Activities at Leeming Bar Grange Care Home

Leeming Bar Grange held their annual Macmillan coffee morning & bake sale in their garden to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. 

Having a coffee morning is the perfect chance to catch up over a cuppa and a slice of something delicious for a great cause. The money raised helps everyone with cancer to live life as fully as they can

Residents enjoyed spending time with friends and relatives, whilst accordionist Doug Harrison showcased his talents! Chef Janet baked lots of lovely cakes & biscuits for everyone to sample and for guests to buy to take home. The team got involved with the baking also; everyone was spoilt for choice! Team leader Tracey's Orange & Cointreau cake was a huge hit! 

Thank you to everyone who came along and made the morning a huge success. Thanks to your generosity we managed to raise an impressive £107.50!

There was big smiles again this week at Leeming Bar Grange as their lovely little friends from Bedale Nursery visited. 

The autumn sun shone brightly as children and residents played games, read books, and got creative together!

The children were kind enough to help residents create some doves for our International Day of Peace display; and what a fabulous job they did.

Thank you again to Bedale Day Nursery for continuing to help create joy at the home!

Thanks to all the hard work & dedication of residents, loved ones, & the team who helped us reach our goal of 500 laps of our garden to raise funds for a great cause. What a fun day it was!

So far we have raised an incredible £341. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society. We feel so lucky to have such a supportive community!

This week we celebrated Housekeeping Week!

Housekeeping Week is an annual event held every year during the second week in September. The week is dedicated to recognising the efforts of hard-working housekeeping staff around the world.

Residents & the team begun the week reminiscing about how housekeeping has changed during their lifetime, and took a trip back to the Victorian era to learn all about historic housekeeping!

If you have ever visited the home you will know that our housekeeping team continually go above and beyond to make a real difference to the lives of those living at LBG. To give thanks to our wonderful team the residents & team created a Henry hamper of goodies and handmade card for all to enjoy!

A huge thank you to every member of our housekeeping team for you continuous hard work and efforts. 

Residents and staff at Leeming Bart Grange celebrated Mexican Independence Day in style by hosting a Mexican-inspired fiesta with mariachi music, cocktails and avocado juggling!

Every year on September 15th, the bells of every town square in Mexico sound to remember that in Dolores Hidalgo, a town in Mexico, in the early morning of the 16th of September 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic Priest known as Father Hidalgo, made the first cry for Independence from Spain who were the rulers at the time. So, between the 15th and 16th of September (Midnight of the 15th of September), Mexicans celebrate the moment of insurgency, the possibility, and the hope for Freedom in their country. It was the moment that defined their National identity

Residents enjoyed learning all about the occasion at our Mexican themed quiz, and got creative making some traditional clay pinch pots; which residents cannot wait to paint in eye-catching bold colours later this week! And of course we had to end the day with margaritas, tequila sunrises, guacamole and pico de gallo!

Residents had a fantastic time celebrating Roald Dahl Day this week with their wonderful little friends from Bedale Nursery. 

The children and residents enjoyed singing, games, Dahl storytime, and some yummy treats including 'Mr Twitt's Scary Hairy Cakes', 'Wonka Bars' & Fizzy Lifting Drinks!

Thank you so much to the team from the nursery for helping us to create a very special afternoon for our residents.