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…

Chestnut Gardens Care Home

Sunshine Smiles and Fun

Our residents are enjoying the beautiful weather. It’s wonderful to see everyone staying active, social, and making the most of the sunshine together. Days like these bring so much positivity and joy!

The Spires Care Home

D DAY Dollies

The D-Day Dollies performed wartime-themed songs at the Spires. The residents sang along, smiled, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves

Eating Well With Dementia

the home hosted a ‘Eating Well with Dementia’ at home event on Tuesday 26th May.

The team presented an informative seminar on tips for healthy eating whilst living with dementia at home with a range of food items for visitors to sample.

Emma Smith, General Manager at Stamford Bridge Beaumont care home said, “it was lovely to welcome friends from the community, for our eating well with dementia event. It was a great opportunity to raise awareness about dementia and how people can support themselves safely and healthily whilst living in their own homes.”

Shawford Springs Care Home

Dementia Action Week Winchester

A busy week with all of our team out and about during Dementia Action week in Winchester. From supporting community groups, to visiting the stalls and stands offering advice and support at the Royal County hospital, as well as hosting a variety of welcoming events in the home. Concluding the week, our Home Services Advisor Laura had a great morning raising awareness about Dementia Action Week (19-25 May) at Winchester Town Centre alongside our colleagues from Home Instead Central Hampshire and Flowerdown Nursing Care Home.

It was a pleasure to meet the new Mayor of Winchester Councillor Jamie Scott. Winchester City Council, we're looking forward to welcoming to our home very soon.

We were also joined by a variety of local care home providers, it was good to see the team work together and offering support for many.

Castle Care Village - Castle Keep

Residents enjoy a trip out

We have taken a road trip as we’ve celebrated three birthdays, enjoyed trips out to McDonald’s and Hornsea, indulged in plenty of cake and wrapped up today with Barchester’s Beat the Clock challenge.

It has been a busy but fun filled week!

Shawford Springs Care Home

Chelsea Flower Show Week

Garden Festival and Chelsea Flower show Highlights

Our garden festival is in full swing here at Shawford Springs Care Home - Barchester Healthcare and what a week we’ve had so far!

We’ve enjoyed outings to Garsons Garden Centre & the tea room at New Forest Lavender

Within the home, we've enjoyed so much throughout both communities across the week; we put on our dancing shoes & danced the afternoon away at our ‘flower power’ themed mini-disco. Our esteemed judging panel, our Head Chef and keen gardener Jon along with our Head of Maintanence Ben who manages our wonderful gardens came together to pick the gold medal winners for our garden competition. And our gardening club have been busy making our raised beds & borders look fabulous

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Bayleaf Care Home

A trip to Peterborough Cathedral

We have been making the most of the glorious weather and our latest daytrip took us to Peterborough to have a look around the stunning cathedral.

Armed with plenty of refreshments and even more sunscreen, we set off early to avoid the bank holiday traffic and the heat.

Once we had arrived we looked around the grounds before taking our time to look inside at hundreds of years of history before heading back to the home full of new memories.

May outings we've enjoyed

We’ve been on some lovely outings recently here at Shawford Springs Care Home - Barchester Healthcare.

We relaxed in the sunshine at the Boathouse Cafe in Swanwick Marina

Everyone looks forward to our days out and travelling far and wide together, its a highlight of many residents week.

On a visit to Wickham we discovered a lovely cafe called A Good Yarn which is also a wool shop & craft space, we will definitely be back! And to finish the week we had a fabulous time in Bishops Waltham where we enjoyed a coffee at Ellonies Cafe which is housed in a former bank

Bayleaf Care Home

The formula for success

There was a Formula 1 feel about Bayleaf on Sunday as we came together for the Canadian Grand Prix.

The residents sat in the F1 themed garden enjoying the fabulous weather whilst enjoying some lovely cold refreshments and freshly baked cupcakes before watching the Grand Prix in the cinema room.

We also took the opportunity to wish our fabulous Senior Carer, Sally, a happy birthday with a birthday cake and a resident-led rendition of Happy Birthday!!