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…

Florence Court Care Home

September's Dementia Disco Dance

We had an absolutely wonderful time at our Dementia Disco Dance this month - 50/60's themed

The music, the laughter, and the smiles filled the room with joy. Residents, families, guests and staff all joined in for an afternoon of dancing, singing, and celebrating the power of music to bring us together!

Florence Court Care Home

Feel-Good Friday Fitness

Our residents enjoyed a full-body workout incorporating drumsticks and balls — and the room was filled with energy, laughter, and smiles!

Exercise isn’t just about moving — it helps keep joints supple, improves balance, lifts mood, sharpens the mind, and even boosts confidence. Plus, moving together creates a wonderful sense of community and connection.

What a joyful way to end the week!

Stoneham Grove Care Home

Out and about in our community - Reading Royals Memory Café

We visited Age UK Memory Café in collaboration with Reading FC Community Trust this morning with some of our residents to have a chat, reminisce and play a game..... and sometimes to meet some of the Royals legends!

Parley Place Care Home

Wimborne Model Town - Teddy Trip

This week we celebrated National Teddy Bear day with a special trip for June to see the Teddy's at Wimborne Model Town

June has had her teddy with her since she was a child and she is now in her 90's, she has a photo of her as a child with her bear so this really was a special trip for June. Her love of teddy bears and listening to stories of what her teddy has seen over the years was heart warming.

June took some friends from the home with her and they had a lovely look around the displays and saw the Wareham bears which was a real highlight for June.

We enjoyed some wonderful refreshments from James' Tearooms at Wimborne Model Town - proper tea from proper tea pots!

June had a wonderful day and thank you to everyone Wimborne Model Town for making this a special trip.

Parley Place Care Home

Bourne 2 Sing Choir

We had a fabulous time at the Bourne2Sing charity concert on Saturday afternoon supporting Ferndown dementia friendly town and Plants and Minds Events and Fundraising

Over 60 people enjoyed a concert at St. Mark's & All Saints' Churches, West Parley by these amazing singers including an operatic solo which was outstanding.

During the interval everyone enjoyed a cream tea with Scones from our chef's here at Parley place, jam sponsored by Tiptree and clotted cream sponsored by Rodda’s Cornish Clotted Cream

Teas and coffees were served by some wonderful volunteers who helped with the set up and clear up as well.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along on the day and also to the amazing volunteers who gave up their time to help the charity event - the total raised was over £800 split between the 2 very worthy and local charities.

Chacombe Park Care Home

Happy Birthday Denise

Happy birthday to one our lovely residents, the delightful Denise.

The staff and residents all made a fuss of her throughout the day and sang Happy Birthday as the cake arrived. It was beautifully baked and decorated by our newly appointed Head Chef John.

Everyone agreed, after tasting it, we can't wait for the next birthday!

Stoneham Grove Care Home

Mexican Independence Day Celebrations

We do love a celebration..... and Mexican Independence day which was celebrated yesterday was the perfect opportunity for a day of Mexican food, drink, music and dance and not forgetting the maracas!

Silverbirch House Care Home

Making Dreams Come True

MAKING RESIDENTS DREAMS COME TRUE

We love to learn about our residents interests, hobbies and loves including any dreams that they would love to fulfil...

Our kind hearted resident Audrey mentioned to the care team that she had always wanted to visit Birdworld UK so without hesitation we set upon making it happen!

The day was just so wonderful and our residents and staff had a blast!

Did you know that the park has over 1000 birds and 180 species too??

Chacombe Park Care Home

Church and Community Connections

Sunday morning saw some of our residents take a trip to church for Sunday service which they look forward to each week.

After the service they had a bit of chitchat with fellow parishioners over a cuppa and biscuits. Keeping, and making new community connections is so important for our residents continued wellbeing.

In the afternoon they enjoyed a walk around Chacombe village where they were greeted by a few local people and their four-legged friends who stopped to introduce themselves.