Charity, Ringwood | Posted on October 1st, 2024 | return to news
Care South donates £500 to Ringwood Carers Group
Residential and home care provider and registered charity, Care South, has donated £500 to local Ringwood Carers Group.
A Care South team at St Ives House care home on Horton Road nominated Ringwood Carers Group for a £500 donation from the Care South Chairman’s 2020 Fund.
Members of Care South care for their spouse, parent, or loved one on an unpaid basis and benefit from attending monthly meetings by talking to other like-minded people. The money given to Ringwood Carers Group is to enable them to reach out and support more people.
Roger Gregory and Margaret Gibbs, trustees of Ringwood Carers Group, were presented with the funds by Phil Smith, director of residential care at Care South, Emma Cotton, home manager and Natalie Graham, deputy manager at St Ives House care home. Emma and Natalie have also offered use of the care home’s bistro as a community space to host their meetings for a change of scenery.
Sessions with the Ringwood Carers Group take place on the second Thursday of each month from 10.30am to 12pm at Trinity Centre in Trinity Church on Christchurch Road. The group aims to bring unpaid carers who look after a loved one to chat to other like-minded individuals to relax and unwind over a cup of coffee.
Roger Gregory said: “We are incredibly grateful to Care South for their generous donation which will enable us to continue extending a helping hand to those who provide unpaid care for their loved one. It is wonderful to have the support of Care South who understand the privilege we all feel in caring for others, but also some of the challenges we all face.”
Emma Cotton said: “We are proud to support the Ringwood Carers Group, as we admire the work that Roger and Margaret do with the Ringwood Carers Group, having both been carers to their own respective partners themselves. At Care South, we love being able to work with and support the community, especially where we have a natural affinity in providing care for others.”
St Ives House provides residential, respite and dementia care. It has a dedicated activities team who organise a daily programme of events to bring residents together to socialise and build friendships.
The care home also features individual ensuite bedrooms for residents, a choice of communal lounges overlooking a landscaped courtyard and garden, as well as a bistro and onsite hairdressing salon.
Care South is a not-for-profit charity that has care homes in Dorset, north Devon, Somerset and West Sussex, and home care offices covering east and west Dorset, and northeast Somerset and south Somerset.
For more information about the care services available, go to care-south.co.uk or call Care South on 01202 712410.
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