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
Raft Race
We took a journey into Market Deeping to our favourite restaurant, The Boundary, so that we could join in the fun and excitement of the Raft Race. We watched and laughed as the brave contestants travelled up the river Welland in their make-shift rafts, decorated with themes from the movies. After enjoying a lovely fish and chip lunch, we moved up to the riverside to get the best views and, as a consequence, got quite soaked through when the water fights began! There was live music throughout the afternoon to add to the fun and, after a lovely ice cream dessert, we travelled safely home, admiring the number of people who had come out on this gloriously sunny day to support their community as well.
Manicures & Laughs
Our camera happened to catch this lovely moment between Llyan, our hairdresser and manicurist, and 3 residents. You could hear the laughter a mile away!
Burghley House & Gardens
We had the best weather we could hope for on our day out at Burghley House and Gardens. We took some food with us and enjoyed having a picnic in the sun whilst watching the kids play on the grass. We then took a trip into the Garden of Surprises to appreciate all of the lovely water features and ponds. It was nice to see the children playing in the fountains and we came home with massive smiles on our faces.
Baking at Braeburn
On a miserable wet summer's day, we had a spur-of-the-moment idea to bake some cupcakes as a delicious afternoon snack. As a bonus, this meant that the entire upstairs floor smelt of cupcakes - lucky us! With a bit of hard work and a lot of teamwork, we eventually got to taste them - served with a hot cup of tea and a sense of achievement. They were definitely something to be proud of; all of that mixing had produced the lightest and airiest cupcakes we’ve ever had. They were so good that there wasn't any left by the end of the day.
Musical Afternoon at Ayscoughfee Hall
For the second weekend running, we journeyed over to Spalding for a musical afternoon in Ayscoughfee Hall Gardens. This time we were entertained by the Ukulele Orchestra of Spalding and were reduced to fits of laughter at their jokes. Of course, there was also lots of singing and dancing (including some hula dancing!) along to the music. A cup of tea and biscuits made the afternoon complete and we can’t wait for the next one!
Tai Chi
Our monthly Tai Chi session just gets bigger and bigger, with 13 participants attending the latest one. An hour of stretching and moving - and giggling at Carer, Claire’s, demonstration - had us energised and ready for a hearty lunch!
