The people living at St Fillans Care Home were treated to a floristry session by equipment and hygiene supplier, Beaucare last week after being selected by the company.
As part of Beaucare’s 30th Anniversary celebrations this year, the company decided to give back to some of their long-standing customers by offering them a choice of prizes. As a long-term supplier to Excelcare, Beaucare offered us the opportunity to choose one of our homes to receive an activity of their choice.
Instead of making the choice ourselves, we decided to share the offer with our homes, ask them to put forward an activity idea and submit them to the team at Beaucare to pick a winner!
In their response, the team at Beaucare said they wished they could grant every home’s activity wish, but eventually declared St Fillans Care Home as the winners.
Their wish was to have a floristry class for the people who live there, as they enjoy arranging flowers and having a visual creation to admire! Floristry sessions also help to stimulate a person's senses, so these sessions always help to boost a person’s wellbeing.
Their prize was recently awarded, when a florist arrived at the home to host the session. Rather than bringing fresh flowers with her, the florist decided to use imitation flowers, so the colourful arrangements people made could be cherished forever.
The florist helped residents to make their colourful creations and showed examples of some arrangements they could take inspiration from. Residents enjoyed taking part, chatting with their friends and sharing connected memories throughout the session.
At the end of the activity, everyone had a colourful creation they could keep!
The people living and working at St Fillans would like to thank Beaucare for choosing St Fillans and facilitating an enjoyable afternoon for residents.