Celebrating life at Barchester

We celebrate life through everything we do, from our thoughtful experiences and activities to our delicious food. We offer the latest technology as well as sensory engagement to nurture the wellbeing of our residents. With a wide variety of tailored activities and events we make sure our residents have the best physical, mental, spiritual and social stimulation, all bespoke to them. Take a look at what we’ve been up to…

Brampton View Care Home

Paws, Pre-schoolers, and Portraits: A Wonderful Week at Brampton View!

We have had a non-stop week of joy and connection here at the home! Here’s a little look at what we’ve been up to
Crufts Ready! To kick off the start of Crufts, we welcomed our favourite four-legged friend, Bertie along with Colin. They made their rounds to the communal lounges and popped into individual rooms to make sure everyone got a well-deserved cuddle. Therapy dogs truly bring so much sunshine to our residents!
Wildlife Wonders: For National Wildlife Day, we were joined by the lovely children from Kingsthorpe Nursery. It was heart warming to see the different generations sitting together, sharing stories while colouring in wildlife pictures. The creativity was flowing!
We then welcomed back our wildlife Expert in the afternoon with a fascinating presentation from Simon, a brilliant British wildlife photographer and videographer. We love his monthly visits his shots of nature are always breath-taking!
James from Home Fit Vitality kept us moving with his energetic individual and group exercise sessions. With Balloon Tennis brought lots of fun!

A huge thank you to all our guests for making this week so special.

Bayleaf Care Home

Flower Arranging at Bayleaf

We have been at our creative best at Bayleaf today as we sat in the bistro lounge and did some very special flower arranging.

Margaret and Sue were very keen to make sure that their creations were as perfect as can be and they certainly did not disappoint.

We now have some beautiful floral displays throughout the home for everybody to see.

World Book Day

We have had a lovely intergenerational time at Bayleaf as we were joined by St John's CE Primary School, Huntingdon for an extra special storytelling afternoon to celebrate World Book Day.

The residents listened intently as the pupils shared their favourite stories before they shared some of their own stories with the children.

We finished the afternoon with freshly prepared refreshments and then the children said their goodbyes before heading back to the school.

A memorable afternoon and we cannot wait to welcome the school back to Bayleaf in the very near future.

Bere Grove Celebrates International Women's Day

Bere Grove opened it's door to the local community to celebrate International Women’s Day, hosting a special event dedicated to recognising and honouring the incredible women locally who make a difference every day.

The event brought together a diverse group of professionals, community leaders, and local guests for lunch to celebrate their achievements, experiences, and contributions of women within the community. Attendees shared personal stories, professional journeys, and reflections on the progress they have made.

Thank you to everyone that attended

A wonderful afternoon with the lovely Fiona

We had such a wonderful afternoon as the lovely Fiona Harrison paid us another visit! Looking absolutely stunning in her vintage-style dress and elegant up-do, Fiona truly brought the sunshine with her.

It was a real trip down memory lane for the residents! Fiona sang the classics our residents love, and her energy was so infectious that there was dancing too.

There’s nothing like the power of music to bring everyone together, and seeing our residents dancing and singing along with Fiona was just heart-warming.

Brampton View Care Home

Employee of the Month Celebration for Shanuka

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the February Employee of the Month award goes to Shanuka, Kitchen Assistant. He is a valued member of our hospitality team here at the home!

Elina House, our General Manager, expressed “Shanuka with his bright smile, provides the home with a whole home approach attitude with everything he does, works hard as part of the team, and nothing is too much to ask”

Shanuka has a very positive attitude with his sunny disposition, always smiling and gentle nature which makes significant impact on the daily lives and social interactions of our residents and staff.

Congratulations and thank you, Shanuka, for your outstanding contribution from all the residents and staff here at Brampton View Care Home.

Broadway Halls Care Home

Employee of the Month - February

A massive well done to Julene - Thankyou for everything you do. Keep up the amazing work you do.

Broadway Halls Care Home

🦋 Wildlife day 🦋

Our residents were getting all arty yesterday for wildlife day.
Some residents chose to colour wildlife pictures whilst chatting about their favourite animals and how nice it is to see wildlife in it's natural habitat.
Whilst others chose aqua painting using water to bring their pictures to life.
Such a simple activity can bring so much joy and calmness

Ouse View Care Home

Going back in time!

Going back in time activity today here at Ouse View! Amber dressed up in a 1940s prairie dress for residents. Residents wore a bonnet, pilot hat with the goggles and reminisced on the items!

All our residents admired the dress. They all loved the dressing up and there was loads of smiles and laughter together.