Activities at Highfield Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
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Neil Barnard
Activities Coordinator
Hi, my name is Neil, and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Highfield! I joined the team and role in March 2025.
I love being around people and making a difference to those individuals. Just to see the smiles on their faces brings so much pleasure. I have been a vocalist since 2021, and singing brings me so much joy. You may hear me before you see me.
Don’t be shy—come say hello! I hope you can join us for the fun activities we have planned!
Celebrating life at Highfield Care Home
The Vintage Vocalist - Halloween musical performance
Vintage musician and singer, Paula Marie, visited Highfield to perform all the best songs from the 1940s to the 1970s, as part of our Halloween party. Residents and their relatives got to listen to the classics and request their favourite songs from past decades.
Festive knitting with Highfield ladies
The ladies at Highfield used their knitting skills to make some wonderful decorations and cuddly toys, in preparation for the upcoming festive season.
Highfield ladies enjoy afternoon manicure session
Highfield ladies enjoyed a luxury afternoon manicure and pampering session from care team member, Liz.
Joy's 95th birthday party
Today was a very special day as our resident, Joy, enjoyed her birthday party! The afternoon was spent celebrating with friends, family, live music and a home-made birthday cake!
Forever 23 music band visits Highfield
Local music band, Forever 23, visited Highfield to entertain our residents with an afternoon listening to some of the greatest songs from past decades.
Trip to The Rockingham Arms pub
Residents enjoyed a fun afternoon trip to their favourite pub, The Rockingham Arms in Towton. Activities Coordinator, Neil, offered to buy the first round of drinks, and our residents John and Denise made sure to take him up on the offer!
Halloween pumpkin carving
Residents and their relatives enjoyed a pumpkin carving session as part of the Halloween preparations at Highfield.
Local drama school students perform The Wizard of Oz for residents
Our residents enjoyed a performance of The Wizard of Oz by local drama students, aged 7-11, from Perfect Pitch Stars performing arts school.
Visit from retired race horse Nico and Poppy the pony
Highfield residents were introduced to the horses, Nico and Poppy, from New Beginnings horse training. After being re-trained from a past career as a retired thoroughbred race horse, Nico the gentle giant loved meeting our residents. Little Poppy was also a standout star, and received a lot of hugs and pats from our residents.
Visit to Tadcaster Golf Club
Our residents went on a trip to the nearby Tadcaster Golf Club, and enjoyed the lovely tea and cakes at the clubhouse. Some residents also tried their hand at putting with some fun indoor golf!
Tadcaster: Then and Now - An Historical Presentation
Residents enjoyed an interesting presentation by Mr John Firth, historical speaker from Tadcaster Historical Society. He explained the history of Tadcaster over the last 200 years, and how the town has changed over time, including historical photographs dating back to 1858.
Trip to Garforth Garden Centre
Residents enjoyed an exciting trip to Garforth Garden Centre, to see the range of garden and seasonal items on sale, and to enjoy a drink and a snack at the café.
Highfield team at Alzheimer's Society charity walk
In honour of our residents living with dementia, and their family members, the Highfield team walked 6km to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's Society, by participating in their charity walk in Leeds.
Music and Movement class with Maggie
Fan favourite Maggie returned to Highfield to host a music and movement session for our residents, inviting them to sing along, dance and learn how to play various musical instruments. Maggie and her friend also performed some classic songs from the 1960s on their saxophones.
Dancing afternoon with local musical sensation
It was all singing and dancing as local music sensation, Lee Lambert-Brooks, visited Highfield. Our residents and their families couldn't resist joining together and dancing to some of their favourite songs.
The Vintage Vocalist - Halloween musical performance
Vintage musician and singer, Paula Marie, visited Highfield to perform all the best songs from the 1940s to the 1970s, as part of our Halloween party. Residents and their relatives got to listen to the classics and request their favourite songs from past decades.
Upcoming events
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life enrichment
With us, it's all about making every day meaningful for our residents. We do this through our Life Enrichment programme, designed to suit the needs of each person in our care, and support individuals in retaining their joy, purpose and life skills for as long as possible. We offer a range of daily activities for individuals to get involved in, whether that's socially as part of a group, solo or with a team member, ensuring everyone receives the support that adds enrichment to their life.
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