Activities at North Park Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Claire Liddy
Hi, my name is Claire, and I am Lead Activities Coordinator at North Park. I have 15 years’ experience in the role, three years at North Park and absolutely love my job. I like to involve the local community in events within the home, so we have connections with local churches, schools and community groups. We have a PAT dog that visits weekly, so our residents can enjoy pet therapy, and lots of external entertainers, who come into the home regularly as well; in addition to fairs, monthly coffee morning and so much more.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 North Park Care Home
Birds of Prey
North Park opened their doors to three lovely owls courtesy of Gosling Raptors. Residents, family and staff got together meet Milo the European Eagle Owl, Dusk the Black Barn Owl and Sky the Tropical Screech owl.
During the visit our residents had the opportunity to spend time with the lovely gentle and friendly animals, pet therapy has been proven to help reduce stress, anxiety and sense of isolation amongst all people. Residents, families and staff enjoyed not only getting up close to these beautiful birds of prey but learned about their habits, lives and personalities.
Chicks hatch at North Park
Staff, residents and their guests at North Park were celebrating the birth of baby chicks this week at the home. There was a lot of egg-citement at the home as 6 chicks hatched throughout the week. Residents were able to pet and feed the chicks as they found their footing in their new home.
General Manager Lisa said: “It was an eggs-cellent day when the eggs finally hatched! Residents at North Park as well as our team were all very excited about the new-borns, we’ve yet to name the chicks, but will be voting on names throughout the week. The Chicks have been a welcome addition to the home, and the residents are looking forward to watching them grow. For anyone who would like to come for a visit of our chicken coop and have a tour of our home our doors are always open.”
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.
Raising Money for Good Causes
Here at North Park we like nothing better than a good old get together where everyone can have a laugh at each other and ourselves. Residents and staff are always looking to help others and raise money for good causes. This year, on Red Nose Day we planned a Bake Sale/coffee morning to raise money for comic relief. Staff decided to go with a wild west theme and dressed as cow hands to the amusement of our residents. Residents were joined by family members and visitors from the community who enjoyed cakes and pastries washed down with copious teas and coffees and a ‘tot of the hard stuff’. In two hours we raised a grand total of £72.10, Yeeha!
Cookery Club
Our cookery Club love to get creative and this week they got together and planned what they would like to have for an Easter cake and for it to be served at our Red Nose bake sale.
Following the war time way of making sponge cakes a pound cake was mixed and cooked to perfection by Doris.
Christine and Ernie then put cranberry and strawberry home-made jam in the middle and covered it in plain white rolling icing.
Pat and Dee then set about creating a colourful and eye-catching masterpiece for all to enjoy.
Upcoming events
Meeting Room for Hire
Are you looking for a venue? Look no further! North Park is also close to local amenities and not far from the A1.
Could you be a Volunteer?
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.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, ambulance and fire services, district nurses - come and take a break on us, there maybe a cake or two available....
