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…

Darcy Gardens Care Home

World Culture Day

Recently our team all dressed up in honour of World Culture Day! The outfits were judged by one of our lovely residents, and Kat, head housekeeper, was the winner!

We also partook in a worldwide menu dining experience and tried some wonderful dishes. We played some culturally varied music and enjoyed drinks in the garden too! A wonderful day was had by all!

Highfield Care Home

Highfield's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated our 2nd Birthday on May 17th with a party in the home, with wonderful music from local musician Dominic Beresford and a visit from Gentle Paws Therapy Dogs.

Residents, their relatives and staff all got involved with excellent singing and dancing and experienced some gentle time with Ernie the ‘berniedoodle’ who was very interested in the cakes on offer!

Rebekka Richardson at Highfield Care Home, said: “This has been a huge amount of fun and the residents loved the singing, creating new memories and spending time with the beautiful Ernie’

A resident at the home said ‘What a fantastic fun afternoon we had, great music, food and some fizz!’

GOOD News!

We are very proud to announce that Bere Grove Care Home has achieved a GOOD rating following our recent Care Quality Commission Inspection.

Bere Grove hosted a party to celebrate this wonderful achievement, which was enjoyed by residents, families and the community. Everyone enjoyed live entertainment, canapes and drinks.

Thank you to everyone that come, it was wonderful to welcome you.

Tom Gordon MP Visits Thistle

Tom joined residents of the home for the weekly quiz. Tom was very impressed with the facilities available at Thistle Hill Care Centre particularly the Physio Room, Spa Bath and our wonderful residents.

Melbourn Springs Care Home

World Day for Cultural Diversity

Today, we proudly celebrated World Day for Cultural Diversity in style here at our home!

Our residents and staff enjoyed a delicious Mexican themed lunch featuring tortilla chips with salsa dip, lentil soup, chicken fajitas with Mexican rice, and a very special dessert, Impossible Cake!

In the afternoon, we continued the celebrations with an amazing food tasting event, where everyone had the opportunity to experience flavours from around the world. We shared dishes from India, the Philippines, China, Korea, Turkey, Thailand, and Japan.

To make the day even more special, our staff proudly wore traditional outfits and clothing representing their home countries. It was wonderful to see everyone come together, share their cultures, and celebrate the diversity that makes our community so special.

A huge thank you to all our amazing staff who worked so hard to make today such a fun, meaningful, and memorable day for everyone!

Bayleaf Care Home

A new adventure

We always love finding new places for our residents to visit so yesterday we visited Godmanchester Community Plant Nursery & Cafe for the first time and we were not disappointed.

The residents had a great time looking at all of the different plants and flowers before heading over to the café for a hot drink and a snack.

Days out are such an important part of life at Bayleaf and we very much look forward our next big adventure.

Variety is the Spice of Life

We have had a couple of very busy days here at Bayleaf as we head towards a sun-filled Bank Holiday weekend.

We were joined by the brilliant Boots 'n' Strings for an afternoon full of singing and dancing that was enjoyed by all.

The residents have also been very active thanks to Seated Zumba courtesy of Debs Zumba Huntingdon alongside fitness sessions from Sam at Fitness Rush and also One Leisure Huntingdon.

Variety is the Spice of Life and that is certainly the case here at Bayleaf.

Trip to local Bowling Alley!

Our resident Ian enjoyed a trip to our local bowling alley Tenpin.

We had such fun trying to hit a strike! This turned into a competitive afternoon and Ian brought home the win in the second game!

Bark & Brew Fun!

Our lovely four-legged visitors, Freya & Jack, stole the show as they brilliantly completed our agility course with tails wagging and lots of cheers from our residents!