Celebrating life at Barchester

We celebrate life through everything we do, from our thoughtful experiences and activities to our delicious food. We offer the latest technology as well as sensory engagement to nurture the wellbeing of our residents. With a wide variety of tailored activities and events we make sure our residents have the best physical, mental, spiritual and social stimulation, all bespoke to them. Take a look at what we’ve been up to…

Kings Park Care Home

Intergenerational Magic

Our residents here at Kings Park really enjoy their visits from our two young volunteers that are helping us out as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. It is so wonderful to see the generations coming together, they interact beautifully and of course have great fun too. A good game of Scrabble and Rummicub always goes down well with us!

Paws, Peace and Patting

As always, we had a fantastic visit from Jane at Peaceful Pathways Dorset and Helpful Hounds Community Dogs ! Jane and Umber came to visit our residents this week creating happiness and smiles all around the home. Between the two of them they support conversation and bring joy to the residents. Jane also spread her magic to the residents through her music and movement session, also by sharing a mini massage and finishing with the lap harp… which of course made us all so relaxed, we went gently off to sleep.

Launching our Charity of the Year at Snowdrop Place

We were delighted to welcome the team from Mountbatten Hampshire to launch our work as we raise funds for their charity this year at Snowdrop. Pledging to fundraise £500 over the next 12 months. Spectacularly kicked off by our Christmas Fayre raffle raising over £200.

Pictured with our team are our residents Ken, Walt and John.

Port Manor Care Home

A Christmas Message From Port Manor!

As we celebrate our first Christmas at Port Manor Care Home, we would like to say a heartfelt thank you to the wonderful Seaford community for giving us such a warm and welcoming first year. Your kindness, generosity and ongoing support have meant so much to our residents, families and team.

We are grateful for all the support we have received and look forward to continuing to build strong, positive relationships within our local community.

From all of us at Port Manor, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful and Happy New Year.

Thank you for being part of our journey, we can’t wait to continue sharing many more special moments together in 2026!

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Port Manor Care Home

A Magical Nativity at Port Manor

Our home was filled with the true spirit of Christmas as our carers and staff came together to perform the Nativity story, accompanied by Christmas carols, for our residents and their families.

The event was a perfect example of our whole home approach, with colleagues from across the home coming together to create something meaningful for our residents. At Port Manor, our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and moments like these remind us just how important it is to create memories, celebrate traditions and share joy as one big family

The production was beautifully brought to life in classic style, with traditional narration, familiar carols and a wonderful sense of togetherness that captured the magic of the Christmas story. It was lovely to see residents and loved ones singing along, smiling and sharing such special moments together.

Thank you to everyone who joined us!

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Festive Fun at Port Manor!

Today, our wonderful residents continued to sprinkle Christmas magic throughout Port Manor as they got fully involved in the festive preparations!

They were creating gorgeous Christmas pom pom decorations by painting pine cones and crafting with wool, cardboard and other natural materials, they truly went to town! Their creativity, laughter and determination shines through as they work hard to make Port Manor’s very first Christmas a truly unforgettable one.

There’s a real buzz of excitement in the home now as everyone busies themselves for the run-up to Christmas, making sure we’re all set for a truly special Barchester celebration.

Well done, everyone the spirit of Christmas is well and truly alive at Port Manor!

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Festive Fun at Port Manor!

It’s been a wonderfully busy few days here at Port Manor as our team and residents have been turning the home into a magical winter wonderland!

Residents Helen and Janice have been especially hard at work – and having lots of fun along the way! Together, they’ve been proudly overseeing our festive preparations and even created these beautiful Christmas hanging baskets for our front door .

A huge well done to them both – the baskets look absolutely stunning and add such a warm, seasonal welcome to everyone visiting our home.

There’s plenty more Christmas cheer to come…

Watch this space for further festive updates from Port Manor!

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Snowdrop Place Care Home

An evening spent together with the Brownies

We were delighted to welcome our local Brownies to Snowdrop Place. They filled the home with festive cheer as we enjoyed an evening of Christmas crafts, singing, and lots of smiles.

Our residents had a wonderful time creating decorations and joining in the carols and it was even more special to have some family members come along and join the fun.

A big thank you to the Brownies for bringing so much joy and holiday spirit!

Port Manor Care Home

Flower Arranging with the Ladies

Today our lovely Administrator Lori and Head of Housekeeping Sabrina gathered the ladies together for a lovely flower arranging session

They were also joined by Ross and, of course our much loved therapy dog Harley, who supervised the activity in his own adorable way!

The afternoon was full or colour, laughter, and beautiful creations

Moments like these brighten our home and bring everyone together in true Barchester style!

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