Staff, families and residents celebrate diversity with a multicultural day of food and entertainment at Sunderland care home

Staff with ethnic origins from 10 different countries were part of a Diversity Day celebrating multiculturalism at Marigold Nursing Home on Leechmere Road.

Employees from countries including India, Spain, Nigeria, Jamaica, South Africa, Israel and the Philippines joined families and residents for a day of multicultural indulgence.

There was Spanish poetry, national anthems, a video compilation showcasing the countries of the staff at the care home as well and a spread of food celebrating the culinary delights of dishes from around the world including Angolan cod, beef curry, Spanish soup and Filipino noodles.

Care home staff were dressed in traditional clothing from their familial homelands and there were colourful Bollywood and Diwali dances.