Activities at Mount Vale Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from PAT dogs, entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Louise Chapman
Hi my name is Louise I have been working at Mount Vale since 2010. I am the activities co-ordinator, I am here to promote the wellbeing of our residents and ensure they have a variety of activities to get involved in. I love finding new creative ways to engage our residents and involve our local community.
I am a dementia champion for the home and enjoy continuing to learn and find more things I can do to help promote the wellbeing of our residents.
I love spending time with each individual getting to know them so I can add individual needs into our plans. I love building strong relationships with our residents and families.
I am a crafty person and can be found doing diamond arts and lots of other creative things when I am not at work. I love spending time with my family and going for walks with my dog Dottie and cuddling my cat Loki.
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 Mount Vale Care Home
Christmas Fayre brings community together
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Mount Vale Care Home in Northallerton to enjoy a wonderful annual Christmas Fayre.
There were all kinds of stalls manned by volunteers, friends and family which included a tombola, refreshments, cake stall and items made by the residents. This was a festive way to raise funds for their sensory garden with wheelchair accessible raised planters. The residents have spent weeks preparing for the big day, making Christmas cards, pens, Christmas tree decorations and also doing some baking for the cake stall.
The Pies the limit!
The Great British Bake Off might be over for another year but try telling that to staff and residents at Barchester’s Mount Vale Care Home care home, in Northallerton who have been baking up a storm.
Mount Vale Care Home’s residents and staff have been busy creating hundreds of mince pies to gift to the local community to say thanks to for all their support during 2024. Staff have delivered batches of freshly baked mince pies to the Nurses at Mowbray House Doctors Surgery in Northallerton
Christmas Jumper Day!
Last week we all donned our Christmas jumpers to raise awareness of the charity, Save The Children.
Elf Chris came along and joined us for an afternoon of festive songs too!
Residents and staff came together to sing and dance along to a wide variety of Christmas classics, including Jingle Bells and Silent Night. It was lovely and nostalgic, getting everyone into the festive spirit whilst raising money for a great cause.
Mount Vale was full of joy listening and joining in with him.
A Christmas Carol
Across our homes we’ve had the most wonderful time celebrating the festive season with a special screening of 2020’s OLD VIC: IN CAMERA – A Christmas Carol.
This beautifully staged production brought the magic of Dickens’ classic tale right into our homes.
A huge thank you to The Old Vic theatre for sharing this incredible performance with us. It was a truly wonderful experience.
Holly & the Ivy
Staff and residents across our homes were treated to an interactive virtual Christmas-inspired table decorating masterclass, courtesy of talented master florist, Kathryn Delve.
Kathryn is an independent florist based in Somerset, she specialises in creating unique wedding and event flowers. She takes much of her inspiration for her displays from the beautiful scenery that surrounds her home and the changing seasons and colours.
During the workshop, residents were invited to join Kathryn to make beautiful Christmas-themed table decorations.
Spooktacular Halloween
We celebrated Halloween with a spooktacular party turning our main dining room into a dance floor. Residents and staff enjoyed some amazing music and a music trivia quiz with a Halloween theme of course.
Residents joined in with a variety of activities from decorating cakes, a fun filled 'pass the parcel' with lots of laughter over silly jokes! Trudi and Teresa wrapped up Shabu as a mummy, unfortunately they didn't manage to complete it within 3 minutes! Better luck next year ladies.
A special thank you to the homes hospitality team for serving delicious cakes and spooktaclar drinks, it was a day to remember!
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
Newsletter - Winter edition
We are delighted to share our latest newsletter and we hope you enjoy reading!
Could you be a Volunteer?
Do you have any spare time and could make a difference? If you are interested in Volunteering we'd love to hear from you.
Community Cafe
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Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency personnel - come and take a break with us! There may be a cake or two available .....
