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AMAZING care home staff are being treated to a glittering awards night and gala dinner. Sonnet Care Homes, which runs the New Deanery and St Mary’s Court, in Bocking, was shortlisted for three regional Great British Care Awards in 2020, but the ceremony was postponed because of social distancing restrictions. Now seven excited team members have been chosen at random to represent the homes and enjoy a night of glamour at next month s awards bash. The names were picked out of a hat. Irina Cocu, who was one of the seven, said: “I have been praying that I would be picked, I have been part of this amazing team for five years and the awards evenings are the best.”
CARE home residents took part in an eight-hour relay to raise hundreds of pounds for people suffering from Covid. Residents at St Mary’s Court and the New Deanery, both in Bocking, and children from Scallywags Day Nursery took turns covering part of the care homes’ six-acre gardens. Together they raised more than £1,000 for India as the country grapples with an major outbreak of Covid. Activities manager Jo Whitehouse said: “I am overwhelmed by the number of people who wanted to take part and raise funds for India as it struggles with Covid-19, from a one-year-old child to a 106-year-old lady.
CARE home residents took part in an eight-hour relay to raise hundreds of pounds for people suffering from Covid. Residents at St Mary’s Court and the New Deanery, both in Bocking, and children from Scallywags Day Nursery took turns covering part of the care homes’ six-acre gardens. Together they raised more than £1,000 for India as the country grapples with an major outbreak of Covid. Activities manager Jo Whitehouse said: “I am overwhelmed by the number of people who wanted to take part and raise funds for India as it struggles with Covid-19, from a one-year-old child to a 106-year-old lady.