Tour De Barchester – Police And Cadets Help Cyclists On Their Way

For the third year running, staff from Barchester Healthcare’s care homes and hospitals took on the gruelling Tour de Barchester cycling challenge, from Carmarthen to Wallingford in Oxfordshire. Their aim was to raise money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which supports older people and other adults living with a disability or mental health problems by helping them to connect or re-connect with others in their local communities.

On Thursday 20 June, the cycling team arrived Elgar Court Care Home in Malvern to continue this cycling challenge, and were welcomed by the care home’s residents, Malvern Community Police and Malvern College Military Cadets.

Paul Patchett, Head of Maintenance from Barchester’s Elgar Court Care Home in Malvern, was part of the Barchester cycling team cycling over 200 miles in four days whilst stopping at 14 care homes during the tour!

After everyone enjoyed the delicious refreshments and live entertainment Elgar Court Care Home, the cyclists set off on the next leg of their journey to Tewkesbury. Malvern College Cadets lined the route out of the home and PC Dave Olczak joined the cyclists to ride to Tewkesbury, with PCSO Becky and PCSO Collette leading the cavalcade safely along the route with their police cars.

Sarah Cadwallader General Manager at Elgar Court Care Home, said: “It was a wonderful sight to see the cyclists arriving at our home, they are absolutely amazing – what a fantastic effort! It was lovely to be able to give them some refreshments and a bit of a pit stop before they carried on their way. Our staff and residents loved helping them fundraise for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which does such brilliant work helping to connect vulnerable people with their local communities. We would like also say a big thank you to our residents, staff, Malvern Police and Malvern College Cadets for making the event so special for our cyclists and residents”.