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.
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 Mulberry Court Care Home
Residents enjoy safari trip
Here at Mulberry Court in York we were pleased to be able to dive into the wild safari life of Knowsley Safari and to enjoy an amazing live stream tour of the park’s grounds.
Our residents were smiling and laughing as they got up close and personal with some of the safari’s most popular animals, including giraffes and meerkats.
We had a wonderful time learning more about the animals and enjoying some live feeding demonstrations.
Blooming at Mulberry Court
Here at Mulberry Court, we were delighted to spend time creating a beautiful floral masterpiece to enter the #BloomingBarchester competition in partnership with Blooming Haus following their amazing virtual flower arranging masterclass.
We all had a wonderful time decorating and working on our arrangement and we are happy to say we were impressed with our skills in applying all the tips and ideas learnt during the class to make a colourful floral design.
Residents enjoy the sunshine
Residents took advantage of the recent warm sunshine and enjoyed a wander around the garden looking at the plants and all the discussing the names of the various plants and all the different colours, residents also enjoy filling up the bird feeder with water and bird seeds they like to watch from around the grounds.
Flower arranging club
Residents at Mulberry Court enjoy their “Friday friendship flower arranging” group and take delight in choosing from all the colourful flowers to create their floral vase displays before sitting back to enjoy a refreshing coffee and slice of home-made cake in the bistro. The floral displays sit proudly throughout the home for all to see as they pass.
Mental Health Awareness Week
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Mulberry court care home care home in York were treated to an armchair work out courtesy of the Green Goddess, Diana Moran, and Shackleton’s furniture company, followed by a mindfulness session led by Shackleton’s Emma Raybould.
Diana rose to fame as a glamorous fitness guru on BBC’s Breakfast Time in the 1980’s and has made an outstanding contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of people in the UK. She now brings that experience to Shackletons as their Health and Wellness Adviser.
National Vegetarian Week
To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, staff and residents at Barchester’s Mulberry court care home care home in York were treated to an interactive virtual cookery demo courtesy of chef, Alex Connell, from Vegetarian for Life.
Chef Alex whipped up some tasty, healthy vegetarian snacks in a live, interactive cookery demo. Much to residents’ delight, Mulberry court care home head chef Adam Drobnik had prepared the same recipes so that residents could try all the dishes. Residents sampled delicious, light and summery veggie dishes including Borlotti bean and dill pate, Greek fritters with Tzatziki and Coronation 'chicken' pastries. All finished off with a sweet and simple but totally yummy banana bread.
Upcoming events
July
Hello July! We extend a warm invitation for you to join us throughout the month and make new friends - all welcome.
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!
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
For more information on how you could Volunteer, please contact us on 01904 671 122
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.
Weekly Coffee Morning
Join us for our weekly coffee morning each Tuesday of every month 10:00 - 11:30am.
