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
Meeting the Reindeers
Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.
Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers.
We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.
A Christmas Wish
One of our gentleman wished to visit our local Strikes Garden Centre to take a look at the Festive decorations and plan what plants we could use in the home for a festive touch.
Our Gardner Rick shared knowledge on plants, particularly interesting was his knowledge about the “Venus Fly Trap”.
The trip finished with a good brew and cake.
Northallerton Methodist Church Choir
Thank you to our friends from Northallerton Methodist Church Choir for a wonderful afternoon of traditional Christmas carols and readings .
Staff and residents got into the festive mood and the kitchen provided delicious fruit mince pies and mulled wine adding to the festive cheer.
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells. Oh what fun we had enjoying the wonderful Northallerton Handbell Ringers performance.
Residents, their families and Staff enjoyed the festive atmosphere, followed by mince pies and mulled wine.
Thank you to the Northallerton Handbell Ringers for a lovely afternoon.
We got a karaoke machine...
Residents and Staff on Memory Lane have all been giving it a go! Honestly I don’t think I’ve ever heard so much laughter from everyone. Residents who would normally just sit back and watch came alive, even just humming along. We will definitely be doing this more often!
Halloween Themed Tea PArty
What a fabulous day, both floors had an afternoon tea party with a spooky twist!
We welcomed friends and family and our little friends from Rosedene nursery to join us for a bit of fun and lots of spooktacular treats!
Lovely afternoon of fun and laughter even poor Bambi got dressed up… titchy witch!
Upcoming events
Professionals Lunch
Join us for a light lunch and network with other local professionals.
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!
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
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our popular community cafe -
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 .....
