Celebrating life at Barchester

Residents and staff welcomed families, guests and the local community to join us for our Glamorous Hollywood Open Day, bringing glamour, laughter and community spirit together for a memorable day!.

Guests enjoyed a warm welcome as they toured the home, met the team and were invited to stay to enjoy delicious canapes made by our head chef, and enjoy the live music for the afternoon.

A highlight of the day was the charity fundraising activity in support of Barchester's Charitable Foundation where our Hitchin Community Police Officers and Operations Manager Katy for a classic fundraising game of " stocks and sponges" the activity bought plenty of laughter whilst raising valuable funds for the foundation. 

Families and guests along with staff and residents had a wonderful day, and the team thank everyone for who attended and supported the fundraising efforts making the day such a success!.

What a fantastic Open Day we had here at Hampton Grove! The sun was shining, but the real radiance came from inside the home as opened to friends, old and new for a joyful afternoon.

The highlight of the day was undoubtedly the incredible performance by Luci and Pippa. We want to extend a huge thank you to both of them for truly bringing the party to life. Their talent has blown us away by those powerful voices!

The home energy was raised with music, laughter, and so much joy. It wasn’t long before the "dance floor" was full, with residents, families, and staff alike joined in with the singing.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open Day and helped make the day so memorable. We already can’t wait for the next one! 

We are proud to share that following our recent CQC inspection, we were assessed as 'Good' across all five key categories.  Pictured are Louise Jones, General Manager and Deputy Manager, Cristina Volosetchi.

We celebrated Easter in many ways this year, from real-life Bunny visits to a church service with Easter bonnets, Easter weekend we had an Easter egg hunt for local children and a fundraiser for the local charity, Operation Community Hamper, where we had an amazing Easter raffle, and we were entertained by fabulous singer Nick Pallett, we raised an amazing £170 on the day and everyone went home smiling.          

For “Wear A Hat Day”, we threw a mad hatters tea party to raise awareness and donations for Brain Tumour Research.

Residents, staff and visitors had amazing fun putting on all the silly hats. We all enjoyed great company as well as the delicious cakes and biscuits on offer. We were even treated to a little dance show by our brilliant admin team.

It was great fun to be joined by friends and families as well as members of the community for such a great cause.   

Our residents have been busy getting their hands into the soil, planting beautiful spring flowers and giving our raised beds a good de-weed. The raised beds make gardening accessible for everyone, so it’s been wonderful to see so many residents getting involved and enjoying the experience together.

Soaking up the sunshine while gardening made it even more special, it truly feels like spring is here!   

On the 16th April, staff at Wilton place care home took a time out from their normal day jobs and cleaned cars for charity instead! 

The sun shone and £160 was raised for the Barchester Charitable Foundation. Thank you to all who supported them!      

At Vecta House, we are dedicated to delivering an activities programme that everyone can enjoy. Whether our residents prefer joining in with group events or require specialized care in their own rooms, we make sure no one misses out on the fun. While the big events are great, it’s often the smaller, meaningful moments spent one-on-one that truly make a house a home, and today we wanted to share a peek into what we’ve been up to.

Today, our residents spent a wonderful afternoon exploring the Royal Mint Museum reminiscing box. We looked through scrapbooks of vintage coin designs and handled "old money," from farthings and half-pennies to the very first decimal coins. It was absolutely lovely to hear everyone sharing stories and reminiscing about the days of different currency.