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
Reindeer Games
Christmas has arrived! To mark the beginning of this festive period, we took a bus of residents up to Baytree Garden Centre in Spalding to see the reindeer there. They were ever so hungry for both carrots and a bit of fuss as well! It was a lovely way to mark the start of the Christmas period.
Christmas Crafts
We’ve started getting ready for Christmas this week as the Memory Lane residents got stuck in making centre-pieces for dining tables across our home. There were some lovely creations made and even our staff got stuck into the fun. I’d say it’s certain… Christmas is coming!
More Tai Chi with Ray
Our Tai Chi lesson with Ray was as well-attended as ever. Word has gotten out about the gentle strengthening exercises that we love so much! We pushed our limits as we worked our bodies and afterwards we enjoyed a lovely lunch as a reward for our hard work.
Ten-Pin Bowling
We gathered up as many faces as we could onto our Memory Lane unit this Tuesday afternoon and we did some bowling together. All abilities were catered for, with residents throwing their balls from their chairs or supported by walking frames. We don’t let anything get in the way of fun here at Braeburn!
A Game of Bowls
We gathered up a fair few faces for our bowls game. There were some very close calls and Rev Linda couldn’t resist the temptation to join in as well. Of course, in ultimate Braeburn fashion, the finale was the gorgeous homemade jam cake and cup of tea that we rewarded ourselves with.
Happy Birthday, Peter!
We here at Braeburn do our utmost to deliver on special requests. So, when Peter asked for a big birthday party to share with his friends, we threw him one! Staff and volunteers were invited too, and they came along to join the festivities. We all went to bed thoroughly wiped that evening after 2 hours of singing and dancing together, but my goodness it was worth it!
