Monthly Archives: February 2013
Hotel boss raising money for MS charity in memory of uncle
Hotel boss raising money for MS charity in memory of uncle
jpco/31/1/13 Katie Savage Manager of Langshott Manor promoting Afternoon tea (Pic by Jon Rigby)
A hotel manager has dedicated a year of fund raisers to a charity in memory of her uncle.
Katie Savage, 32, was appointed manager of Langshott Manor, in Ladbroke Road, Horley, last September and has taken the new year as an opportunity to make the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Society the hotel’s ‘charity of the year’.
This means every fund raising event that takes place at the hotel in 2013 will raise money for that charity.
Katie said the cause was very close to her heart. “My uncle suffered from the disease from the age of 28 and sadly passed away at the age of 44 leaving behind two young sons.”
Care home residents jump aboard virtual cruise
Story by: ANDREW PAPWORTH Sunday, February 3, 2013
12:00 PM
CARE home residents were taken on a “virtual cruise” on Monday.
Cromwell Care Home, Huntingdon, are having a Virtual Cruise, resident Jackie Tulip (95) originally from Scotland meets Piper Roy Sloane, from LongstantonCromwell House Care Home in Huntingdon High Street wanted to do something different to mark National Dignity Day, which takes place on Friday (February 1), so staff decided to stage a week-long series of activities to take the home’s 32 residents back to the cruises they enjoyed in years gone by.
“A lot of our residents have been on cruises in the past but they cannot go on cruises any more,” said general manager Linda Martinez. “We wanted to bring a taste of these countries back to them by taking them on a virtual cruise around different countries.”
The week started in Scotland, where residents enjoyed a haggis lunch and got to meet piper Roy Sloane. Other countries due to be included were France, Italy, Turkey and Ireland.
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/latest-news/care_home_residents_jump_aboard_virtual_cruise_1_1848081
Dementia care apartments to be built in Redditch
A STATE-of-the-art development, including self-contained dementia care apartments aimed at keeping family and partners together, is being built in Redditch.
5:00pm Saturday 2nd February 2013 in News
The development, in Evesham Road, Headless Cross, will include 42 apartments along with communal facilities and a well-being centre.
The work involves the demolition of an existing building, built in the early 1900s and donated to the Red Cross by then owner Dorothy Terry, to be used as a care facility.
The new development will be known as Dorothy Terry House.
