Newton Heath Care Home Team Participate In Race For Life To Raise Over £1,500
Staff at HC-One’s Brookdale View care home, in Newton Heath, Manchester, have joined in with the annual Cancer Research UK Race for Life to raise over £1,500 for the charity.
12 colleagues at the residential and nursing care home dressed up in their flamboyant unicorn outfits and tutus for the race that took place on Sunday, July 7. Brookdale View Senior Care Assistant, Joanne Parry, organised for several of her colleagues to attend the event.
Darren Hodge, Brookdale View Clinical Deputy Manager, and his husband Christian Jay Figueroa took part in the event. There were also several Care Assistants, including Dawn Robinson, Lauren Martin, Megan Cain, Stacy Wadsworth, Bev Boardman and her daughter Casey Boardman, Michelle Turner, her son Jack Harvey and his best friend Josh Button.
Brookdale View’s Deputy Manager, Steph Welch, and Steven Carter, Flex Force Cluster Supervisor, participated and there were also several Senior Care Assistants in attendance, including Kerry Windridge, Claire Ward and Joanne Parry.
The run was difficult for those involved, but the enthusiasm and encouragement given by all ensured everyone crossed the finish line. The team raised a staggering £1,455.27 and £272.50 in gift aid.
Darren Hodge, Clinical Deputy Manager at Brookdale View care home, commented:
“It is estimated that one in two people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. For those of us who work in healthcare it is inevitable that we will care for somebody who has cancer.
“Team Brookdale View are proud to have taken part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life to raise money to help keep finding new ways to fight this awful disease. We ran on behalf of those we love, friends, family and our residents.
“I’d personally like to give a huge thank you to everybody in the team who put on their running shoes, tutus and unicorn costumes, and slogged through the rain to raise money for such a worthy cause.
“An especially big thank you to Jo Parry, who organised the run, signed everybody up for it and threatened consequences for those who didn’t turn up. Her boundless enthusiasm brought the team together. She’s already planning the next race in October.”
The event has spurred several colleagues on to take up running as a hobby, and they are already looking at preparing for the next charity run.
