Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home
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.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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
Midsummer Magic!
We celebrated the summer solstice in the glorious sunshine with an enchanted midsummer garden party! Residents celebrated nature by brewing their own rose & honey tea, decorating fairy doors to adorn the garden, and created flower crowns using wild flowers kindly picked by resident Brenda.
A wonderful way to begin the summer!
Royal-Teas!
This June we celebrated His Majesty King Charles III's official birthday. We began our celebrations by watching the Trooping the Colour Parade, and preparing classic fruit scones for our afternoon get together.
Residents enjoyed tucking in to a delicious traditional cream tea whilst learning more about the royal family and raising a toast whilst enthusiastically singing 'God Save the King'!
A day fit for a King if we do say so ourselves!
Happy Father's Day!
We celebrated our wonderful father's & father figures in the home with a delicious traditional beef roast dinner with all the trimmings & shandies galore, followed by an incredible musical theatre performance of 'Love Me Do'; a Beatles themed musical theatre performance by Cat's Pyjamas Productions!
Whilst celebrating our gents in the home we also took time to reminisce fondly of the important men who have been a part of our lives.
Cheers to all the fabulous father's, devoted dad's, & marvellous men who make the world a better place! And a huge thank you to Carole from Cat's Pyjamas Productions for making our day extra special!
D-Day Landings
Leeming Bar marked the 80th anniversary of the D Day Landings by watching the services that were talking place both in Portsmouth and in France attended by the King and Queen, Prince William and many brave veterans who took part in those dangerous missions so many years ago.
Staff and residents were interested to see the ceremonies honouring the bravery and telling the stories of those who fought so selflessly to ensure our freedom, attended by those that survived and honouring those that didn’t come home.
Kathryn Billett, General Manager said: “Many of our residents can remember the D Day Landings and we all know what it meant for our country so we wanted to mark the date, follow the ceremonies and listen to our residents’ memories of the war and the experiences they lived through.”
Wonders of the ocean
Residents across our services enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of The Deep, an award-winning aquarium in Hull.
Our residents dived into the underwater world of some fascinating creatures such as sharks, turtles and stingrays.
It was a truly immersive and educational experience that brought the wonders of the ocean right to our screens.
International Firefighters Day
To mark International Firefighters Day residents enjoyed an outing to Northallerton Fire Station to thank the incredible people who work tirelessly to keep our community safe.
We were welcomed with open arms by firefighter Adrian Johnson who accepted Barchester goodie bags filled with gifts, treats, and homemade cards, on behalf of the crew.
This day of recognition is also particularly important to resident Alma whose late husband was a firefighter. Alma spoke of the incredible commitment of her husband and his colleagues and was thrilled to be able to show her appreciation; choosing lots of sweet treats to gift to the amazing folk at Northallerton Fire Station!
A huge thank you to North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service and beyond for the remarkable bravery and commitment provided to the community each and every day! And to Adrian for being so welcoming and taking time to speak with us.
Upcoming events
June
June paves the way for Summer and we have lots of exciting things planned - all welcome.
July
Join us in July and take a peek with whats upcoming in our life enrichment and activities schedule.
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.
