Activities at Prestbury Beaumont Care Community
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Ellie Rattue
My name is Ellie and I am Head of Activities here at Prestbury Beaumont. I completed my studies in Sociology at the University of Sheffield last year and recently joined this wonderful team at the beginning of 2024. As part of my role, I am responsible for planning enjoyable and engaging activities that foster a happy and joyful environment for the residents. I dedicate myself to ensure that the residents feel fulfilled and enthusiastic about participating in the wide array of diverse and person-centred activities I organise for them. I am deeply passionate about my role as I derive great joy from assisting others and strive to uphold Barchester’s high standards.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Prestbury Beaumont Care Community
Flower power
Residents at Prestbury Beaumont have embraced seasons changing and using a variety of beautiful flowers, they enjoyed a morning of creating their own flower displays.
Getting creative with their flowers and foliage they went to work, enjoying a cup of tea, home made biscuits and a chatting away with each other, It was a very sociable morning!
Luke Stevenson performs for residents
Residents were treated to an incredible live performance by vocalist, Luke Stevenson Singer. As everyone gathered in the lounge, Luke sung a medley of hits from across the decades which soon had everyone toe-tapping and singing along too!
One resident commented, “Can he come again one day? He was amazing!”
A trip to Henry's
Prestbury Beaumont is very close to Prestbury village centre, this afternoon we went out for tea and cake at our very popular local cafe, Henry's where we met other friends from the local community. It was an enjoyable afternoon as we took advantage of the homes mini bus for a change of scene.
Benefits of Pet therapy
Residents of Prestbury Beaumont are always pleased to see, Henrik the homes Pet therapy dog who visits the home regularly. Everyone is always on hand to pat and share cuddles!
The pet therapy sessions are a regular feature on the homes life enrichment programme due to the positive results which can range from improvement in general health and wellbeing. Everyone also shares their stories of beloved pets and memories throughout their lives.
History of Collar House
Prestbury Beaumont is steeped in history and residents and colleagues were delighted when local resident, Mary Roberts visited the home to talk about the history of the home. Mary has also published a book about Collar House where now sits the home.
“With the possibility of air raids, the St Mary’s Hospital Board chose to close their City Centre maternity wards. Collar House in Prestbury was owned by the Moseley family who were then living in Wales and in 1939 was rented by the hospital as an annexe. This was a large house with extensive grounds. It had its own water and electricity supply as well as a laundry. It was converted to hold 45 beds and had maternity wards and nurseries as well as a theatre, dispensary and accommodation for 30 staff.
Nearby Prestbury Hall and Adlington Hall were also to become hospitals. St Mary’s remained at Collar House until 1952 when the maternity wards returned to the City. During those 13 years, more than 14000 children were born at the three Prestbury hospitals. Originally a farm, Collar house dates from before 1780 and has been occupied by a number of different families. Collar House, much extended is now occupied by our beautiful home”.
Wallace Collection
Our homes had a fantastic time joining members of the Wallace Collection for an amazing sensory session.
During the live virtual experience, our residents explored one of the museum’s most beautiful Dutch flower paintings and learnt new drawing techniques.
We cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and produce beautiful paintings of our own.
Everyone enjoyed the lovely talk, we all had lots of fun and it’s given us plenty of ideas.
