Family of Former Resident at Derbyshire Home Raise £2500 with Sponsored Walk Up Mount Snowden

The family of a former resident at a Derbyshire home completed a fundraiser where they raised £2500.

Eileen Greenwood was a resident of MHA Maple Leaf House from April 2020 to December 2025, when she sadly passed away.

As a thank you for the help, support and care shown to her and her family during her time at the home, Eileen’s granddaughters decided to do a sponsored walk up Mount Snowden.

Her granddaughters were joined by additional members of the family, and they managed to raise a total of £2500.

After the completion of the challenge, Eileen’s family visited the home and presented the staff with a large cheque.

The money will go towards the homes amenities fund, which will be used to arrange trips and activities for residents.

MHA Maple Leaf House provides nursing dementia care for 48 residents.

Eileen’s family wrote a statement in relation to the walk and said: “Our mum Eileen was a resident at Maple Leaf House for almost 6 years and while in their care mum was looked after incredibly well.

“The staff were amazing with her and treated mum with compassion, love and kindness.

“Towards the end of mum’s illness when she was receiving end of life care my sister and I moved into mums’ room for the last 5 days of her life.

“The staff were amazing how they looked after us and mum, we can’t thank them enough.

“To show our families appreciation mum’s granddaughters decided to do a sponsored walk up Mount Snowdon to raise money to give the care home a gift to say thank you for all they had done for mum and ourselves.

“They raised £2500.00 and they are so thankful to all the generosity of the people who donated as without them they would not have been able to give such a fantastic donation to such an amazing place.

“Thank you again to all the staff at MHA Maple Leaf House for everything they did for mum and thank you for helping us through a very tough time in our lives, you truly became part of our family.”