Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Kimberley Calvert
Hi my name is Kimberley, Senior Activities Coordinator, and here at Leeming Bar our life enrichment programme is varied, providing choice for our residents and incorporating their interests and hobbies. We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within Leeming Bar, and we work together to give residents the best possible experience.
We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active. We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centred program of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents, and their families and friends.
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 Leeming Bar Grange Care Home
Pawfect Pet Competition
We are delighted to announce the winners of our Pawfect Pet Photography Competition to celebrate National Pet Day on 11th April! Residents, loved ones, and the team have loved seeing all the adorable photos displayed in the home and spent National Pet Day voting for their winners, we must admit it wasn’t been an easy decision with all the incredible photos
Without further ado the winners are as follows; Cutest Pet -WILLOW, Funniest Pet - CRUMBLE, Most Interesting Pet -FRANK, Best Pose - SAGE, RIO, HEATH, & REID
A huge congratulations to our pawfect pets and their pawrents! Thank you to everyone who submitted photos, we have never heard so many 'awws' as everyone admired the adorable photos
Wild about Pets!
On 11th April we celebrated all creatures great and small as part of National Pet Day!
Our good friends at Aquatic Finatic joined us with an array of cute and cuddly and more exotic critters. Everyone was thrilled to be able to get up close and personal with the likes of Bruce the bearded dragon, Mamba the Californian King Snake, Janine the Chicken, Maurice the Guinea Pig, and many more four legged friends!
A huge thank you to Aquatic Finatic for another fabulous afternoon!
Singing for the soul!
We recently welcomed the wonderful Liz from Liz Latta's Music Matters for another spirit lifting sing song!
Quite aptly the choir session began with an enthusiastic rendition of 'Enjoy Yourself', which is exactly what we did from start to finish! Not only is singing incredibly enjoyable it also nourishes mind, body & spirit!
Our monthly community choir is open to all ages and abilities, please contact the home for more details regarding joining our fun and informal choir
Competition Winners!
We are delighted to announce the winners of our community Easter Bonnet competition! We have loved seeing all the eggcellent creativity and with much deliberation residents have crowned Ronnie and Maicey Easter Bonnet King & Queen!
I'm sure you will agree their bonnets are eggstra special! A huge well done to Ronnie and Maicey! A big thank you to everyone who got involved, it has been wonderful to see all the bright smiles and creativity in the community
Tuesday Togetherness
We enjoyed another wonderful weekly outing to Bedale Benefice of Churches Tuesday Togetherness Coffee Morning.
Not only did we enjoy delicious sweet treats and warming brews, we were also joined by activities coordinator Rebecca and adorable baby Rowan! Rowan enjoyed an abundance of cuddles from all as we enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, before taking a stroll to beautiful St Gregory's church to take a few moments of reflection
Mini bus adventures
This April residents enjoyed a baa-rilliant outing on the home's mini bus to Piglets Adventure Farm! The day truly did feel like an adventure as we bottle fed lambs, visited the piglets in the maternity unit, cuddled guinea pigs, learnt about alpacas, watched goats play, picnicked, and took a ride on a tractor trailer!
A huge thank you to the incredible folk at Piglets Adventure Farm for being so wonderfully welcoming and informative throughout our trip
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to Summer and we have lots of exciting things planned - all welcome.
Community Cafe
Join us for our monthly community cafe where we will also have some musical entertainment
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - drop in and take a break on us. We will have hot drinks and sweet treats on offer.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Leeming Bar Grange can offer you.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
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.
