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
Home celebrate 10-years long service
Our Care Worker, Ebony has received a prestigious 10 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for over 10 years.
Ebony Colman, Care Assistant NVQ Level 2, started work at Barchester, in February 2014, and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. Ebony is a very popular and much loved member of the Mallard Court care team, by our residents, families, visitors and staff alike.
Ebony studied Childcare at East Riding College Bridlington, before joining Mallard Court as a Care Worker. Ebony is also one of the Mallard Court’s Dementia Champions.
London Ladies
As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, Residents from across our services were thrilled to join tour guide, Mandy Morrow, for an exciting talk about some Legendary London Ladies.
Mandy shared the fascinating stories of eight ladies with us, from the one of the richest heiresses in the world to the original 'Roaring Girl'.
Everyone who participated truly enjoyed the experience and were delighted to take a walk down memory lane.
Bingo Bonanza
Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as they teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.
Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.
Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Spring Fair
Here at Mallard Court we had a fabulous day at our Spring Fair on Saturday 24th February.
The atmosphere was wonderful with a wide variety of stalls for everyone to enjoy and bargains to have!
It was lovely to see our residents, family, friends and staff sharing this special occasion together.
Our Summer Fair is to be held on Saturday 17th August 2024
We love our volunteers here at Mallard Court
Here at Mallard Court we love our volunteers helping with our Activities Team, and they bring something extra special for everyone.
A very special young lady called Grace visits every week, to spend time joining in our activity sessions with our residents, visitors and staff.
Grace with her Grandma, are helping us at our Spring Fair with other volunteers, along with Megan, our Work placement student from the East Riding of Bridlington college.
Pamper Sessions
We love our pampering sessions here at Mallard Court, whether it’s having a nail manicure, hand massage, foot spa or having your hair styled by our very talented hairdresser, Graham.
Pamper sessions are a very important and intimate activity for our residents to enjoy, sharing fond memories of times gone bye, and enjoying a cup of tea together
Upcoming events
Open Day Event
We hope you can join us for our next Open Day event on Saturday 21st June.
June
As we head into the summer months we hope you can join us for our life enrichment and community events.
Parkinson's UK Cafe
We hope you can join us on 1st July as we welcome back our friends from Parkinson's UK.
Yorkshire Day
We warmly welcome you to join us for our Yorkshire Day celebrations on the 1st August.
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.
