Celebrating life at Barchester

Staff and residents celebrated bringing in the New Year in style when the clock struck midnight this New Year’s Eve.  The homes New Year’s Eve party was in full swing with festive foods, dancing, and games. Residents enjoyed a festive feast prepared by head chef, Danny.

General Manager, Trudi Gillespie said: “Our residents love a party and New Year’s Eve has to be the best reason to stay up late and see in the New Year.  We’re all really excited to see what 2026 has to offer us all.”

Residents, visitors and staff had a real treat, enjoying a pantomime performed by the Hull Truck Theatre, supported by Hull Trains, over the festive period. Hull Truck Theatre’s performance of “Oliver Twist” was very well received by everyone who was able to watch the pantomime.

Residents from the home were accompanied by relatives and staff, who enjoyed the brilliant performances of the cast throughout December, portraying the timeless magical tale full of fun, singing and music. The children’s performance was exceptional at brilliant at such young ages!

The Hull Truck Theatres Community Partnership sends Mallard Court a special link every year to watch their seasonal pantomime, in the comfort of our home. Betty, one of the residents at Mallard Court commented; “It was the best pantomime production I have seen in years; all the actors were absolutely fantastic and the stage props were so realistic”
 

A huge congratulations to our very own Pat for achieving her 10 years service award.

Pat is a highly respected member of our team at Chacombe and is very popular with her colleagues and our residents. She is known for her hard work and her ever present smile! 

We has smiles all round at Chacombe Park this morning as our residents welcomed back parents and their little ones to the Chacombe Park Playgroup.

There was music, laughter and lots of fun as the generations enjoyed a lovely toddler time group ran by Phillipa from Rhythm Time. 

Resident Barbra said "It's lovely too see all of the toddlers playing together and having fun, it reminds me of when I was a teacher."

New year party for our residents and family members today!. The residents enjoyed a bit of Disco dancing to celebrate the new year!

They also saw a TV concert of Andre Rieu, who's very popular in our home. The kitchen staff created a sumptuous selection of sandwiches and cakes which many enjoyed with a cheeky glass of wine.

Happy Birthday to our lovely Resident Pat!

She was joined by her two grandsons to celebrate her big day and as usual we all sang the traditional 'Happy Birthday' as she was presented with a lovely cake. This was baked in house by our talented Chef Summit.

A friend of one of our residents brought in a special visitor today, Freddie the dog! 

One resident in particular, Barbara, was over the moon to meet him, for her and some residents he was a fond reminder of pets they once had. 

Santa came for a visit to continue the Christmas cheer and met the residents, staff and family members, they were all so excited to see him! The residents also took part in some dancing and singing along to Christmas carols.

The day was finished off with Movie club, this week it was Love actually, which the residents love!