Douglas
House celebrating 40 years in Torbay!
Douglas
House Cheshire Home in Brixham, a nursing and social care home
for 29 residents and 20 day care service users, and is one of
180 Leonard Cheshire Disability services across the UK.
Residents are delighted
to take delivery of a stand aid.
Donations for
its purchase came from:
£250 donation from
the trawler race.
In addition £1,243.62
was raised by John Ridge [teacher Brixham Community College
and House Tutor for Inspire] who undertook the Brighton Marathon
in 2010.
£533.00 from
Inspire House Brixham community college.
Other funds were received
from Rotary, Astra Zeneca and ‘In memory' donations.
Kay Taylor [Service Manager]
explained that the stand aid assists in rehabilitating people
to be able to stand independently.
Douglas House is always
looking for volunteers or funds to support service users with
disabilities.
Anyone interested
in supporting the activities of Douglas House should contact
Kay on 01803 856 333.
http://www.lcdisability.org/
Registration
is now open for Tri Together , our new triathlon designed for
disabled and non-disabled people to take part side by side.
Sign up now or try our free triathlon taster session on Saturday
11th June. Tri Together: Sunday 11th September, London .
To
find out more visit: www.lcdisability.org/tritogether
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