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…

Collingtree Park Care Home

Bridging Generations

At the beginning of July, the residents from Collingtree Park Care Home enjoyed a truly wonderful visit to Collingtree CE Primary School for a delicious roast chicken lunch alongside the local school children.

After finishing their lovely meal, everyone happily headed outside to the sunny playground area. The enthusiastic residents eagerly joined in the fun and laughter of outdoor play, instantly matching the children's bright energy. It was incredibly heartwarming to watch these different generations spending quality time together, sharing broad smiles, lively conversations, and creating special community memories.

A huge thank you goes out to the wonderful pupils and staff at Collingtree CE Primary School for providing such a warm, memorable welcome. We are already looking forward to our next great school visit together!

Highfield Care Home

Summer Fete

The end of July saw our home welcome relatives, friends, and the local community to join our residents for our annual Summer Fete!

Our wonderful team put on a fabulous display of delicious food, games, music, and fun, alongside stalls hosted by fantastic local business owners.

Richard and Honey were also on hand to provide the perfect musical entertainment, performing a selection of classic favourites.

Crafts and Beats

We love having Tracy from Crafts and Beats visit us.

A wonderful way to come together, enjoy music and to dance along!

Tracy is a firm favourite with the home she brings an uplifting and warm energy to Chestnut Garden that we all can't resist getting up to join in.

Westlake House Care Home

Newbridge Garden Centre

Mini bus outing to Newbridge Garden Centre.

Our ladies had a fabulous day out time shopping for a new Summer wardrobe, looking at the beautiful Summer flowers displays and pointing out all the wildlife they could see buzzing around.

After shopping we took a well-earned break in the lovely café, where we had coffee, delicious cake and a good natter!

Elm Bank Care Home

Resident enjoy Summer fun as they host their Annual Summer Fete

Residents recently gathered with family, friends and members of the local community for a very joyful afternoon of fun, music and laughter with their much-anticipated Summer Fete.

The afternoon was a wonderful celebration of community spirit, with a fantastic selection of stall holders offering a variety of beautiful gifts, crafts and treats. Residents, family, friends and community enjoyed browsing the colourful stalls, including a popular Guide Dogs charity stall, which helped raise awareness of the work the organisation does in supporting people living with sight loss. The popular tombola was a huge hit with all, resident ambassador John manned the stall attracting plenty of excitement for all, which added to the fun-filled afternoon.

Tina, Activities Co-ordinator said, “We all had a wonderful afternoon with great music provided by Neil Richardson, who had everyone dancing and singing along to old time favourites".

General Manager, Larisa Bledea, said: “Our Summer Fete is always one of the highlights of the year, and it was truly wonderful to see so many residents, relatives, friends and members of the local community enjoying the day together".

Dorset Day Trip

We are very privileged to have our very own Minibus here, and our residents love to explore our local community. Our residents couldn’t decide where to go recently so we went out for a simple drive around the Dorset countryside and it didn’t disappoint!

Marriott House and Lodge Care Home

The games are underway!

To celebrate the start of the Commonwealth Games, our residents headed out into the garden for some fresh air, friendly competition and plenty of fun!

With the balls flying and the competition kicking off on the grass, Team Lodge took on Team House in a lively match that had everyone joining in. There was lots of laughter, cheering and great sportsmanship, making it a wonderful way to celebrate together.

Our residents thoroughly enjoyed every minute, and it was fantastic to see everyone getting involved, staying active and having so much fun in the sunshine.

Marriott House and Lodge Care Home

Keep moving!

It was wonderful to see everyone taking part with such enthusiasm, energy, and plenty of smiles.
Regular exercise helps improve strength, balance, flexibility, and overall wellbeing, and it's always more enjo#yable when we do it together.

A massive thank you to LV Rehabilitation for getting us moving, stretching and working all our muscles this week!
We had a fantastic session filled with fun, laughter and plenty of exercise. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed taking part, and it was wonderful to see so many smiles while keeping active.

Trinity Manor Care Home

Gardening Club

A lovely day in the garden with Dale! Our Gardening Club got their hands dirty planting, pruning, and enjoying the fresh air. There’s nothing quite like watching things grow!