Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home
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.
Kimberley Calvert
Hi my name is Kimberley, Senior Activities Coordinator, and here at Leeming Bar our life enrichment programme is varied, providing choice for our residents and incorporating their interests and hobbies. We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within Leeming Bar, and we work together to give residents the best possible experience.
We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active. We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centred program of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents, and their families and friends.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home
Wonderful Whitby
In August we enjoyed a trip to the wonderful Whitby! The ever amazing folks at Bedale Benefice of Churches very kindly invited residents and the team on their coach trip to the coast!
As always residents led the day which meant a tour of Whitby's finest bars and beer gardens! Along with a tour of the sites from Whitby born resident; Colin And of course there had to be fish & chips and ice-cream!
A big thank you to Jane; one of our amazing carers for coming along on her day off to join in the seaside fun & create smiles! Residents described the day as "wonderful", "really enjoyable", "memorable", and couldn't thank the church & team enough for making this possible. We are really incredibly lucky to be part of such a generous & caring community. Thank you so much to Michelle Dearlove & all at Bedale Church
Togetherness Coffee Morning
Each week we enjoy a fabulous trip out to Bedale Benefice of Churches Tuesday Togetherness coffee morning. Residents love to meet up with friends and family to enjoy an array of freshly baked treats from sausage rolls to whisky cake! A huge thank you to the church and the amazing volunteers who make us feel so welcome each week
Long Service Award
Recently we celebrated Kitchen Assistant Simon Brabbin who has received a prestigious 10 Year Service Award to mark working at Leeming Bar Grange for ten years! Simon started at LBG in 2012 and has worked tirelessly to ensure residents and their loved ones enjoy a personalised fine dining experience!
Michelle Keep, General Manager of Leeming Bar Grange said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating ten years of loyal service with Simon. He has demonstrated his dedication and loyalty to this home and it's residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Leeming Bar Grange when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Simon!”
Here's to many more years for you, Simon!
Butterfly World
In September we enjoyed a fabulous trip out to Butterfly World at Preston Park! Residents, their loved ones & the team were transported to a tropical rainforest filled with over 100 species of butterfly freely flying around the beautiful array of plants & flowers! We also got to meet reptiles, meerkats, and 'wished upon a fish' at the koi pond!
We were very lucky to have some September sun and enjoyed a lovely picnic courtesy of our super kitchen team. Residents spoke about how great the day was and cannot wait to visit again to further explore Preston Park Museum and Grounds
Arts in Care Homes Day
On 24th September we marked The National Day of Arts in Care Homes by hosting an autumnal crafternoon! Residents creativity flowed freely as they utilised a range of mediums to showcase the fiery hues of autumn!
Residents spoke about how painting is "relaxing and therapeutic", adding "it's good to keep busy". One lovely lady spoke about how enjoyable it was to be creative whilst reminiscing fondly of how she would colour with her children.
As you can see by those smiles a wonderful afternoon was had by all!
Beautiful bouquets
Our homes had a fantastic time joining members of the Wallace Collection for an amazing sensory session.
During the live virtual experience, our residents explored one of the museum’s most beautiful Dutch flower paintings and learnt new drawing techniques.
We cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and produce beautiful paintings of our own.
Everyone enjoyed the lovely talk, we all had lots of fun and it’s given us plenty of ideas.
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to Summer and we have lots of exciting things planned - all welcome.
Community Cafe
Join us for our monthly community cafe where we will also have some musical entertainment
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - drop in and take a break on us. We will have hot drinks and sweet treats on offer.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Leeming Bar Grange can offer you.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
