Activities at North Park Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
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 North Park Care Home
Walk through a landscape
Residents across our services had a lovely time joining Emily and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to Reubens' Rainbow Landscape.
Residents truly enjoyed the sensory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings.
Everyone who joined had a wonderful experience and can’t wait to put their creative skills to the test by painting some landscapes of our their in the coming days!
Poetry Club
Peter was born and bred in Tyneside and lived for 42 years with his partner Irene. Sadly Irene passed away 6 years ago and Peters mental health began to decline and he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Peter came to us at North Park a year ago and brought with him his photo albums and an album full of poems he had written over the years.
Everyone presumed Peter had stopped writing poems after Irene passed, however during one of our poetry sessions he crept away and re-appeared later with a poem he had just penned. We typed this out for Peter and he was over the moon and asked it to be placed under the photo of Irene on his wall.
Peters poem:- If I were told tomorrow, That we must say goodbye, I’d gaze up high at midnight, To see the stars had left the sky, And there would be no dawn chorus,
As the sun refused to shine, There would be no fish in all the seas , Leaving the m empty and blue, This would match my feelings, I would be so lonely without you
Some Mother's do Ave Em
Residents across our services had a fantastic time enjoying the virtual screening of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Frank Spencer’s comical misadventures had everyone laughing and it was wonderful to see so many happy faces.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and a special thanks to The Barn Theatre in the Cotswolds for bringing this stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom to our screens.
All the fun at the beach
The miserable weather brought over by Storm Lillian could not stop ‘all the fun of the fayre’ here at North Park. Residents, families and staff had a fantastic afternoon at our Hawaiian themed Summer Fayre even though we had to hold it indoors due to the makani (wind) and ua (rain).
Staff had been busy baking and our home bake stall was full of delicious tempting cakes and pastries, many staff came along in hula skirts and residents and family wore lei either around their necks or heads or both!
Hospitality team led by our Head Chef, Diane created a feast for all to enjoy, teriyaki chicken and pineapple skewers, Hawaiian hotdogs, poke bowls and Rum, coconut and pineapple spice cake all of which tasted amazing. There was lots of laughter, music and games along with our stocks, stalls and Hawaiian punch
The carnival comes to North Park
September saw North Park hold its very own Carnival, which was a great success and we plan to host it annually. There was lots of colour, games, music and fun. It was lovely to see families, friends and the wider community come together for a day of laughter.
Residents were involved in the planning, decorating, making equipment and the running of the event so there great excitement in the week leading up to the Carnival.
There was plenty to keep the fun going even though it absolutely poured down the weather could not dampen the atmosphere with resident Michael saying ‘ Oh it has been a most enjoyable time, I will be the fortune teller next year’! As for ‘Mystic Lisa’ when everyone was chatting they discovered the ‘winning lotto numbers’ for that night were all different!
Resident centred activities
When someone comes to stay with us at North Park we like to encourage and support them in maintaining their past hobbies as well as their life skills. We do this by getting to know our residents likes and dislikes and incorporate this into their life enrichment programme. This can be done through resident centred activities, active reminiscence or adapting the knowledge they already have to suite their abilities.
During these times it is lovely to see how much enjoyment residents get from doing these activities and the concentration on their faces as they give everything 100%
Upcoming events
November
Hello November! we are looking forward to the month of enhanting colours as we enjoy the autumnal changes.
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!
Countdown to Christmas
We believe in the magic of christmas and we are excited to be counting down the days .....
Merry Christmas!
Meeting Room for Hire
Are you looking for a venue? Look no further! North Park is also close to local amenities and not far from the A1.
Could you be a Volunteer?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, ambulance and fire services, district nurses - come and take a break on us, there maybe a cake or two available....