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…

Lydfords Care Home

Animal Therapy

Residents were visited by Bex from Pet Pals Therapy and her amazing animals.

Bex brought along 2 gorgeous lambs named Berry and Bramble as well as some chicks and the amazing Nala who is a 5 month old Border Collie.

The residents all got the chance to hold the chicks, feed the lambs and have a cuddle with Nala. Everyone always enjoys visits from pets pals and they love to have the chance to spend some time with the animals!

Musical Entertainment From Bedes School

Residents were joined by the boys from Bedes School.

Will, Ralph and Albert all spent the afternoon providing some fantastic trumpet and Saxophone playing for the residents followed by a sit down and chat with tea and cake.

The residents thoroughly enjoyed the visit from these students, they love to have the chance to talk to them and get to know a bit about them and their instruments that they play.

Fashion Week

What a fabulous day celebrating Fashion Week with our amazing team and residents!

All our staff took to the catwalk, strutting their stuff in their best dresses and outfits, while our residents enjoyed front-row seats as the official judges .

There were big smiles, lots of laughter, and some very serious judging going on! Thank you to everyone who took part and made it such a memorable event — style, confidence, and community spirit were all on full display

Winter Olympics Day

Our very own ‘Winter Olympics’ have been underway this week.

Residents have been enthusiastically supporting our athletes at the Olympics, and we all thought it would be fun to get our residents involved in some activities based on Olympic events. Residents took part in a range of themed games, including passing the Olympic torch and broom curling! There was plenty of focus, determination and laughter along the way.

Well done to everyone who took part and showed great sporting spirit throughout.

Bedewell Grange Care Home

Spreading the love on Valentine's Day

Two of our local school children, Lillie Mae and Johnny, delivered 100 roses to our residents this Valentine’s Day, bringing lots of warmth and happiness to our residents.

Both children are regular visitors to Bedwell Grange, with Lillie Mae also being our Christmas elf and Johnny attending our community events. The children are very fond of our residents, so were thrilled their teacher allowed them a special visit alongside their parents to give out the roses which they had wrapped and decorated with love hearts.

Caldy Manor Care Home

Birthday celebrations

Residents gather in the dining room with smiles for birthday celebrations, enjoying music and laughter and heartfelt wishes. They loved it!

Their personalised birthday cake, which represented their hobbies and interests, and they enjoyed every single bite! The moments feel special and comforting on birthdays, coming together to celebrate, creating cherished memories and sharing them with friends and staff.

Pancake Day

We had a flipping good time on Shrove Tuesday.

Pancake day brought us lots of joy, reminiscing about making pancakes with our children and laughter at remembering failed flips! We had a choice of both savoury and sweet toppings and our residents loved picking what to put on their pancakes.

Residents Random Acts Of Kindness

As part of the special initiative, residents prepared beautiful rose stems to gift to members of the local community. Resident ambassador, Barbara took to the Highstreet on behalf of everyone to personally hand out the flowers and spread some cheer.

Barbara, Resident Ambassador said "I love the idea of making others smile, and what better way than with a lovely flower? It’s wonderful to be part of something that connects us to our neighbours and shows that kindness can be shared at any age."

Caldy Manor Care Home

Scrabble club

We have started our scrabble club back up again. We came together for the afternoon and played scrabble for a friendly competition which sparked laughter and lively conversation. Memories were shared over clever words and triple scores.

Scrabble keeps our residents minds active, boosts confidence and brings everyone together in warm, joyful companionship.