A community that is part of the community

Retirement Villages’ residents and staff show real commitment when it comes to investing in good causes and their local communities. 

The list of involvement in local projects, organisation of money-spinning events and recognition is, we are proud to say, long.  

Blagdon Village

• Music groups formed at the village regularly perform concerts at venues around the surrounding neighbourhood
• Help for Heroes has benefited financially from a number of coffee mornings organised at the village

Gittisham Hill Park

• Every third Sunday the village hosts an open church service, well attended by residents and others from the local community, and followed by tea and biscuits
• A number of events have raised hundreds of pounds for both the Alzheimer’s Society and Cancer Research
• Allotments are being established for residents to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers

Roseland Parc

• Residents supported the launch and joined the Befriending Scheme for the Upper Fal and Roseland area, led by Rev Sian Yates
• Selected residents worked with students from Falmouth University to produce a film about retirement living
• Chef Haydn Treneary completed two triathlons in 2011 in support of Help for Heroes
• The village has contributed time and money to local councillor Bob Egerton’s initiative to introduce speed reduction methods in Tregony
• The village’s annual Christmas fair regularly raises in the region of £700 for the nearby children’s hospice.

Castle Village

• With the support of staff and the British Heart Foundation, residents initiated a healthy eating group
• Regular coffee mornings raise hundreds of pounds for local and national charities

Cedars Village

• The annual coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care regularly raises more than £1,000
• Engagement with local planning authorities proved vital during the restoration of the village’s Victorian conservatory, now reopen for the use of residents and their guests

Elmbridge Village

• The village hall was utilised as a polling station for the local elections
• Working with the local district council, the village has introduced food waste recycling and improved further recycling facilities
• With sponsorship from residents, village shopkeeper Kevin Gamble raised £2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Care taking part in a bike ride

Thamesfield

• The fee paid by a television company for using Thamesfield as a backdrop was donated to Help for Heroes
• Regular coffee mornings, often in conjunction with the local WI, raise impressive amounts for a variety of charities
• A project has been introduced to encourage the recycling of glass at the village

Lime Tree Village

• Residents are helping children at a local primary school with their reading, gardening and cookery lessons and in return the children are performing plays and concerts at the village
• 20 residents have installed water butts in their gardens to gather rainwater for use in car washing and plant watering
• Our kitchen has renewed its Gold Standard for Food Safety with Rugby Council
• Macmillan Cancer Care, Warwickshire Air Ambulance and Myton Hospice have all benefited from village fund raising events

Moat House

• Staff regularly engage with members of local charities and disabled clubs