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.
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 Oxford Beaumont Care Community
Golden Moments
Every month, there are wonderful interactions between staff and residents, which go unacknowledged, so we have started an initiative to celebrate these special moments.
From care staff going out of their way to bring in someone's favourite film, or to sing their favourite song with them in the shower, to our latest winner, Sue, our receptionist.
Sue gave her prize from our MacMillan Coffee Morning to one of the residents here, as she knew she would love it. The moment when we showed the lovely lady the musical box of biscuits, showed her the detail on it and then watched her face as she clapped to the music was truly magical. Thank you Sue!
Art in Care Homes Day
To celebrate Art in Care Home Day on 24th September, we had an autumnal art session. Residents were able to look at, hold and even smell some autumn leaves, seeds and other items, and then paint or draw them.
For some residents, we provided aqua painting as an alternative, so everyone who wanted to was able to produce something.
To aid with social distancing for the activity, we turned our dining room into an art studio for the afternoon and every resident was able to have a table to themselves. We enjoyed listening to music while we were painting and drawing, and some of the residents said they would definitely like to do something similar again.
Ladies Who Lunch
Two of the ladies who live at Oxford Beaumont were so reluctant to let the summer go that they asked to have lunch outside on what was probably one of the last warm, sunny days of the year.
We laid the table just as we lay them in the dining room, and took everything out to them so they could enjoy their lunch in the sun. If we do it again this year, we think we will need some more blankets!
Annual BBQ Party
It was not the summer we had hoped for but we didn’t want to let it end without a party! On Bank Holiday Monday we held our annual BBQ. Even though we couldn’t invite friends and family this year, we still made sure everyone had plenty of food, prizes and fun, and as the weather was kind to us we were able to eat, dance, sing, talk and play outside. Everyone enjoyed it and some people asked if we could do it every week!
Karaoke Club
Our Karaoke Club was running with a range of songs, from wartime favourites to musicals. One particular favourite was 'A Spoonful of Sugar', but that could have been because of the activity team’s over-the-top miming!
International Rum Day
To celebrate International Rum Day on 16th August, the reception area at Oxford Beaumont was turned into a temporary cocktail bar. Our activities team created a menu of rum-based or non-alcoholic cocktails and took orders from residents, serving at the bar or delivering to rooms.
No one who wanted one missed out, as we made sure we catered for anyone who had special dietary requirements. The most popular rum cocktail was the Pina Colada, which was described as “very moreish”, and the most popular non-alcoholic was the special fruity punch. which fascinated some of the residents with its colours.
This turned out to be very popular and there have been several requests to repeat the event already!
