Activities at Mallard Court 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. We provide a wide range of group activities and individual one to one activities to meet our residents needs including musical entertainers, PAT dog visits, minibus outings, themed events and much more!
We take a person centred approach when planning each individuals activities so they can achieve a feeling of self worth and well-being.
We hold monthly meetings with the residents and also regular meetings with their family and friends, discussing any ideas that they may have, and also any problems that their may have. Both of our activities coordinators, Steve and Lynne, have completed NAPA Activity Workers Level 2 Award training, and are continually seeking new ideas so we can ensure life in the home is as varied and interesting as possible. We encourage strong community links with the local schools, colleges and local charities in the community. Steve is supported also by his dogs, Tia, Pebbles and Oscar who give great pleasure to the residents in our home, and can often be seen either on a persons lap or being taken for a walk around the home. Many of the visitors that come into Mallard Court commented that it is so friendly and welcoming.
Steve Moss
Hi, my name is Steve, and I have been a Lifestyle Coordinator at Mallard Court since 2006, and have achieved the NAPA (National Association of Activity Providers) Level 2 Award in Activity Provision in the Care Sector.
We provide a wide range of activities for the people we support, as well as for their families and friends. I also love to have one-to-one chats with residents who like to reminisce about their lives over a cup of tea and some biscuits.
We have our own minibus and have fun days out sight-seeing, having a picnic or going a local pub for a drink and a meal. We also arrange for local artists to provide musical entertainment for everyone at Mallard Court.
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 Mallard Court Care Home
Healthy Eating Week
Here at Mallard Court we celebrated National Healthy Eating week, with a variety of healthy recipes prepared by our very own Chefs. The delicious Fruit Kebabs were very well received as you can imagine by our residents, their families and friends.
Health and Nutrition is a very important, and our dedicated Chefs always take this into consideration, when preparing our delicious menus.
Come sing!
Residents across our homes and hospitals had a fantastic time with vocal coach Dan Cooper from Biiah as he led an amazing sing-a-long session for residents to enjoy.
Residents who joined the event were able to learn different techniques as they sang the famous ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ by Jimmy Cliff and ‘Here Comes the Sun’ by The Beatles.
Across our homes there were smiles and laugher all around. The session was such a success and was great for the mind, body and soul.
Inside the Factory
We had a brilliant time across our services with Harrogate Skills 4 Living as they took us on a wonderful virtual visit to their Harrogate Chocolate Factory.
Residents were thrilled to discover details about the chocolate-making process and the fascinating journey from bean to bar, all while enjoying some delicious sweet treats.
The Factory aims to employ people with learning disabilities and autism, involving them in all parts of the process, from sorting and roasting the beans to packaging and sales. The experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined this event.
Beat the Clock
We continue to celebrate a varied life enrichment programme and across our services we linked up with other Barchester care homes and hospitals up and down the country for some interactive Beat the Clock games.
Our residents truly enjoyed solving word puzzles, conundrums and mathematical problems as part of Barchester’s very own game show series.
Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
National Floral Design Day
National Floral design Day recognises the art and history of floral design, for thousands of years, floral design has been an important cultural art form.
We love our flower craft activities here at Mallard, and to celebrate National Floral Design Day, we created our own displays to display around our home.
With flowers sourced from our local retailers and greenery from our extensive grounds, we had lots of fun creating a brightly colourful display, with lovely aromas.
Popping in for a brew on their break!
Here at Mallard we welcome all the Emergency Services Personnel to come have a break and enjoy a cuppa and cake with residents and staff as part of the homes ‘take a break on us’ initiative.
We love it when they pop in and visit us as we share stories together, and one of the gentleman shared photos of his German Shepherds, Jax and Nico who are brothers. We love our pet therapy and these photos are adorable!
If you know members of the Ambulance, Police, Fire or District Nurses who support our community we extend a warm invitation for them to join us too.
Upcoming events
Coffee with a Firefighter
Join us on May 5th at 11am as we welcome our local firefighting heroes to the home.
Spring Newsletter
Our Spring Newsletter is live. Find out about the latest goings on in the home and events coming soon.
Meet the Manager Cream Tea Event
We're inviting the local community and professionals to meet our new home General Manager at a free afternoon High Tea event.
Future Planning Seminar
We welcome you to join us on Tuesday 20th May as we welcome Phil from Murray Hills Solicitors for a free future planning seminar.
D- Day - Veterans Free Fish & Chips
As we remember the heroes of D-Day we wish to invite the towns veterans to join us for a free three course fish and chip lunch. Please RSVP by Friday 30th May.
May
Join us at the home as we look forward to the warmer months and take a look at our upcoming events and activities.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Come and take a break on us! Calling all emergency personnel - ambulance, police, district nurses - come and enjoy a drink and slice of cake on your break.
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.
Community Cancer Support Cafe
We know the importance of supporting our local community and to wish to offer a space and support to those who have been affected by cancer with our specialist community cafe.
Carer's Cafe
We understand the importance of looking after the local community and are offering a comfortable space for carers to connect with one another.
Community Cafe
Join us every third Thursday of the month for our homes Community Cafe in association with our friends at 'Active Communities'
Looking For a Meeting Place
For further details of what Mallard Court can offer, Please get in touch with the home.
Dementia Cafe
We know how important it is supporting our local community and extend an invitation to join us at our monthly dementia cafe, last Tuesday of the month from 2.00 pm.
Coffee Morning
Come along and make new friends at our popular coffee morning - 1st Tuesday of the month from 11.00 am. All welcome.
