Charity’s New Reading Care Home – Friends Place – Supports All Local Heroes

Friends of the Elderly’s Calcot Residential Care Home Launching Blue Light Brunch Club for All Blue Light Card Holders

At Friends Place, the new state-of-the-art residential care home run by charity Friends of the Elderly, in Calcot, Reading, the care team is getting ready to launch its Blue Light Brunch Clubs to support and say thank you to all the Reading and Calcot Blue Light Card Holders for the unwavering commitment and devotion they give, selflessly, to the local community.

“By hosting the Friends Place Blue Light Brunch Clubs, it is just a small gesture to reinforce our support and show our appreciation and thanks to all members of the Reading and Calcot services for the hard work, assistance and dedication they give to the local community – every day,” said Alina Gutu, the General Manager of the care home.

The first Blue Light Brunch Club is launching on Friday 17th October and, taking place from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., the Blue Light Card Holder guests can choose from a scrumptious brunch menu to either eat-in or take away.

“The Friends Place Blue Light Brunch Clubs are open to all Blue Light Card Holders – emergency workers, Paramedics, members of the Police Force, Firefighters, NHS employees and volunteers, Community District Nurses, Social Care Workers, Key Workers, Community Health Workers, Blood Bike Drivers as well as Teachers, Community First Responders, Doctors, members of The Armed Forces – anyone who holds a Blue Light Card,” added Elisha Hall-Jones , the Activities Coordinator at Friends Place.

“The Blue Light Brunch Clubs are a way for all of us at Friends Place to demonstrate, in some small way, just how grateful and, of course, thankful we are to all Blue Light Card Holders. We feel it is very important to They are a small gesture, but we want to acknowledge the essential roles our Blue Light Card Holders play, every day,” added Alina.

All guests should be in uniform or have evidence they work for the NHS or emergency services – or produce their Blue Light Card.

“All our local Blue Light Card Holders are Reading and Calcot’s Community Heroes. The work they do to support our community, every day, 24/7 is exceptional and remarkable,” concluded Alina.