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…

Elgar Court Care Home

We are the WINNER of "Residential Care Home of the Year"

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded "Residential Care Home of the Year" in Worcestershire!!
What an honour and a testament to the whole staff at the home to have been rewarded with this achievement. In our recent CQC rating we were praised as “Outstanding in some of the areas and exceptional at maximising the effectiveness of people’s care and treatment”.
At Elgar Court Care Home, we always strive to provide the best possible quality care for everyone who lives at the home. We pride our home being one large family and every day is a new day and our vision at Elgar is that we are a cruise ship - we just don’t leave dock, but we do venture out on many beautiful and varied excursions and live life to the full, Life begins at Elgar Court”.

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Resident's Pick Their Own!

An early harvest was needed here as our allotment is growing well. It was time to start reaping what we sowed and Ken had a wonderful time picking some Bok-choi and the last of the radishes that are ready to be eaten. But like any good green thumbs person knows you must re-sow the seeds after reaping from the last!

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CQC rating - We're so GOOD!

We are delighted our home has been awarded an overall ‘GOOD’ following a recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. As the newest care home in Malvern, we were praised for a responsive, safe, effective, caring and well-led service showcasing exceptional areas of quality - and quoted as “Outstanding in some of the areas and exceptional at maximising the effectiveness of people’s care and treatment!"

Joining in with residents and staff celebrations were Cllr Clive Hooper, who officially opened the home in 2023 in his role of Mayor of Malvern along with Cllr David Mead who was also the Deputy Mayor at the time. At Elgar Court we pride our home being one large family and our vision at Elgar is that we are a cruise ship - we just don’t leave dock!

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Hanley Village Family Fun Day

We visited the brilliant Hanley Swan Family Fun day to donate some of our many jigsaws (all complete!) to their Tombola stand. We met the wonderful pupils at the Amelia K Academy and the Academy’s founder, Amelia (on the left in a black T-Shirt) and the range of fabulous stands for everyone to enjoy during half term week.

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Hands Up for FUN!

Exercise and keeping fit is one of the pillars of our residents Well-Being at Elgar Court. From Pilates, Walking, Swimming and Tai Chi today, we are always looking for fun ways to support our residents overall fitness and fun!

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Quiz Time with The Elms School!

What fun! We were delighted to welcome the pupils from the Independent School, The Elms in Colwall. They had very thoughtfully devised a head scratching quiz for the four groups of residents and pupils to answer - and they even brought prizes with them to give out to residents afterwards! It was a huge amount of fun and we can't wait to welcome back this lovely school!

Thank you again to The Elms School in Colwall, and see you soon!

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Volunteers' Week 2026

We are truly blessed to have Maddie as our volunteer for Activities. Maddie is really appreciated by residents and staff at Elgar Court, with the thoughtfully planned life enrichment she delivers to all our residents.

You may remember the fabulous Cinderella pantomime Maddie wrote and put together last Christmas (2025), and got everyone involved - this was above and beyond being a volunteer and shows the life enrichment Maddie wants to provide each of our residents.

Sarah Cadwallader our General Manager (picture here) presented Maddie with a bottle of premium Cava as our way of saying THANK YOU for being our volunteer and for everything you do at Elgar Court for us Maddie!

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Anyone for Tennis?

A successful Tennis Game for the ladies today! Jenny our resident, plays tennis weekly with tennis coach Mark at Manor Park in Malvern and is he always a worthy opponent! And with Wimbledon not far away, Jenny is practising her backhand and spins ready for the Wimbeldon tournament.

We will be hosting our annual 'Strawberries and Cream' Wimbledon Finals event on 12th July and you are invited to join us in our air conditioned viewing lounges - Tel: 01684 211720

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Supporting our Community with Warners Supermarket

Supporting our local communities is very important to our home, and this is why we teamed up with the award winning retailer, Warners Supermarket in Upton on Severn to give away a £100 of vouchers to one lucky winner to spend in their store. This well loved supermarket is at the heart of the riverside town and sources from a host of local producers - we are proud to support the local community in this competition launched on Facebook.

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