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Staff and residents at Barley View care home Whitworth are aiming to rack up a whopping one million steps in May to help raise money for Dementia UK. The fundraising group looks set to surpass their initial £250 fundraising target. and is being organised by activities co-ordinator Gemma Howarth. The purpose-built care home, opened in 2019, benefits from its own dedicated dementia community providing specialist support for residents living with the condition. Alongside their impressive steps target, the team at Barley View are also planning to hold a Whitworth community cake sale once COVID-19 restrictions permit. In the meantime, Gemma will be hosting a small cake sale for staff and residents at the care home.
Care home staff and residents to walk 1 million steps to support Dementia UK Date published: 11 May 2021
Staff and residents of Barley View are stepping out for Dementia UK
Staff and residents at Barley View care home in Whitworth are aiming to rack up a massive 1 million steps throughout May to help raise money for Dementia UK.
Organised by Gemma Howarth, activities coordinator at Barley View, the fundraiser looks set to surpass its initial £250 target, with 100% of donations going to support the work of Dementia UK.
The purpose-built care home, which opened in 2019, benefits from its own dedicated dementia community providing specialist support for residents living with the condition -providing residential and respite care as well as specialist provision.
A HOUSING group has unveiled 30 new paid work placement opportunities for young people. The placements were created by the Burnley-based Calico Group, which operates across the county, as part of the government s Kickstart programme which is designed to give employment opportunities to 16-24 year olds who are currently claiming universal credit. The group have created new roles for the programme at their residential care home Barley View, within their homelessness and housing service Gateway and within their construction company Ring Stones. Calico head of social enterprise Sam Howarth said: It’s important to us a company to make a real difference to people’s lives, and we feel we are doing that by creating these positions.
A HOUSING group has unveiled 30 new paid work placement opportunities for young people. The placements were created by the Burnley-based Calico Group, which operates across the county, as part of the government s Kickstart programme which is designed to give employment opportunities to 16-24 year olds who are currently claiming universal credit. The group have created new roles for the programme at their residential care home Barley View, within their homelessness and housing service Gateway and within their construction company Ring Stones. Calico head of social enterprise Sam Howarth said: It’s important to us a company to make a real difference to people’s lives, and we feel we are doing that by creating these positions.