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.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.
Life-encriching activities booklet

Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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

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Bonfire Night at Mount Vale

We had a great evening with family and friends at our annual Firework display.

We feasted on Soup, hot dogs, jacket potatoes and chocolate Bonfire cake. Once it got dark, we settled back into our comfy chairs to watch the fireworks and watched the magnificent display. Everyone agreed it was a great evening.

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Sticky fingers

We are very lucky to have such great links to our local community, and Rosedene our local children’s nursery. We enjoyed a trip over to see the children and helped them bake and decorate cupcakes.  The children were adorable and loved chatting and showing off how good their cupcakes were. Our Residents had great fun, even though a little sticky!

15-years Long Service celebrated

A Care Assistant at Mount Vale care home in Northallerton has received a prestigious 15 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for over 15 years.   Tracy Bowes, Care Assistant, started at Mount Vale Care home in October 2007 when the home opened and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Relaxation and concentration!

Residents at Mount Vale enjoy a varied life enrichment programme and this week have enjoy a simple relaxing morning in the homes cafe area, conversations flowed and everyone enjoyed refreshments and homemade cakes.  

World's Biggest Coffee morning

In recognition of Macmillan’s Coffee Morning, we hosted our very own fundraising event for friends, families and community members to raise funds for the charity.   Our home was specially decorated for the occasion, our talented chef prepared a variety of cakes, cupcakes and delicious treats following Macmillan Cancer Support’s recipes and we all got involved in fun-filled games and activities.   We all had a wonderful day raising funds for this lovely cause.

Long service celebrated

We celebrated Fay’s 10 year of service with Barchester this week. Fay was presented with a £250.00 shopping voucher, a long service pin and flowers from our general manager Helen Lewis.  Fay is a senior carer here at mount vale.

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 -