Celebrating life at Barchester

Wilsmere House was filled with wagging tails, happy smiles, and lots of love as we welcomed some beautiful and friendly dogs for a special pet therapy visit!   

We are incredibly proud to celebrate a remarkable milestone with our wonderful Second Chef, Leela, for 25 years of dedicated service at Wilsmere House Care Centre. For a quarter of a century, Leela has brought not only delicious, home-cooked meals to our residents but also endless kindness, compassion, and warmth. 

Her caring nature, genuine concern for our residents, their families, and her colleagues have made her a much-loved member of the Wilsmere House family. We are truly grateful for Leela’s unwavering commitment, loyalty, and the positive difference she has made over the past 25 years.   

Residents made the most of the sunshine, spending an afternoon getting creative with a fun art session on the patio. 

Art encourages creativity and self-expression, helping our residents share their thoughts and feelings in a relaxed environment.   

Our residents absolutely love to get involved in the garden, whether its growing sunflowers, watering tomato plants or sweeping up, in the greenhouse, they love to be outdoors! 

Introducing… Sweet Wheels of Iverley! 
The wait is over… we’re delighted to introduce Sweet Wheels of Iverley! 
Packed with traditional favourites, chocolate treats, crisps, popcorn and refreshing drinks, our new sweet cart is bringing smiles, great memories and adding a little extra joy as it makes its way around our home.
It was wonderful to see our residents choosing their favourite treats, reminiscing about the sweet shops they visited as children, and sharing plenty of laughter along the way.
Here’s to many more sweet moments with Sweet Wheels of Iverley!

At Alice Grange we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends. We hold regular activities that help or residents use cognitive and motor skills to provide holistic benefits that enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of residents.

Our Residents have been growing fruit and tomatoes through the recent challenging weather. They enjoyed picking tomatoes and limes at this week gardening club then has a well deserved cuppa and a great laugh and chat.

Supporting our Residents to socialise through regular activities is a key feature of our lifestyle enrichment programme. 

We had such a lovely time meeting all the wonderful animals from Secret Wood Sanctuary.

Louise and Nigel are incredibly passionate and have a wealth of knowledge about all the animals they are supporting and caring for. 

They shared with us each animals journey and how they came to be part of their sanctuary family. 

The therapeutic benefits of spending time with the animals was so evident.

Animal Connections is one of our top shared interests at Corrina and so it was wonderful to give all of our residents this experience. 

Residents especially enjoyed petting the beautiful Flemish giant rabbits Atlas and Apollo.

The Camberley Branch of the Royal British Legion held a fascinating  members ‘night at Corrina.

Paul Smith, executive trustee of the Secret WW2 Learning Network, gave an incredible talk on undercover agents, double agents, and their secret training in stately homes. Paul has been a military historian and author for over 30 years. 

It was a very interesting and informative evening and we are looking forward to hosting the next meeting.