only a short ride away, always has a wonderful spread of organic cakes and refreshments, and also excellent hospitality. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed this trip and cannot wait to pop down to the Café again in the future.
Mother's Day treats
Today, we treated all of our special Ladies in the home to a delightful morning full of pampering, live music and also a selection of edible treats. It was so lovely to see so many happy and content faces within our home, making this event even more meaningful. Together with our wonderful guests, our residents were serenaded by the talented Nick Glover, who sang a selection of songs from Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard.
Spending quality time together with loves ones is the best Mother’s Day gift you can give a Mother. Although as this is not always possible, everyone in our care home, including the kitchen staff, came together, to make sure all of our beautiful Ladies were treated to the “BEST” on this special day!
St Patrick's Day preparations
St Patrick’s Day was originally celebrated in Ireland with religious services and feasts in hour of Saint Patrick, one of Ireland’s patron saints. Today, this national day has become more than a single day of celebration on March 17th. It has become a festival of everything “Irish “across several days and even weeks.
In preparation for this wonderful day, all of our residents within our Memory Lane community, have been working extra hard, creating a lovely decorative environment for their dining room. Using different art mediums, our residents used their imagination and creativity to create suitable decorations for their communal display. It was also a great opportunity for each resident to engage with one another, sharing their past memories while also being treated to delicious, edible Irish treats.
London Ladies
As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, Residents from across our services were thrilled to join tour guide, Mandy Morrow, for an exciting talk about some Legendary London Ladies.
Mandy shared the fascinating stories of eight ladies with us, from the one of the richest heiresses in the world to the original 'Roaring Girl'.
Everyone who participated truly enjoyed the experience and were delighted to take a walk down memory lane.
