Activities at Rivermead Care Home

The staff and residents at Rivermead care home in Malton have been flipping and turning pancakes all morning in preparation for their annual Shrove Tuesday pancake making. Rivermead has marked this year’s Pancake Day with a day of fun-filled  activities, pancake making and a flipping competition. Of course, lots of pancakes flipped serving them up with sweet and savoury fillings.

One Resident said: “My secret to the best pancakes is all in the whipping. Give it some elbow grease when mixing the batter and you’ll get perfect pancakes every time. I like experimenting with the fillings – the residents’ favourites are spinach and cheese, chocolate spread and banana and of course, good old fashioned lemon and sugar!”

We were proud to help ‘Sunny Days Children’s Charity’, which supports children under the age of 18 with a wide range of adverse medical conditions including leukaemia and cerebral palsy. We wanted to be able to contribute and so residents and staff put the fun in to fundraising and enjoyed a raffle and a coffee morning full of tasty treats and chatter, raising £90 for the cause.

A little cuppa and catch up brings sunshine to our day, especially when we have fun decorating our biccy treats! Residents at Rivermead enjoy activities like baking every day, as well as arts and crafts, singing and all kinds of fun pastimes that bring us closer together.  

Our residents were delighted when our friends from Norton Primary School came to visits. The pupils had been busy creating cards and gifts for their friends here at the home and excitedly came in to hand them out. We’re so happy to have such a special relationship with the school and were really touched by this thoughtful festive gesture.

Christmas cheer was in full flow as residents, staff, family & friends got together to share a giggle and a tipple at our home’s Christmas Party.

We were in full swing dressing up for the occasion and dancing along to live music, enjoying games and relishing in a scrumptious feast of festive foods, freshly prepared by our chef, Sarah Lightfoot and her team.

We're always striving to make sure we have lots of fun events and activities on for our residents and Christmas is an extra special time so it was amazing to see everyone having such a wonderful time together.

A very special long service award has been celebrated today! Our Care Practitioner Sharon Ward’s dedication has been recognised with a ’25 Year Service Award’. Sharon is such a vital part of the team here at Rivermead and staff, families and above all, our residents think the world of her. Rivermead is beyond grateful for all you do and a huge thank you from all at Barchester.