Activities at Mulberry Court Care Home
The team at Mulberry Court works hard to support and encourage residents to participate in both group and individual activities, based around their preferences and lifestyle choices. We take time to get to know each person, sitting with them and listening to them speak about their lives, interests, and aspirations. We have access to our own minibus so outings to nearby places of interest are available; for example local museums, art galleries, garden centres, and public houses. We also host themed evenings, such as 'Quiz and Meal-in-a-Basket', 'The Races (Greyhounds, Horses)', and 'Takeaway and Movie Night' that we also encourage relatives to come to. We believe lifestyle choices and activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, and it is essential that we help residents to have fulfilling and enjoyable lives.
Zoe Giles
Hi my name is Zoe I am the lead activities co-ordinator here at Mulberry Court, I started in January 2024 having previously worked at another care home on reception, however I started doing more and more activities with the resident’s there so when I got the chance to move across to a Barchester home and do the role of lead I took the opportunity.
I have always enjoyed organising and am usually the one in the family who brings everyone together and sorts things so I feel I have found my true calling!
I am so lucky to be able to say I love my job, no two days are ever the same, although every day is so rewarding and to know I have made a difference to someone is the greatest feeling whether that’s through a group activity or an individual room visit to even stopping and saying a few words to them.
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 Mulberry Court Care Home
Flower Power for International Flower Day
We celebrated International Flower Day on Sunday 19th so residents here at Mulberry Court joined forces to create a number of lovely floral displays for our reception area.
Flowers help lift everyone’s spirits with their wonderful scents and visual impact. I think you will agree that our ladies did a wonderful job, and we are looking forward to seeing all the buds opening up in the coming few days.
Elvis Visit!
Residents here at Mulberry Court wanted to celebrate what would have been Elvis's 90th birthday, with him being still one of the most popular artists known and, to date, selling over 1 billion records world-wide and having recorded over 700 hits. We just had to invite "The King" himself to sing for us.
Residents, family and friends all came together in our ground floor Sherwood lounge to see Elvis or, rather, local fan and impersonator Eddie Vee perform all the familiar hits, much toe tapping and hand clapping followed as everyone sang along to the classics which included: "Love me tender" and "Suspicious minds".
Eddie certainly knew how to entertain, and the time flew by with everyone having enjoyed the afternoon.
New Year's Celebrations!
On New Year's Eve we held a special early evening celebration, where residents, their friends and families all came together to see in the new year in style.
We had a wonderful selection of cheeses and wines as well as snacks.
We started off the evening with a topical quiz which featured highlights from the year and some general knowledge questions before toasting in 2025.
Remembering Elvis as home turns into Graceland
Mulberry Court was transformed into Graceland to mark what would have been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday on 8 January. It is estimated that Elvis has sold over one billion records worldwide so to honour the undisputed King of Rock & Roll, the staff and residents enjoyed a fantastic day of music, fun and dancing.
Resident, Jim said: “I loved Elvis growing up. Listening to all his old hits has brought back so many memories. We’ve all had a brilliant time reminiscing about our dance hall days!”
Christmas Fete brings community together
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Mulberry Court to enjoy a wonderful Christmas Fete.
There was a selection of stalls on offer manned by volunteers, friends and family and lots of local stall holders came along to sell their wares too. There were handmade Christmas gifts, Avon, cards and our own tombola and raffle.
The team at Mulberry Court care home would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who either manned a stall, donated a raffle prize or who came along to support the home. There was a fantastic atmosphere and in total the home raised over two hundred and fifty pounds which is brilliant.
School Visit
It is so lovely to be able to work with our local community so with this in mind today we welcomed children from our local primary school.
The children who attend Burton green school came to sing as well as sign some well known festive tunes for us all!
They were all so polite and really appreciated the little goodie bags as way of thanks, which we had put together for them, we look forward to seeing the children again next year!
Upcoming events
Janauary
Hello January! As we step into 2025 we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
February
Though February is short, it is filled with love and fun and we hope you can join us!
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
For more information on how you could Volunteer, please contact us on 01904 671 122
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services - take a break on us. We will have tea, coffee and maybe a cake or two!
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
Looking for a place to host a meeting - for more information on what we have to offer please contact the home.
