Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home

The Head Housekeeper and Receptionist at Leeming Bar have received a prestigious long Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 10 years. Julie Flint and Michelle Stocks, Head Housekeeper and Receptionist started in July 2014 and have worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. 

Kathryn Billett, General Manager said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 10 years of loyal service with Leeming Bar Grange. Both ladies have demonstrated their dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Leeming Bar Grange when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Julie and Michelle!”

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Enable, our new digital care plan system, at Leeming Bar Grange!

This innovative system allows us to deliver out of this world support to our residents, even more effectively and efficiently than ever before!

Enable is a new digital care system to plan, record, and co-ordinate person centred care using hand held devices and tablets, this transition from paper to digital will allow smooth recording of all aspects of care & life enrichment, and streamlined access to information!

On the 14th we joined the people of France in celebrating Bastille Day. Residents exclaimed bon appetit to one another as we enjoyed a virtual trip to gay Paree to sample a feast of traditional French cuisine including baguette topped with brie, camembert, and goats cheese, along with buttery pastries such as croissants and pain au chocolat, and of course the wine was flowing!

Romantic melodies of French music provided a backdrop to the occasion, as residents learnt more about Bastille Day and french culture, along with becoming fluent in the language of love by testing their French language skills!

We certainly chose the right day for a jaunt out to the coast today!  As residents enthusiastically embarked on the homes mini bus they chose the family favourite of Redcar seafront for today's mini bus adventure!

The sun shone brightly as residents enjoyed a stroll along the seafront; appreciating the salty sea air, and waves crashing upon the shore. We even made the most adorable little friend in Treacle the jackapoo puppy.

And of course we couldn't resist traditional fish & chips for lunch, followed by the Redcar classic, lemon top ice cream!

Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life.  Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.  

This June, staff and residents at Leeming Bar have been celebrating Pride Month with an explosion of colour! Residents, loved ones, and the team enjoyed a Pride party in the glorious sunshine with enthusiastic karaoke renditions, delicious ice cream, rainbow sweetie bar, and showstopping rainbow cakes made with love by the homes second chef Karen Garbutt!