Activities at North Park Care Home

Perfect Bank Holliday Monday at North Park. Lots of chat, fun and laughter with Kir Royal Champagne Cocktails and of course Karl's yummy cake.

Residents and colleagues at North Park Care Centre in Darlington were delighted when young 9 year old volunteer, Logan Taylor completed Barchester’s First Aid at Work practical training alongside other staff members at the home. 

Delighted nine year old Logan, who is a pupil at Harrowgate Hill Primary School was presented with his certificate of completion and will enjoy a celebratory party before heading back to school.

Logan spends lots of time visiting residents at North Park Care Centre, especially in the school holidays bringing the residents feelings of joy, making them laugh, demonstrating the latest dance crazes and joining in activities. 

Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at North Park Care Centre in Darlington to enjoy a Summer Fete that was held in the home’s grounds on Saturday 20th August and opened by Darlington’s Mayor, Councilor Anne-Marie Curry.

North Park Care Centre hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including putting the staff in the stocks, hook a duck, tombola and karaoke which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.

Staff at North Park Care Centre made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as pulled pork buns, hotdogs and delicious home made coconut ice and chocolate fudge prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!

Our homes had a brilliant time with curator Sarah Deters as she took us on a virtual ‘Music Through the Ages’ tour of St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room and Music Museum.

Our residents were thrilled to discover weird and wonderful musical instruments, hear their unusual sounds, and find out how instruments have changed over the last 500 years.

The virtual live event explored the world-renown collection of musical instruments on display at St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall.

Staff from Barchester’s North Park Care Centre, in Darlington have been having a fantastic time granting residents wishes. Wishes have included having a paddle in the sea, going to Redcar for fish, chips and a lemon top and having a picnic in a park with Taylor’s hot pork pies.

Senior General Manager, Lisa Frame said: “We absolutely love being able to make our residents so happy, we have had some fantastic days providing residents with meaningful experiences and creating new memories for them to treasure and we’ve all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.”

Christine Todd resident at North Park Care Centre said: “We have all had the most wonderful time and enjoy being able to tell others about our wishes, and, listening to others about theirs.  It is so lovely of the staff to do this for us I for one loved my paddle in the sea it was bliss.”

Our homes had a fabulous time with the talented soprano Astrid Joos from Street Theatre.  Astrid spoke about a selection of famous operas and our residents were treated to performances of wonderful arias from operas well-known to all, such as ‘Giuditta’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.

It was a lovely experience, truly enjoyed by all.