Celebrating life at Barchester

Our residents recently enjoyed a delicious Shrove Tuesday treat. With everyone's favourite toppings, everyone smiled as they enjoyed their pancakes. 

A sweet way to celebrate together. 

We were busy celebrating Pancake Day with delicious pancakes and yummy toppings.

Residents had a wonderful day, filled with pancake-inspired activities, they prepared homemade pancakes and decorated them with fresh fruit, berries, syrup and chocolate.

We watched some hilarious pancake races and some of our residents took part in our very own pancake flipping competition.

It was a fun day, enjoyed by all. 

Staff and residents welcomed in the Year of the Horse with a day of celebrations and activities.

Inspired by Chinese history, culture and cuisine, fortune cookies were exchanged and the home was decorated with dancing dragons, good luck charms and hanging red lanterns. Residents learnt all about the traditions and superstitions of Chinese New Year. Barchester Chef, Julie Gelsthorpe, designed an oriental feast for lunch and supper and residents expressed how wonderful it was to try something different.

Residents felt very loved upon receipt of cards and thoughtfulness from the children from WAVE ( We all Value Each Other,the  after school club in Mengham.

We enjoy a lovely relationship with this organisation as well as being loved and supported by our Community!

We share Intergenerational games events with them monthly and fun. laughter and shared enjoyment is part of the cake and coffee experience!

We warmly welcomed Andrew and Ian from the Yorkshire Hearing Clinic on Tuesday 17th February for a special community ear wax and ear health clinic, offering free ear wax checks to visiting members from the local community and were joined by a representative from Boroughbridge Chiropody. 

A perfect day with our first mini-bus excursion of 2026. Off to Watershed Mill in Settle we went. A little look around the shop to start with, then went to the café for a cup of tea and an amazing, huge scone with jam and cream. They were amazing and went down perfectly! To finish off, we had another look around the shop, had a good talk with lots of people before coming home. A wonderful first trip and so many more to come. 

Going out on the mini-bus signifies a vital, often transformative, break from routines and boosts mental and physical health for everyone.

On National Puzzle Day, we found lots of interesting puzzles in all sorts of formats and some residents really enjoyed getting stuck in and solving puzzles.

The puzzles are not just for one day but always available for anyone who enjoys a challenge. It can be great to pursue a hobby or just try something completely new.