Activities at Stamford Bridge Beaumont Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
The activity team within our home spend a lot of time committing themselves to organising a range of activities for residents. This includes, pet therapy, trips out to local places of interest, visits from entertainers and musicians, bingo, one to one pamper time, weekly quizzes, coffee mornings, arts and crafts and baking. Activities are considered to be a crucial aspect of our home as residents look forward to upcoming events. As a result, it is essential that our team work together with dedication, to ensure residents are entertained and involved in as many activities as possible.
Michael Lythgoe
I have worked in the care sector for 36 years, initially working for the NHS at Brandesburton Hospital as a care assistant. When the hospital closed I transferred to Townend Court and continued as a care assistant on the forensic ward for people with a learning disability. It was whilst working with the Occupational therapists at Townend that I discovered my passion for engaging the patients in activities of their choosing, I’m quite artistic and creative so it was an easy transition
I have many years’ experience working with the older generation and those who live with dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other diagnosis’.
I am really looking forward to bring both my experience and passion to my new role and to see the positive impact on our resident population.
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 Stamford Bridge Beaumont Care Home
Storm Darragh couldn’t stop us
Despite storm Darragh being forecast for the day of our Christmas Fayre we hastily re-arranged our outside activities and made the decision to go ahead with the day as planned.
The tombola and raffle sold out in double quick time, both had an incredible amount of prizes available thanks to the generosity of both the local community and local businesses, the hot chocolate was also another huge success, as was the mulled wine, to be honest everything was absolutely amazing and made all the hard work worth it in the end.
A massive thank you to everybody who helped and attended the Fayre, far too many to name, without you it would not have been the enormous success that it was.
Residents crowned Christmas cake champions!
Excitement is running high at Stamford Bridge Beaumont where the talented residents have been named the winners of the annual Barchester Christmas Cake competition for the North East & Scotland Division.
QEach year residents from Barchester’s care homes and hospitals up and down the country compete for the coveted Christmas Cake of the Year title. The competition is run by the central hospitality team and the bar is set very high. Many of Barchester’s residents are very skilled bakers and the Christmas cake designs can be very elaborate. Competition is fierce and only the very best recipes and designs will prevail.
A Christmas Carol with the Old Vic
Across our homes we’ve had the most wonderful time celebrating the festive season with a special screening of 2020’s OLD VIC: IN CAMERA – A Christmas Carol.
This beautifully staged production brought the magic of Dickens’ classic tale right into our homes. A huge thank you to The Old Vic theatre for sharing this incredible performance with us. It was a truly wonderful experience.
Christmas in the garden centre
We had a fabulous morning visit to the local garden centre where our residents enjoyed looking at all of the Christmas decorations, they were all amazed with just how much you can buy now.
This promoted really interesting conversations about how people used to make their own decorations year after year, we were also grateful of some ideas when we are making our own in our craft sessions. We finished off the visit with a traditional round of hot chocolate and chocolate cake.
The positive power of music
We were highly entertained by Martin Reeves who brings his unique mix of music and humour for our residents on a monthly basis.
Music is so uplifting and we love to hear everybody singing along to some absolute classics from many different eras.
The pictures say it all, the joy and laughter just makes for a very special afternoon when Martin is here, we look forward to his next visit.
Festive Floristry Workshop
Staff and residents across our homes were treated to an interactive virtual Christmas-inspired table decorating masterclass, courtesy of talented master florist, Kathryn Delve.
Kathryn is an independent florist based in Somerset, she specialises in creating unique wedding and event flowers. She takes much of her inspiration for her displays from the beautiful scenery that surrounds her home and the changing seasons and colours.
During the workshop, residents were invited to join Kathryn to make beautiful Christmas-themed table decorations.
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to Easter and a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services - take a break on us. We will have tea, coffee and maybe a cake or two!
