Charity’s delight at new Trowbridge home

10:00pm Saturday 9th July 2011

Alzheimer’s sufferers and their carers have a new state-of-the-art support facility in Trowbridge, opened as the leading West Wiltshire charity celebrates its 21st anniversary.

Alzheimer’s Support unveiled its new premises, next to the Albany Palace pub in Park Road, on Tuesday.

The building, which is open to sufferers and their carers for support, is a far cry from the charity’s offices when it was founded in 1990 by Anna Littlechild, who remains a manager at the organisation.

Stephany Bardzil, development manager, said: “Back in 1990 we were based in a room in the Bridge House and it was tiny. It wasn’t even a whole room. We have come a long way since then and this facility will be invaluable to supporting the people we do. We have made a real difference to people’s lives over the past two decades.”

The facility was opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, John Bush, along with Trowbridge town mayor Nick Blakemore and Trowbridge town crier Trevor Heeks.

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