Local care home presents cheque to local charity

Overslade House care home in Rugby, Warwickshire, recently presented The Reach for Health Centre in Daventry with a cheque for £2600 towards their Community Garden, a gardening club is held weekly to help combat loneliness and isolation.

The Reach for Health Centre is a Charity based in Daventry, Northamptonshire and is involved in physical and mental health rehabilitation together with active wellness. This covers a multitude of illnesses and health conditions such as pre & post joint replacements to Stroke survivors, Heart issues, Diabetes, etc. service users who fall into these categories are mostly referred by their GP’s, Hospital Doctors or Health Care Professional.  The charity helps Elderly/old People, People with Disabilities, Other Charities or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public

The grant had been awarded by Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, a charity that helps older people and adults with a disability or mental health problems across England, Scotland and Wales by offering grants to help people connect or re-connect with others in their local community.

Overslade House Care Home visited The Reach For Health Centre to join the local community and view the lovely garden that has been transformed into a space for people to sit and enjoy or partake in gardening activities and to celebrate them being awarded the grant.  The cheque was presented to Dan Miller, Executive Managing Director and Danielle Coniff, Grants and Development Coordinator by resident Ambassadors, for Overslade House Care Home, Val McQuillan and Evelyn Roberts.

Dan Miller, Executive Managing Director said “Thank you so much to Barchester’s Charitable Foundation for the cheque, it has meant so much to us and the local community, in helping with mental health rehabilitation together with active wellness and combatting loneliness and isolation.”

Genoveva Tamasi, General Manager at Overslade House Care Home, said: “We are always keen to show as much support as we can to local charities. The

Reach For Health Centre is a charity close to the care home’s heart as we have many residents who enjoy gardening and we hope to join The Reach Health Centre for their Gardening Club on a Wednesday morning”.

Overslade House Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering high-quality care across its care homes and hospitals. Overslade House provides nursing care, residential care, dementia and respite care.