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
Virtual afternoon at the theatre
Residents across our services had a fantastic time enjoying the virtual screening of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Frank Spencer’s comical misadventures had everyone laughing and it was wonderful to see so many happy faces.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and a special thanks to The Barn Theatre in the Cotswolds for bringing this stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom to our screens.
Grandparents Day
Lots of residents received special visits from their grandchildren and great grandchildren as the home began its build up to celebrate Grandparents’ Day on Sunday 6th October.
Residents, relatives and grandparents came together at the homes Flamingo Bar as they celebrated and looked at old photos and reminisced about stories from their childhood when they spent time with their own grandparents, and spoke fondly about their grandchildren.
Residents enjoyed an afternoon of fizz and snacks with their families, all prepared by the chefs at the home which went down a treat.
Autumnal Flower Arranging
Music is good for the soul
We love our music here at Mallard Court and regularly enjoy live entertainment by our favourite entertainers.
It creates a lovely atmosphere where we can come together, join in the fun, singing and dancing together to our favourite tunes.
We enjoy a varied genre of music and these sessions are a popular group activity.
Toasting our new bar!
At Mallard Court we have a varied life enrichment programme and delighted to be hosting regular ‘social gatherings’ at our new bar providing a selection of refreshing drinks and nibbles.
Residents, visitors and staff can get together to enjoy a lovely social environment, reminiscing on times gone by. We have been listening to traditional sing a long tunes, playing interactive games or simply enjoying a pub quiz together.
We love our garden parties!
We love our themed Garden Parties here at Mallard Court, with residents, their families, friends and staff enjoying delicious refreshments while being entertained with live musical entertainment.
We celebrated International Beer Day recently and we were entertained by the “Ukes of Hazzard” our local Ukelele band.
We have lovely spacious garden areas all around our home for everyone to enjoy.
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.
