Activities at Meadow Park Care Home

Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life.  Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.  

We have celebrated World Chocolate Day today at Meadow Park, with Mars Bars, Twirls and Galaxy a plenty, residents from all three communities came together and tucked in to tasty treats whilst jogging their memory’s with a chocolate picture quiz, where everyone was a winner… then a Big Chocolate general knowledge Quiz, where Freda was our chocoholic scoring the most correct answers.

Mandy served up some delicious Mini Black Forest Gateaux, Chocolate Rice Krispies, and Chocolate Berry Flan for everyone to enjoy, with Hot Chocolates to wash them down

World Chocolate Day has to be one of the best days to celebrate

Residents ventured to our local Salvation Army Centre today, to meet with MIND Active and other Care Homes for a celebration of the 4th of July

The 4th of July… more commonly known as ‘Independence Day’ is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776

Residents enjoyed a pie and pea lunch with cheesecake to finish, a quiz, with Nan and Mary scoring an impressive 7 out of 8, Betty won the raffle and everybody enjoyed singing and dancing to live entertainment which was brilliant as always

Our favourite part of our trip out was making new friends, residents came together with residents from other homes, and made friends with a lovely couple of ladies from Ashington Grange

Residents across our homes had a fantastic time exploring the Eden Project virtually - an educational charity and visitor attraction based in Cornwall, featuring sprawling outdoor gardens and breathtaking biomes that house the largest indoor rainforest in the world.

During the session, residents who joined were reconnected with nature through their senses, memories and stories.  A big thank you to the community team at the Eden Project for the wonderful event.

Residents have had a lovely evening sampling Spicy, Wensleydale with Cranberries, Cheddar, Double Gloucestershire with chives, cheeses, alongside some ‘Red Red Wine’ to wash it down. Of course when the drinks were flowing everyone has been up on their feet singing to some classic oldies, and the staff couldn’t help themselves too. Some of us were able to take our evening outdoors where the sun is still shining. We love evenings like this at Meadow Park, moods are humble and everyone is having a lovely time

Residents celebrated ‘National Fish And Chip’ day, with traditional home cooked fish in batter, with home-made chips, topped with lashings of salt and vinegar, tomato or tartar sauce.

And what goes better with fish & chips… a Mr Whippy 99 - with monkeys blood and a chocolate flake!   We invited local ice cream man ‘Skippy’s Whippy’s’ to Meadow Park and after lunch, residents we’re delighted to go over to the van choosing what they wanted, with the most common choice being a 99.

 Everyone devoured their ice cream, with Shirley saying ‘it’s been years since I’ve had a Mr Whippy, and from the van as well”. It went down a treat with all of our lovely residents, and staff.