Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home

Residents at Leeming Bar Grange in Leeming Bar have been discovering all things Antipodean in celebration of Australia Day, which took place on Wednesday 26 January.

Residents took part in Australian-themed activities throughout the day including a virtual trip down under including a tour of Sydney Opera House, creating rain sticks whilst learning all about aboriginal art, Aussie themed quizzes, and a sing along to famous bush ballads which everyone really enjoyed. 

Michelle Keep, General Manager at Leeming Bar Grange said: “We’ve all had a brilliant day learning about all the wonderful things to see and do down under.  Those residents with relatives in Australia were able to video chat with them and reminisce about shared memories and previous trips down under.  It has made us all long for some sunshine and a trip to the beach!”

Leeming Bar Grange care home in Leeming Bar prepared a traditional Burns Night Supper to the tune of bagpipes and capers continued well into the wee small hours! 

Staff and residents at the home were involved in a number of activities including reciting Burns’ poetry, Scottish themed bingo, and a wee sing along to mark the Scottish institution, including giving the time-honoured address to the ‘Great chieftain O’ the pudding’ race’ – the Haggis.

General Manager, Michelle Keep, at Leeming Bar Grange, thought it was a perfect occasion to celebrate an evening steeped in age-old tradition as well as getting in a spot of Scotch whisky tasting!

We love to Party at Leeming Bar Grange so to celebrate International Flower Day we held a Flower Power Disco! Residents prepared for their disco at our craft workshop by creating bright crepe paper flowers to decorate the home. Residents loved singing and dancing to all the old classics from the 60s and 70s whilst sampling fruity cocktails

World Religion Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in January every year, and is a reminder of the need for harmony and understanding between religions and faith systems. On this day, communities of different faiths have the opportunity to get together and listen to each other, as well as celebrate the differences and commonalities that the delicate intermingling of culture and religion brings. There are approximately 4,200 religions around the world. While many people live their lives without religion, faith in a higher being or power works for the majority of people. Whatever the reasons, we are all for the idea of people being unified despite differences, and celebrating them.

Our residents enjoyed sharing thoughts on different religions and made crafts reflecting the philosophy common to each religious pathway. Residents agreed it was "different roads leading to one main source " of love and tolerance. 

On 15th January we marked what would have been civil activist; Martin Luther King Jr's birthday

We took the occasion to revisit King's revolutionary speech and held a 'I have a dream' quiz session

Coming together and listening to these words of inspiration & hope lead us to think about the thoughtful & wise words we share with one another and what we would like future generations to take heed of

Leeming Bar Grange care home in Newark-on-Trent is launching three grants totalling £30,000 in the name of a former Barchester resident, Jeanette Gill, who generously donated part of her legacy to Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.  The Foundation is calling for deserving local charities and community groups to apply for these special awards.

Named in her memory, the Jeanette Gill Special Awards are open to groups and individuals in need in our local community, and will be awarded to projects that enrich lives and encourage an active lifestyle through arts, music, sports and culture for older people.