The Cedars Care Home and The Central Co-op Funeral Services walk for The Carer Sitter Service
The Cedars Care Home in Bourne recently participated in a Memory Walk held to raise money for The Carer Sitter Service, organised by The Cedars in conjunction with Central COOP funeral care.
Staff from Central Co- op Funeral Care and The Cedars Care Home in Bourne, along with staff and friends of The Cedars Care Home, took part in the ten mile walk around Bourne and the surrounding villages on 28th September; to raise money for The Carers Sitter Service, a local charity that provides free respite support and home sitting for people who are restricted because of the 24-hour care they are providing for dependent relatives and friends.
The walkers took a route through the local villages, stopping at The Five Bells Edenham pub for food and an informative presentation by the charity. The sun was shining and a spirited mood was in the air as they put their best foot forward. Friends, family, staff and lots of our four-legged friends set off and headed for a beautiful walk through the Lincolnshire Countryside and Bourne Woods.
The Cedars Care Home has built up excellent reputations within its local community, regularly holding events and activities for residents and surrounding neighbours.
Rebecca Aldred, Senior General Manager at The Cedars Care Home said: ‘We are always keen to show as much support as we can to local charities, and we try to support our community in any way that we can. The Carers Sitter Service does incredible work supporting people in our area, and we are thrilled that we were able to support them with this year’s memory walk; which was organised by ourselves with David Fawcett and Terry Dewey from R.J Scholes Funeral Service; supported by Wendy Cameron from Option B Bereavement Group. We are proud to say that we have raised over £600 so far, and more is still being donated’.
The Cedars Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. The Cedars Care Home provides residential care, nursing care and palliative care for 56 residents from respite care to long term stays.