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Bournemouth care home celebrates successful summer fete

Posted on 25 July 2018

Our Bournemouth care home, Retired Nurses National Home, enjoyed its summer fete on Saturday. The day was a great success with the beautiful weather, lots of visitors and of course the residents, who had a wonderful day. The event raised £1,630 towards creating a sheltered area in the garden at the care home. Alan Johnston, Manager at…

School children send picture postcards to older people in Malvern

Posted on 10 July 2018

Friends of the Elderly has partnered with Northleigh School to deliver picture postcards to its clients. Children in years five and six at the school have created ‘picture postcards’ that will be delivered to clients by their home care workers to brighten their day and make them smile. Donna Brown, Manager of Home Care Malvern,…

Cath Kidston and Mary Berry break largest cream tea world record

Posted on 5 July 2018

On Sunday (1 July), at Alexandra Palace in London, Cath Kidston hosted a successful Guinness World Record attempt for the largest cream tea. The ticket sales from the cream tea raised an incredible £11,000 for Friends of the Elderly. The record breaking event, which welcomed Mary Berry as the special guest, saw 978 people enjoy…

Charlie celebrates his 100th birthday at The Lawn care home

Posted on 5 July 2018

The Lawn care home in Holybourne, run by charity Friends of the Elderly, celebrated the 100th birthday of one of its residents, Charlie Smith, last week. The team at The Lawn and Charlie’s family threw a cream tea party to celebrate. Charlie was born on the 27 June 1918 in a village called Meonstoke in…

Moor House residents enjoy first outing in new minibus

Posted on 2 July 2018

Residents at our Moor House care home in Staines recently enjoyed their first outing in their new minibus. The home raised an incredible £21,752 over the past year to fund a minibus to take residents out on more frequent day trips. The first outing saw five residents with staff and volunteers go to a local garden…