Activities at Bedewell Grange Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Donna Brooks
My Name is Donna. I am the activities co-ordinator at Bedewell Grange care home Hebburn. I joined Bedewell Grange in April 2022 and I bring lots of new exciting ideas to the role, having worked in the health and social care sector for the last 15 years. I am passionate about my role within the home and aim to bring a smile to all our residents faces through different types of activities. My personality is bright and bubbly so aim to share this each day at work. I have experience in supporting our residents who are more able as well as doing sensory Namaste sessions with our residents who are less able. As I gather the residents likes and dislikes if you would like to come and chat with me about your family member please contact the home to arrange.
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 Bedewell Grange Care Home
Bedewell Grange Celebrates Chinese New Year
We welcomed in the Year of the Tiger with a day of celebrations and activities.
The Chinese New Year is China’s most important festival that celebrated the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar.
Inspired by Chinese culture and traditions, our residents enjoyed a creative session with Chinese New Year DIY dragons and made beautiful lanterns to mark the day.
We all enjoyed some music from Greater China, watched last year’s celebrations and had some delicious Chinese food. It was a fun day.
Sisters reunited
Sisters, Jenny and Belle, were reunited recently and purely by chance at Bedewell Grange care home in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, after spending years apart.
Belle and her younger sister, Jenny, found each other again at Bedewell Grange, and are now sharing many beautiful memories.
Belle and Jenny last saw each other in 2014 for Belle's 90th birthday. Belle moved into Bedewell Grange in April 2019. Jenny arrived at the end of November and the when the sisters were reunited, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Both sisters were born very close to Bedewell Grange in Felling, they were born at home. They were always close despite the age gap, Jenny was the baby of the family. They also have two brothers, Joseph and Edward, who both emigrated to Australia.
Monthly Church Service at Bedewell Grange
This week marked our first in house Church service since the beginning of the pandemic.
Today was hosted by 3 lovely ladies from the Parish of St Oswalds and St Cuthberts. They provided us with lovely hymns, prayer and communion. We’re so happy to have these very important mornings back in our home!
Burns Night celebrations at Bedewell Grange
Residents at Bedewell Grange had a great day celebrating Burns Night.
To honour the famous Scottish poet, we hosted a poetry and music session to learn more about the Scottish Country Dancing and the Ceilidh and to mark the Scottish institution, including giving the time-honoured address to the ‘Great chieftain O’ the pudding’ race’ – the haggis.
Our tables were specially decorated with flowers and Scottish flags for the occasion as our residents enjoyed delicious Haggis, Neeps and Tatties followed by some delicious Dundee Cake prepared by our talented chef.
We all had a wonderful time learning more about Robert Burns and the Scottish culture and traditions.
Cooking Club at Bedewell Grange
Residents at cooking club this week prepared something a little more savoury than usual.
We did plenty of reminiscing of days gone by whilst we made these perfect cheese scones. They were thoroughly enjoyed warm with lashings of melted butter!
International Flower Day at Bedewell Grange
Our residents took part in flower-based activities throughout the day. The residents picked their own flowers and made some beautiful hand tied bouquets and arrangements, but we weren’t without prickles from the roses, so we’ve agreed to keep them out next time
The collective knowledge about flowers gained from years of gardening experience was very impressive.
It was a lovely day, enjoyed by all.
