Activities at Wimbledon Beaumont Care Community
Our team of activities staff and volunteers are constantly striving to improve the lives of our residents. This includes the quality of our regular entertainers, the new PAT dog and cat visits, the new singing entertainment in residents bedrooms and the personalised visits by volunteers. We also encourage relatives and friends to join in with activities and trips out whenever they can.
As the festive season begins, the team at Wimbledon Beaumont would like to encourage you to join them to take part in our varied activities and regular trips out.
Julie Elguennouni
My name is Julie and I have been working here at Wimbledon Beaumont for more than 15 years. I was promoted from Housekeeper to Care Assistant then to Activities Coordinator.
I am passionate about my job and love my role as Activities Assistant. I also love gardening and singing; I am creative and create a lot of activities programmes around sensory activities, flower arranging and exercise sessions.
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 Wimbledon Beaumont Care Community
Wimbledon Beaumont Loves to Care!
On Friday 14th February award winning chef Melvyn created over 50 heart shaped Scottish shortbread biscuits for delivery to the NHS, Gayane and Alison visited local GP surgeries and Kingston Hospital to thank all the teams for their efforts during a challenging month. The ward nurses were particularly grateful for a homemade biscuit for their afternoon tea break.
Look out for us again - we will be visiting further surgeries and hospitals very soon
Melvyn, our Head Chef celebrates 15 years of service with Wimbledon Beaumont
Head Chef at Wimbledon Beaumont has received a prestigious 15 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for fifteen years.
Melvyn Knights now Head Chef started at Barchester in January 2005 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. Joining the team as a host he then trained with Barchester for 6 years before promotion to Head Chef 2016.
Awarded Chef of the Year at the 2019 Barchester Care Awards he is a very popular member of the team with residents. Christine, a resident at Wimbledon Beaumont since 2017 said “Melvyn is very approachable and welcomes suggestions, his menus are creative and he is a thoroughly nice chap, he talks about his family and passion for cooking with us”.
Jane McFarlane, Employee Services Director at Barchester said: “I’m always pleased to hear stories about the long service of Barchester staff and am delighted Melvyn Knights has achieved this milestone. It is dedication like this that ensures our residents are provided with a happy place to live.”
Gayane Selimyan, General Manager of Wimbledon Beaumont said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 15 years of loyal service with Melvyn Knights. He has demonstrated his dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Wimbledon Beaumont when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Melvyn!”
Slow Yoga at Wimbledon Beaumont
Our residents enjoy regular slow yoga with Bernard, this week 3 new teachers joined our group to practice their skills and support our class.
Slow Yoga is a means to well-being for seniors. Helping your body relax while stretching, strengthening, and lengthening the muscles, opening up stiff joints and increasing the blood circulation, stimulating the immune system and metabolism.
The session is done in chairs and consists of gentle breathing and stretching exercises, focusing on the breath during practice is key to staying in tune with your mind and body.
The classes are very popular with residents, if you would like to try a session with us please call 020 8944 8299 or email wimbledon@barchester.com for more details.
Christmas Tea Party at Kings College
Our neighbours The Kings College invited residents to the annual Christmas Tea Party for the Wimbledon community on Sunday. Warmly dressed, Julie and the residents enjoyed entertainment and a delicious afternoon tea. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers for a great afternoon, we look forward to seeing you again soon
Poetry in action at Wimbledon Beaumont
Our weekly poems and life discussion went even further last week with residents taking centre stage! Costumes helped the make the words really come to life and we all enjoyed the activity.
If you would like to join us with Sara on a Wednesday from 10.45am, please call to reserve your place
Christmas Fayre was the start of our festivities
On Friday our residents, relatives and visitors all enjoyed a afternoon of shopping, entertainment and delicious festive refreshments all within the comfort of Wimbledon Beaumont! Stalls selling treats such as Wimbledon honey and homemade fudge, fabulous stationery, jewellery and art together with a wine and cheese from a local supplier.
Entertainment was provided with music and songs with a Christmas theme, Julie and Gayane leading residents up for a dance to tunes from the past and present - a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon
