Activities at Glebefields Care Home

We'd like to say a big 'congratulations' to Care Assistants; Julie Rowlands and Snobia Hussain on receiving Employee of the Month for April and May respectively. These two key members of the care team here at Glebefields were nominated by colleagues and the residents for ‘Being Absolute Stars’.

Julie is an amazing carer, and throughout April shone in the way she supported in all departments, the whole team felt she deserved additional recognition for always making sure everyone is looked after. For Snobia, this accolade in May is her 3rd Employee of the Month award in 8 months! The nominees mentioned; “for going above and beyond to help out in every department. Bringing smiles and laughter to all the residents and ensuring our residents are treated with respect and dignity at all times”.

Everyone at Glebefields send you both huge thanks for being ‘simply the best’ !

You too have the opportunity to join the fantastic team here at Glebefields care home in Drayton Village, Banbury. Please follow the link to find out more and apply today

https://jobs.barchester.com/job-search/?JobTitle=&City=OX15+6EH

Our Jubilee weekend went with a swing!

With entertainment from @SparkySpriteEnt to start the celebrations. They had us all up singing, and dancing with a mixture songs from Vera Lynn to Elvis. The home rang out with 'wish me luck as you wave me goodbye and Que sera, sera'.

With the inclement weather our garden party moved inside as we welcomed many friends, family and members of the local community to our Jubilee party yesterday. With live music and karaoke from Champagne Enterprise Ltd.

Chef and the hospitality did us all proud with a delicious buffet and scrumptious home-baked cakes. We took time to reminisce our Queen's 70 year reign and previous jubilees.

Whether you like to cut out intricate butterflies or prefer sticking into a design, we all enjoyed creating this Union Jack picture in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee during our weekly arts & crafts activity.

It looks so beautiful with the individual butterflies fluttering gently in the breeze.

The Glebefields team and our residents wish to send a huge congratulations to Senior Carer; Prabhu Natarajan who has been invited to a royal reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

Prabhu is such a 'good man' always ready to go above and beyond for the local community, and our home.

We're so lucky to have him, and his beautiful wife Shilpa - Deputy Manager as members of our amazing team!

Our residents were buzzing when they celebrated World Bee Day on May 20th. 

We had a bee-rilliant time creating chocolate and honey rice cakes and enjoying fresh fruit drizzled with honey and oat biscuits courtesy of chef with afternoon tea.

Kay sat with the group and we learnt all about bees and their importance to us all; did you know?

Three out of four food crops across the globe rely on bees and other pollinators but those pollinators are under threat from human activities!

We'll be making a bee home for the garden and planting some bee friendly flowers in the gardens to do our bit to save this amazing little creature.

A brave member of staff from Barchester Healthcare’s Glebefields care home in Banbury is taking on the gruelling Ride100 cycle race across London and Essex to raise money for Barchester's Charitable Foundation. The Foundation supports older people and other adults living with a disability or mental health problems by helping them to connect or re-connect with others in their local communities.

On Sunday 29 May, Project Coordinator, Shona Conway will don her lycra, climb into the saddle and use pedal power to complete the 100 mile cycle from Victoria Embankment, across London and out to Essex, and then back to the finish line at Tower Bridge.

No stranger to a fitness challenge, Shona completed the Virtual London Marathon last year, again raising funds for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation but this is the first time she has been on two wheels instead of two feet. This is definitely a whole new world but Shona is determined to complete the race.

If you would like to support her, please visit https://ridelondon.enthuse.com/pf/shona-conway all donations will be very gratefully received.

Shona comments: “It is going to be tough, I haven’t done much cycling before but I’m really excited to take part and I’m hoping to raise lots of money for the Foundation. I know all the staff, residents, relatives and visitors at Glebefields are behind me and their support plus my own grit and determination will help me get round!”

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