Celebrating life at Barchester

Our recent Open Day was an out of this world experience. Not only did we have a support act from the Red Barrows, but also the Vibe from Las Vegas was only slightly put in the shade by the arrival of a couple a friendly Daleks. Spin some 1970's choice cheese on a stick buffet, with lashings of exotic fruit punch available, could only mean one thing, another successful Open day at Mortain Place.

The Mayor popped in to talk to residents about what it is like being Eastbourne's Mayor! Our wonderful mayor, councillor Margaret Bannister, spoke to residents for over an hour talking about the challenges the town faces, sharing stories regarding her career and providing a useful insight to her chains of office. Great fun and she enjoyed her tour of our amazing home too,

This week we welcomed KJ and the Catt to perform for us all at Bayleaf. Who doesn't love to sing a long and have a dance! smiles all around as they sang our favourite tunes of the past. Feet were tapping and arms waving, we cannot wait to welcome them back. 

This week we asked all of our green fingered residents to help in the selection of plants for the front of our home! Having a very hot summer has taken the colour out of our plants. They all voted for yellow to bring back some brightness and hopefully encourage the sun to come back out! Thank you to everyone who was involved, including the team at Godmanchester community plant nursery and cafe!

This week we are celebrating Housekeeping week. We say a huge thank you to our behind the scenes hero's! Our Housekeeping team do an amazing job everyday to make sure our home is clean and smelling fresh. As well as helping our residents ensure their laundry taken care of and are on hand to help out as we support our whole home approach. Great work ladies a big thank you from us all. 

Residents all voted for lunch out and the chosen favourite was Fish and Chips! Rumbles in St Ives did not disappoint! We all commented on the generous portion sizes and all gave it a good go! Everyone has decided that a monthly outing for lunch is what they would like to do. I wonder what will get the next vote!

The home smelt of fresh flowers and the aroma was fantastic. Some of our residents used to do flower arranging for the church, others just for fun. Whatever the reason was, we love bringing back memories for our residents and making sure they do activities like they used to before living at the home. We went to the supermarket, found the most beautiful blooms and the activity was made.  

We think the residents did an amazing job too. They look just stunning around the home for all our visitors to see.  

Our cookery club amazed us once again with their delicious Cheese Straws and Cheese & Marmite Straws too. They looked so professional, giving them a little twist and a sprinkling of extra cheese on the top.  

They tasted even better than they looked, and the whole home could smell them baking. They couldn’t wait to try them with coffee that afternoon. 

We were lucky enough to have a visit from our local Vintage Motorbike club and the residents enjoyed every minute of seeing them.

They remembered either riding the bikes or their father having one or even riding a pillion. Everyone had a memory of something. They looked amazing, and the owners were proud as punch with all the lovely comments about them.  Thank you VMCC for your visit.