Care home residents get moving
“We had the most wonderful day, it was so lovely to see everyone come together to take part and raise such a brilliant amount of money”
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Bayleaf Care Home in Huntingdon got moving to celebrate the yearly ‘Get Barchester Moving’ week with an in-house Sports Day to raise money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.
Established in 2000, the Foundation does invaluable work supporting older people and other adults living with a disability or mental health problems by helping them to connect or re-connect with others in their local communities. Last year the Foundation achieved a donation milestone of £424,000 which enabled the charity to provide vital help to a staggering 262 small groups and charities, plus 123 individuals in one year alone.
To help boost the Foundation’s coffers, on 9th July staff and residents at the home invited family, friends and members of the community to join them to take part in a wide variety of events ranging from target games, a newspaper treadmill event and a resident versus staff Egg and Spoon race.
Katie Wilkinson, General Manager at Bayleaf Care Home said: “We had the most wonderful day, it was so lovely to see everyone come together to take part and raise such a brilliant amount of money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, it is a great charity that helps many people in need, particularly lonely older people, which is a cause very close to our hearts. Plus it’s good for our own wellbeing to move as much as we can. We want to say massive thanks to everyone involved, we all had so much fun and we helped raise vital funds into the bargain!”
Bayleaf Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering high-quality care across its care homes and hospitals. Bayleaf Care Home provides residential care and dementia care for 53 residents ranging from short-term respite care through to longer term stays.