Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life. Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Kimberley Calvert
Hi my name is Kimberley, Senior Activities Coordinator, and here at Leeming Bar our life enrichment programme is varied, providing choice for our residents and incorporating their interests and hobbies. We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within Leeming Bar, and we work together to give residents the best possible experience.
We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active. We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centred program of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents, and their families and friends.
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home
Home gets the 'Green Light' for Paddy's Day
Residents and staff celebrated all things Irish on St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks and everyone dressed in green to mark the day.
Staff and residents at the home embraced the luck of the Irish with a Shamrock Shindig! ‘The Cherry Tones’ had everyone jigging to classic Irish hits as they enjoyed their very first' Baby Guinness’, and, of course, some classic pints of the black nectar! The taste bud tantalising didn’t stop there, as Chef Suzanne prepared a fantastic Irish spread with a special menu of delicious Irish dishes such as Irish stew, colcannon and Bailey’s cheesecake!
Back in the swing of things!
We often walk past the lovely little park in Leeming Bar and watch the children playing, bringing back fond childhood memories for many. Resident Muriel spoke about how much she used to love going on the swings as a girl. When Muriel was asked if she would like to go on the swings again, Muriel replied "Oh, I'd love to, but I'm too old now". Now, we don't often disagree with residents, but on this statement we do!
So we couldn’t resist surprising Muriel with an afternoon of childhood merriment at the play park, with Muriel's friend Liz also joining in the fun! Muriel's squeals of excitement could be heard for miles around as she was swept back to a care-free youth!
Here's to proving you're never too old to fly high!
A huge thank you to Jackie and Richie from Leeming Parish Council who helped to make sure Muriel's wish came true!
'Sole' Mates
Our 'Sole Mates' Walking Group has been out and about blowing away the cobwebs!
Our community walking group takes place on the first Friday of the month at 11am, and is a perfect way to stay active, make friends, and create meaningful moments!
We hope to see you on our next jaunt; everyone is welcome!
Food Bank Donations
The team has recently been out sharing smiles in the community!
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated non-perishable food items for ‘Hambleton Foodshare’. This charity works tirelessly to ensure our community never goes without, and are incredibly grateful for this donation.
The home will continue to collect for the food bank and drop off monthly. Please consider adding non-perishable food items and toiletries to our collection basket at the home's entrance.
Thank you!
Valentine's Day Celebrations!
Love was in the air at LBG as we celebrated our loved ones & each other! Whilst Valentine's Day traditionally celebrates romantic love, we used this opportunity to celebrate our love for one another and the beautiful friendships that blossom so effortlessly in the home.
Our incredible dining team created an indulgent afternoon tea including traditional sandwiches, savoury scones, and buttery pastries, accompanied by an array of sweet treats including delicious red velvet cake and chocolate-dipped biscuits, courtesy of our incredibly talented second chef, Suzanne! Huge compliments were sent to Mark, Suzanne, Michelle, and Simon from the dining team.
Following afternoon tea, our 'Spirit Lifters' Community Choir saw us celebrate our love of music as Liz from ‘Liz Latta's Music Matters’ joined us for an enthusiastic sing-along to all our favourite love songs of the decades! A big thank you to everyone who came along to share in the love, including our wonderful friends Michelle Dearlove from ‘Bedale Benefice of Churches’ and Wendy and Jack the dog from ‘Therapy Dogs Nationwide’.
Pony therapy makes hearts gallop!
Leeming Bar Grange was filled with flowers, cards, sweet treats, and the distinct clip-clop of hooves in celebration of St Valentine’s Day!
Staff and residents celebrated the day of love by welcoming Hazel the therapy pony from KL Pony Therapy. Hazel was dressed up to the nines in her love-bug rug, complete with glittery hooves! Hazel loved trotting around the home greeting everyone, just as much as the residents enjoyed getting lots of love & snuggles from her!
Upcoming events
March
Join us as welcome the spring months and look ahead to the life enrichment and community events coming in March.
Happy Feet!!
Come and join our residents for a wonderful stroll around Leeming Bar. Followed by a drink and a slice of cake. Everyone welcome. First Friday each month.
Later Life Drop in
We are really please to be offering a monthly drop in service at Leeming Bar Grange Care home. Everyone welcome to drop in for a chat and refreshments.
Community Cafe
Join us for our monthly community cafe where we will also have some musical entertainment
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - drop in and take a break on us. We will have hot drinks and sweet treats on offer.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Leeming Bar Grange can offer you.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
