Arts & Crafts

During these sessions, we’ve made lavender bags and pom poms. We’ve also enjoyed colouring, knitting and decorating treasure boxes.

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Glitter balls tinsel and sparkle at the Orchard

We’ve been busy with group activities decorating the Christmas tree and lighting up our home making it look cosy and warm, each resident chose there own baubles to hang on the tree with Christmas carols playing we had a jolly time.

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Tea and Cake at the local

We would like to say the BIGGEST THANKYOU to Sean and Chris at The Fox and Hounds pub in Theale. They very kindly arranged a tea and cake morning just for Braeburn, opening the pub early so that we wouldn’t mix with any public members. The pub was spotlessly clean and beautifully decorated. We cannot…

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Arranging Flowers

Beryl’s daughter sent some lovely flowers for her to enjoy. One afternoon, Ann and Beryl spent time arranging them beautifully in a crystal vase. You can see the joy on Beryl’s face and it is a wonderful example of the type of ‘one to one’ activities we do here at Braeburn Lodge. These have been…

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Baubles Galore

A favourite group activity over Christmas was when our residents chose their own baubles and placed them on the tree. Christmas carols were playing in the background and when we switched the tree lights on, it made our home feel extra warm, cosy and very festive.

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Christmas Jumper Day

On the 11th December, we celebrated Christmas Jumper Day. All of our residents had a new Christmas jumper to wear, provided by their family. Even the staff got involved and donned their festive knits. Rachel and Marjorie appeared to be wearing the same jumper! It was lots of fun to see what everyone was wearing…

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Christmas Carol Sing Song

We have had such a fantastic afternoon working once again with BBC Radio Gloucester! With the amazing support from staff and relatives we managed to sing for the people we care for outside the conservatory and it was just incredible .We were also joined by Jaike Annetts who brought along his festive vehicle for us…

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Cheese & Wine Party

Brian, Celia, Gill, Gina, Pat and Nan enjoyed a rather nice afternoon of cheese and wine tasting! There was a variety of cheeses, pickles, crackers and wine. The wine went down extremely well with them all!

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Say Hello Again

This year has been unprecedented for us all in so many ways. Not least because our dear residents haven’t been able to see and spend time with their loved ones.Milkwood have made it their mission to reunite families during this time whilst still ensuring COVID-19 guidelines are strictly adhered to. Our handy man, Lucien, spent…

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