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…

Mount House and Severn View

Balloon Tennis at the Mount

Today our residents enjoyed another fun filled morning of balloon tennis. There was lots of laughter, friendly competition and plenty of enthusiasm as everyone got involved and had a fantastic time.

Our amazing new Activities Assistant, Freya, was brilliant at encouraging everyone to join in and making sure the morning was enjoyed by all. There was certainly plenty of energy in the room, and by the end of the session, everyone agreed that they had earned a well deserved rest!

In the afternoon, it was time for our weekly Big Quiz. This week's quiz tested everyone's knowledge of general knowledge and history, with lots of interesting questions to get everyone thinking. It was a lovely afternoon of friendly competition, plenty of brain teasing questions and lots of fun.

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Mount House and Severn View

Country & Western Summer Fayre

What a wonderful Country & Western Summer Fayre.

Yesterday, we had our fantastic summer fayre, and this year's theme was Country and Western! Our residents enjoyed a fun-packed day filled with sing-alongs, games, laughter, and of course the good old photo booth.

Our wonderful chef Katie, prepared a delicious lunch, which was a great success as always, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the meal, and it tasted absolutely fantastic.

We were also treated to some fantastic live entertainment from the wonderful Paul Watkins, who performed some amazing songs and soon had everyone singing along. Of course, no Country & Western celebration would be complete without a tribute to two greats, Dolly Parton & Bonnie Tyler, and Paul certainly did them justice!

It was lovely to see families and friends joining us to enjoy the entertainment and soak up the wonderful atmosphere.

There was plenty of fun to be had with our raffle and tombola stall, while those with a sweet tooth could not resist our sweet cart, which was a huge success with everyone.

Our Boo Basket raffle was drawn by Paul Watkins, and we are delighted to announce that our lucky winner was our very own housekeeper Marta !

A big thank you to all our wonderful staff, families, and friends for your continued support, your help and enthusiasm made the day so special and we couldn't have done it without you.

It was a truly fantastic day filled with music, laughter, good food, family, friends, and lots of fun everything a summer fayre should be!

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Weystone Manor Care Home

Pottering In The Garden

Our resident Jean loves to do a bit of gardening by herself as well as in Gardening Club. She is out first thing with a carer, helping keep our raised beds ship shape!

Weystone Manor Care Home

Congratulations to Megan Priestly, Employee of the Month!

Megan puts incredible effort into planning a busy schedule for our residents every week, from gardening club and crosswords to baking, crafts, seated exercises and more. She is always on the go, whether driving the minibus for trips or bringing her creative flair to the home.

Megan truly lives our Barchester Life Enrichment values, making sure to spend meaningful, individual time with every resident. With her daily smile and wonderful attention to detail, she makes a massive difference. We are so lucky to have you, Megan, thank you for everything!

Bayleaf Care Home

THE GREAT BAYLEAF SHORTBREAD BAKE-OFF

Things got wonderfully competitive yesterday at Bayleaf kitchen as Margaret and Kath took part in The Great Bayleaf Shortbread Bake-Off.

With hands all clean and rolling pins at the ready, our talented bakers got stuck in—mixing, rolling and cutting their way to what they hoped would be the perfect shortbread.

There was plenty of laughter, a little flour flying around and, of course, the all-important taste testing.

But who baked the winning batch?

One thing is certain: everyone was a winner when there was delicious shortbread to enjoy!

Rain or shine, the fun never stops at Bayleaf

After weeks upon weeks of glorious sunshine, we’re finally getting to see some much-needed rain.

But a few rainy days certainly haven’t put a dampener on things here at Bayleaf! We’ve been keeping our residents busy with a fantastic variety of activities.

We’ve been having fun with games on the magic tablet, held our very own in-house ten-pin bowling competition and we’ve enjoyed plenty of ball games with our giant parachute.

It has been such a pleasure watching our residents getting involved, having fun and, most importantly, enjoying themselves.

Whether the sun is shining or the rain is falling, there’s always plenty going on at Bayleaf!

Crafting Club

Residents enjoy getting creative and taking part in a variety of fun arts and crafts activities. They enjoy the socialising aspect of the craft club alongside demonstrating their creative skills.

Wimborne Care Home

What a Fantastic Farm experience.

A hugely popular afternoon at Wimborne was our petting Farm experience.

We had residents holding ducks, guinea pigs, rabbits and chicks. We had a wonderful array of animals to enjoy and it was glorious to see the many generations enjoying the fun and frolicks from the sheep, goats, minature donkeys and even turkeys!

The donkeys had an internal tour too!

Summer Fair Success

Our Summer Fair was a wonderful afternoon of stalls, songs, raffles, cakes, icecreams and smiling faces. We had many family and community join our residents.