Bulwell care home residents hand over £2,500 grant cheque to charity
Residents of Hall Park care home in Bulwell recently presented a local charity, West Area Project (WAP), with a cheque for £2,500.
This grant funds both weekly swimming sessions as well as fresh fruit and vegetables for its Tuesday night activity group ACTIV2.
The WAP is a day centre for people with learning disabilities and/or autism based in the Lenton Centre.
Through this funding WAP has not only been able to continue with the swimming sessions, it has also been able to open these sessions up to anyone with learning disabilities and/or autism in the wider community.
Amongst the new swimmers, WAP have been especially happy to welcome a wheelchair user, who had not been swimming for many years, but, thanks to support from Barchester Healthcare – which runs Hall Park – they have been able to return to the pool.
The Thursday sessions AQUA Aerobics/swimming sessions continue to attract more people from the community and are enjoyed by everyone who attends.
The funds have also helped to provide fresh fruit and vegetables for the Activ2 group, which WAP runs in partnership with the Lenton Centre.
Activ2 offers a Tuesday night session with fun team games, exercise and activities for people with learning disabilities and/or autism to help people stay active and healthy.
The members of West Area Project want to thank Barchester Charitable Foundation for their valued grant funding.
Barchester Charitable Funding, is a charity which supports older people and adults with a disability or mental health problems across England, Scotland and Wales by offering grants to help people connect or re-connect with others in their local community.
Alongside Hall Park activities assistant, Natasha Lindo, residents Susan Tidy and Josie Grange recently visited Lenton Leisure Centre to present the cheque and meet some of the people who benefit from the service.
During their visit, they had the opportunity to watch Rich Davis as he took part in the 19.5 challenge designed to fundraise to support the fantastic work carried out by WAP with adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.
To mark Learning Disability Week, Rich completed a series of activities including walking, rowing, cycling, swimming and running.
His challenge was inspired by the stark reality that people with a learning disability and/or autism die, on average, 19.5 years younger than the general population
Josie and Susan were delighted to see first-hand the positive impact the service has on the local community and were proud to present the cheque in support of its valuable work
Jodie Rakhra, general manager at Hall Park, said: “We are always keen to show as much support as we can to local charities and I am delighted that this donation will support the incredible work they do.
"Knowing that the money raised will go towards helping so many people in our community makes us incredibly proud, and we are grateful to everyone who contributed to making this possible. ”
For more information on care and facilties at Hall Park, contact Jodie Rakhra on 0115 9758750 or email [email protected]