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…

Tewkesbury Fields Care Home

Local Nursery School Visit

We love our visits from our little friends from Country Pumpkins Day Nursery.

As always residents had a great time interacting with the children, so many smiles, colouring birds and singing nursery rhymes together!

Intergenerational activities are so important for our residents at Tewkesbury Fields, it is a beautiful way to

create meaningful connections and enhance the quality of life for everyone involved.

Local Nursey School came to play

We love our regular visits from our little friends from Country Pumpkins Day Nursery.

As always, residents had such a great time interacticing with the children, so many smiles.

We enjoyed colouring birds and singing nursery rhymes together!

Intergenerational activities are so important, it is a beautiful way to create meaningful connections and enhance the quality of life for everyone involved.

A practice that can help to build stronger inclusive community and also helps our residents feel connected with the wider community.

Tewkesbury Fields Care Home

History Talk

This week, we welcomed Angela from The John Moore Museum who delivered a very interesting and informative talk about artefacts from the Tudor period that were from Tewkesbury.

This was a very informative and interactive talk, and greatly enjoyed by residents and families.

Tewkesbury Fields Care Home

Game of Dominoes

A good traditional game of Dominoes seems to be a much-loved game that provides both relaxation and engagement. This week, some of our residents who are experts at the game, have enjoyed teaching others who have never played the game before!

Tewkesbury Fields Care Home

Classical Violinist Performance

The power of music. We enjoy varied musical compositions at Tewkesbury Fields.

This week we enjoyed welcoming Violinist Meg for a beautiful afternoon of classical entertainment.

Residents, families and staff have had a great time!

Lots of singing, clapping and even dancing!

Raleigh Manor Care Home

A Blooming Lovely Afternoon

Our home was filled with colour and sweet scent this week as residents enjoyed a lovely flower arranging session.

From choosing their favourite colour blooms to creating beautiful displays, it has been a wonderful opportunity to relax and be creative together one afternoon when the weather has been dreary outside.

Brampton View Care Home

Busy week with Exercise and Pet Therapy

It has been a wonderful, busy week here at the home! We kicked things off with Rise, who led our residents in some refreshing seated gentle exercises

We also welcomed Colin and his handsome dog, Bertie back, for another heart-warming Pet Therapy session

These activities bring so much more than just smiles to our residents, we know that

Physical Wellbeing with Gentle exercise helps improve mobility, circulation, and other health benefits.

Pet therapy is known to reduce stress and anxiety while boosting overall mood.

A huge thank you to Rise Northampton for their continued support and Colin (and Bertie!) for making the start of our week so special!

Brampton View Care Home

Spectacular Robert Burns Birthday celebration

Residents, staff and visitors were filled with the stirring sounds of the bagpipes as they welcomed Piper Gary from the RAF Waddington Pipe & Drum Band. Gary, who has been playing the bagpipes since the age of 7, brought with him a truly incredible piece of history: his great-grandfather’s Robertson’s pipes. Crafted in 1928 sporting silver hand-engraving and ivory, these pipes have been passed down through generations and sounded absolutely beautiful.

The morning was filled with Scottish tradition as Gary led by the homes talented home chef, John, whom carried the haggis into the lounge before Gary recited the Robert Burns’ famous poem, "Address to a Haggis."

Gary’s then went on to perform 'Amazing Grace' and the 'Skye Boat Song' One of our resident David Fair, requested 'Flower of Scotland'; the melody sparked such pride and emotion for him as he hasn’t been able to visit Scotland in some time.

Gary also gave a fascinating talk on how the bagpipes work, the chanter, reed and the bag itself and even showed us his sgian-dubh, explaining why pipers traditionally carried this hidden blade into battle.
The celebrations continued with a traditional toast with a dram of Whisky to the traditional toast of Slàinte mhath!. There was also a delicious tasting session afterwards of haggis, neeps, and tatties with homemade rich whisky cream sauce, Cranachan and shortbread.

A heartfelt thank you to resident Pat Knight’s daughter Pat, who made authentic Scottish tablet for everyone to enjoy. Pat Knight, once a highland dancer herself, posed for photos with Gary and the home’s General Manager, Elina House.

General Manager Eline House Noted “It was a jubilant, memory-filled event that brought a true taste of Scotland to our home”, all our residents have been talking about how much they enjoyed the event and many trying haggis for the very first time, some loving whilst other unsure, we cant wait to have Gary back in November for St Andrews Day”.

Marriott House and Lodge Care Home

Sunday Service at Marriott House & Lodge

We are incredibly grateful to our wonderful volunteer Jean and to Father Richard for the kindness, faith, and comfort they bring into our home.
Jean not only lovingly leads our weekly Sunday services for our residents, but also offers ongoing emotional support and a listening ear to our staff, reminding us all that we are cared for and valued.
Father Richard visits each month to share Holy Communion, creating deeply meaningful moments of peace and reflection. These special times are treasured by everyone in our home and are always so well attended.