A CROSS border 100-mile bike ride was completed by a care home quality manager to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. 60-year-old Lynn Walter cycled from Carlisle, Cumbria, across the border to Scotland and finished at Cramond Beach, Edinburgh. She ...

A MIGHTY mixed terrain 26-mile hike across the Peak District will challenge care home staff as they aim to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Six head office staff from the Hill Care Group, based in Chesterfield, will tackle the ...

Southampton O.T.A.R.S, part of Southampton City Council Day Services put on their 8th annual Golf Day with the support of ex Southampton Football Club Manager and Special Olympics GB President Lawrie McMenemy, raising £4,035 to support local athletes with learning ...

Hundreds of Care UK’s care home team members, residents and their relatives have come together in a nationwide fundraising programme based around cycling and fitness to raise over £41,000 for three national charities. The centrepiece of the fundraising programme was ...

A CARE home daredevil has jumped out of a plane and fallen 20,000ft at 120mph to raise funds to help those affected by cancer. Sarah Geggie decided to take on a skydive before leaving her job at The Oaks Care ...

Neel Radia, the National Chair of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC), successfully completed the Virgin London Marathon, raising nearly £6000 to date for St Luke’s Hospice, Harrow & Brent. Novice runner, Neel, went from couch to marathon in ...

Julian Evans, Head of Healthcare at Knight Frank, is undertaking the ultimate earth-bound challenge to scale Mount Everest as part of his quest to complete the True Adventurers Grand Slam and raise over £1 million for charity, with this expedition ...

Staff at a residential care service in North Yorkshire reached new heights to raise almost £1,700 for charity when they conquered Yorkshire’s Three Peaks in support of the National Autistic Society. Heathcotes Whitley specialises in residential support for individuals with ...

A family has been recognised for their many years of volunteering by the Mayor of Kingston. Sisters Lesley Parvin and Shirley Pass, and their husbands John Parvin and Terry Pass, were awarded a Mayor’s Group Community Award for their service ...

National healthcare charity launches report revealing thousands of people inappropriately placed in care homes for the elderly. In the report Time to get it right, it is estimated that during the summer of 2018 alone, 15,000* people with neurological conditions ...