Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our wonderful residents Colin & Lynda have been elected as Resident Ambassadors Colin & Lynda are incredibly caring and passionate individuals so it came as no surprise that they both received many nominations to become Resident Ambassador. Both residents are very excited to continue to be an active voice in the home ensuring that resident’s needs, wishes, and views are expressed openly. Thank you to everyone who came along to our friends, relatives, and residents meeting to celebrate this fantastic news! Here's to you Colin & Lynda! We couldn't be prouder!

Staff and residents at Leeming Bar Grange in Leeming Bar marked International Day of Human Space Flight by finding out about what it is like to travel to outer space and spend time there.

International Day of Human Space Flight takes place on 12th April, the date of the first human space flight by Soviet citizen, Yuri Gagarin in 1961. This year is the 52nd anniversary of that historic event which opened the way for space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.  This annual event reaffirms the important contribution of space science and technology in today’s world.  The day aims to promote aspirations to explore and maintain outer space for peaceful purposes.

Leeming Bar Grange care home, in Leeming Bar was full of animal mischief on 4th April when a group of alpaca ‘wabbits’ came to visit the home.

Residents and visiting nursery children were pleasantly surprised to see their new furry friends Mr Bubbles & Colin visiting complete with rabbit ears to celebrate the Easter period! Handler Joe from Joe’s Owl Encounters and Exotic Mobile Zoo gave an insight into these wooly amazing animals as residents got up close and personal!

Staff, residents and their guests at Barchester’s Leeming Bar Grange care home, in Leeming Bar were celebrating the birth of baby chicks this week at the home.

There was a lot of egg-citement at the home as 4 chicks hatched throughout the week. Residents were able to pet and feed the chicks as they found their footing in their new home. This fabulous programme allows residents and the team an interactive experience in caring for these beautiful feathered friends. Along with the opportunity for meaningful reminiscence with many residents having reared chickens throughout their lives

We recently had a very special visit from the wonderful ladies from Bedale Methodists with their creative worship group 'Messy Vintage'.

Whilst Messy Vintage does have a religious focus the group welcomes all no matter whether theist, agnostic, or atheist as a place for one another to come together to explore creative expression & build connection.

March’s group focused on the significance of rainbows in our lives & faith. We spoke about how the simplicity of a rainbow never fails to bring about awe and wonder, along with connecting others; I'm sure if like us, whenever you see a rainbow you will point this out to others or perhaps take a photograph to share the joy!

Time was taken to reflect upon inspirational quotes such as "be a rainbow in someone else's cloud", and "after every storm comes a rainbow", and of course we had to have a sing along to Somewhere Over The Rainbow!

This led the group on to create their own little rainbows together to display in the home in the hopes of when glanced upon they evoke those feelings of positivity.

A huge thank you to the ladies from Bedale Methodist Church for such a wonderful afternoon! We can't wait to see you again next month.

As Mother’s Day saw us celebrate all our wonderful Mother's and Mother Figures LBG was alive with smiles and special moments! 

Residents spent time with their loved ones at our special mother's day luncheon courtesy of our very talented chef Karen and her team who created a beautiful traditional roast dinner with all the trimmings; taking residents and loved ones back to those beautiful memories of celebratory family meals of times gone by.

As we relaxed into the afternoon we were treated to a spectacular performance from Malcolm Watson Classical Tenor. Mal not only sang huge musical numbers such as Ava Maria and The Impossible Dream, he also belted out hits such as Sweet Caroline and Return to Sender to get everyone up and dancing!

We would just like to say a huge thank you to all who came along today to make the day so wonderful and for allowing us to be part of your special day with your mother's & mother figures.