Activities at Mulberry Court Care Home

Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life.  Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.  

We didn’t let the rain dampen our spirits and because the weather wasn’t great, we thought we do some arts and crafts and paint pebbles….

It’s harder than it looks but the residents had a good attempt at it and we absolutely love them, there was a splash of colour everywhere!

Today at Mulberry Court York we held a Wimbledon special – residents played a game of tennis against each other over our newly purchased net.

Afterwards we all enjoyed a tasty treat of strawberries and cream and a nice cup of tea.  We also had a special guest appearance by “Sue Barker”.

So much fun and laughter was a fantastic atmosphere!

Residents across our homes had a fantastic time exploring the Eden Project virtually - an educational charity and visitor attraction based in Cornwall, featuring sprawling outdoor gardens and breathtaking biomes that house the largest indoor rainforest in the world.

During the session, residents who joined were reconnected with nature through their senses, memories and stories.  A big thank you to the community team at the Eden Project for the wonderful event.

Wow what a fantastic afternoon we had her at Mulberry court care home York, for our summer fair on Saturday 22nd June we could not have asked for a sunnier afternoon.

Every-one had a great time listening to John Kellow sing for us, chat to York’s very own mayor (Margaret Wells) and her Sheriff (Ms Fiona Fitzpatrick), as well as several members of York inset bike group who also attended and spoke to residents about their machines.

We welcomed a few outside stall holders such as Avon etc as well as hosting our own plant stall, book stall, lucky dip, hook a duck and tombola.

Wonderful to see so many residents and their families enjoying the event.

One of our residents Elena had her ears pierced a long time ago and one of her ears unfortunately has healed up so because the lovely Elena has recently made a wish to Mulberry to get her other ear re-done so she can wear both of her earrings, we thought we would make her dream come true. Also our supportive Resident Ambassador – Eileen also had her ears re-done as well.

So Madeline Wood from Bad Girl Beauty, came into our home and made Elena’s wish come true, thank you so much.Here at Mulberry Care home, we like to make wishes come true for our residents.