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.
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
Happy Birthday Brenda!
Brenda is celebrating her 90th Birthday today. Brenda was thrilled with her cake and gifts and enjoyed all Staff and Residents singing Happy Birthday to her. Brenda is enjoying all of the attention and is looking forward to Birthday Drinks this afternoon along with her friends.
A visit from South Otterington School Children
Today we have had our weekly visit from the South Otterington School children. Our residents really enjoy these visits and enjoy lots of different activities while they are here. The children really look forward to coming and are very inquisitive!
A touch of silver
We had ‘A touch of silver’ visit us here at Mount Vale. They are a Quartet formed from Northallerton Silver Band who have played to us here before. Our Residents enjoyed an afternoon of gentle music from old songs to new. Everyone had a lovely afternoon.
Historic Royal Palaces
Our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
Book Club Corner
Across our services, our residents had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Pancake Day
Residents and staff had a ‘Flipping’ good time tossing pancakes. Elsie was a natural and enjoyed helping other Residents and Staff. Everyone really enjoyed getting into the ‘Shrove Tuesday’ tradition and worked up an appetite ready for the fruit, chocolate, syrup and original and best sugar and lemon pancakes our Chef cooked freshly for dessert.
Upcoming events
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.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Are you looking for a place to host a meeting? For more information on what Mount Vale has to offer get in touch with a member of our friendly team.
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 .....
Community Cafe
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our popular community cafe -
