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…

Elderwood House Care Home

An Afternoon of Poetry

Requested by our residents, our poetry afternoon offered a chance to share favourite poems, discover new verses and enjoy meaningful conversations together. A wonderful activity that encourages reminiscence, creativity and connection

Elderwood House Care Home

Adventure Awaits

At Elderwood House, we have our own fully accessible minibus, helping our residents enjoy regular trips out and about in the local community.

Whether it’s a visit to a favourite café, a scenic drive, lunch out, shopping or discovering somewhere new, we tailor our trips around the interests and wishes of our residents.

Elderwood House Care Home

A Taste of the Seaside

Residents at Elderwood House enjoyed a wonderful seaside-themed celebration, bringing the fun and nostalgia of the British coast right to our home. With traditional fish and chips, seaside games, music and plenty of laughter, the day was filled with smiles, happy memories and opportunities to spend quality time together. Creating meaningful experiences like these is just one of the many ways we support wellbeing and make every day enjoyable at Elderwood House.

Threshfield Court Care Home

HAWAIIAN SUMMER FAIR 2026!

The weather may not have been the best but that didn’t stop us! Residents, relatives, friends and staff gathered as we had an amazing performance from the Loud Samba band of Skipton with there amazing acoustics with the drums and instruments! A big thankyou to Nigel and the other band members for coming out and supporting us! It was great to have something different!

We even had a special visit from Skipton Mayor Winston Feather! It was lovely to see him take the time out of his busy schedule to come and see us! Chat to the residents and really listen to what they had to say. It was extremely heart warming to see! Thankyou to everyone that came out to celebrate with us today, it has been great to see the smiles, laughter and memories shared.

A big thankyou goes out to Jason and his hospitality team for putting on such a delicious spread of burgers and hot dogs and even our lovely Rosie with her ice cream and coca-cola floats! Thankyou to our wonderful Lexy and Ryan for phosting yet another amazing bottle bola! In which every single bottle went! Which was absolutely brilliant! Thankyou to the whole of the Threshfield Team for all coming together and pulling off such an amazing event, we really are all one big family and always feel immensely grateful to be apart of such an amazing team!

Another thankyou goes our to our amazing resident ambassador Alison as she has been working her socks off the past couple of months creating such beautiful artwork for us to sell a long with catnip toys to sold for the cats protection league!

And last by no means least thankyou to our amazing residents, as without them we couldn’t do the job that we do and love every single second of it. The hard really does pay off when you see it bring the residents so much joy. We can definitely speak on behalf of everyone across Barchester Healthcare when we say it truly is the best job in the world

Ashfields Care Home

Flute Concerto

The methods and mediums may change but the heart of live music - the communal joy, the shared emotions, the collective energy - remains untouched. As we look to the future, one thing is clear: live music will continue to be a cherished experience at Ashfields Care Home, even as its form and format evolve.

Our Residents enjoy a Flute concerto in the homes courtyard where the acoustics resonate. The weather was fantastic so they also enjoyed refreshments and an ice lolly or cornetto.

At Ashfields that's what we like to do - create memories, and ensure our residents are leading full enriched lives.

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside

Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.

Our Residents enjoyed a trip to the seaside, enjoyed a cuppa and fish and chips at the seaside café, before enjoying more fun at Walcott beach.

Supporting residents to enjoy outings, shopping, meals out and other trips is a key aspect of the weekly activities calendar.

Cowboy Day

We had an excellent time this morning for Cowboy Day with the talented JULES singing for us!

We all had our cowboy hats on ready for her arrival.

It was a really lovely morning with lots of smiles and instrument playing

Everyone sang along and danced in their chairs to the music

Bayleaf Care Home

Our amazing flower-ladies

Anybody who has visited Bayleaf will know that we’re always lucky enough to have the most beautiful floral bouquets on display.

What you may not know is that these stunning arrangements are lovingly created by our talented residents. Yesterday, it was Freda and Doreen’s turn to showcase their wonderful skills.

Together, the ladies carefully selected flowers that complemented each other perfectly, creating truly beautiful displays.

We’re sure you’ll agree the next time you visit Bayleaf!

A huge thank you to Freda and Doreen for sharing your creativity and talent with us. We are so proud of you both. ❤️

Barge trips are back

One of our favourite trips are back on now it’s summer, we’ve waited all year to get back out on the barge and what a lovely day it was for it!

Ratho barge trips offer accessible barge trips and are always over the moon to welcome aboard our wonderful residents! We can’t wait for the next one!