Activities at Southgate Beaumont Care Community
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Zoe Grindley
Hello My name is Zoe, I have been in the life enrichment team at Southgate Beaumont since December 2021.
I am originally from Liverpool and moved to London in 1997 after being accepted at Mountview Theatre school. After graduating I worked as an actress and accomplished voiceover artist for many years. I also have a vast amount customer service experience, working in many West End Theatres, as Cabin crew for Virgin Atlantic and at Claridges hotel in Mayfair.
Zoe has a passion for making strong connections with people and creating lasting memorable experiences.
My role here at Southgate Beaumont is to ensure our residents lives are packed full of enriching and interesting activity. We provide a wide range of both home led and community led activity for all residents as well as personalised and individual hobby and interest focused events. Our programme ranges from cocktail making, to art history talks, exercise sessions as well as fine dining dinner parties catered for by our chefs
I have made lots of lovely new friends at Southgate Beaumont care home and look forward to making many more.
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 Southgate Beaumont Care Community
Chicken shed Theatre company at Southgate Beaumont.
Chicken shed Theatre company brought so much joy to Southgate Beaumont, when they returned for their latest project of The Space Between us.
Residents were delighted to listen to the live music and the amazing talents of Jo Collins who is the actual founder of the Theatre company itself.
One of our residents Raymond was having such a great time that he tried to get out his wheelchair just so he could have a dance!
We all had song sheets to sing along to the guitar and at the end of the session Queenie said that she wished they could have stayed all day!
It really is amazing to see the power of music and the positive effect it had on everyone. We can’t wait for them to come back!
St Patrick's day celebrations.
St Patrick's Day Celebrations!
Residents had a wonderful St Patrick’s day at Southgate Beaumont and we were thrilled to have an afternoon of music with entertainer Pete Morton.
Pete sang all our favourite Irish classics and kept us all singing along to his wonderful guitar!
Even our local Fire Brigade had a lovely treat with the delivery of some homemade Guinness cupcakes prepared by our chef Dan.
Wishing you all the Luck of the Irish for the coming weeks ahead.
The Easter bunny came early to Southgate Beaumont!
The Easter bunny came early to Southgate Beaumont!
Residents and team members spent a wonderful morning in the garden at Southgate Beaumont when the children from St Andrews joined us for an Egg-citing Easter egg hunt.
We were all super delighted to see 30 Year 1 pupils running around our beautiful grounds collecting Easter eggs. The sun was shinning which made it even more glorious.
After eating yummy cupcakes baked by our head Chef and his team, two of Southgate Beaumont's residents read stories. to us
There was lots of fun on the lawn chasing bubbles and and playing with balloons. One of the children said "it was the best day ever!!"
I think we all agreed!
A trip to Springtime Nurseries.
What a glorious way to start a Monday!
With a lovely trip to a local garden center to see all the beautiful flowers and breathe in the fresh air.
No trip would be complete without a trip to the café for a cup of tea and a scone and jam!
We are so happy the weather stayed bright for us too!
What a lovely Pancake day we all had!
What a lovely Pancake day we all had!
Residents were spoilt for choice with lots of delicious pancakes and all their favourite toppings… syrup, chocolate sauce, fruit and lemon and sugar!!
Thank you to our wonderful Chef Dan for preparing everything.
We couldn’t manage another mouthful!
Love is all around us!
This Valentine’s Day, we thought we would share a lovely story of our only married couple currently residing in our care home.
Peter and Shirley are a much-loved addition to our Beaumont family and this June sees them celebrating their 68th wedding anniversary!
Love blossomed almost 70 years ago at their local ice rink, when a group of boys decided to trip Shirley up on the ice. Peter immediately came to Shirley’s rescue, scooping her up and taking her home safely. The rest, as they say, is history.
“I wouldn’t call Peter handsome, but he was very kind,” said Shirley with a laugh when asked about her first impressions. “I also wasn’t very popular with Peter’s mother because I lived on the local council estate!”
Amazingly, Peter’s grandfather invented the electrical plates used in X-ray machines. Eventually, after they got married, Shirley did all the family accounts whilst Peter carried on running the business.
They had lots of lovely holidays together and two wonderful children who Shirley praises for contributing to so much of their happiness.
When asked about the secret to a long and happy marriage, Shirley replied,
“He always does as he’s told!!”
Here’s to many more happy years for this lovely pair!
