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Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Bournemouth care home celebrates World Book Day with children
Care home residents were joined by children dressed as their favourite characters to celebrate World Book Day. The residents at Castle Dene on Throop Road, Bournemouth, enjoyed a special World Book Day-themed session led by Faye Stuart from the Truth Be Told storytelling project. The weekly sessions are attended by children from St Barnabas Pre School and have different themes each week to spark the residents' imagination. This week, the children were encouraged to dress as their favourite storybook characters, including Snow White, Rapunzel, a unicorn, Spiderman and Iron Man. READ MORE: World Book Day 2025: send the Daily Echo your pictures Castle Dene care home residents enjoy World Book Day session with local children (Image: Care South) The children were invited to join a resident to dance, sing songs, and read books including The Magic Faraway Tree, Paddington and The Cat in the Hat. Betty, who lives at Castle Dene care home, said: "I used to run a nursery, so I enjoyed seeing the children, especially the child that danced along to the music with me." The children also sang to resident George who was celebrating his birthday during the session. Afterwards, George said: "It was lovely. I really enjoyed it. "It was the joy of the little ones that made my day." Lana Wright, home manager at Castle Dene, said: "It was wonderful to see the smiles on our residents' faces as the St Barnabas Pre School children arrived wearing their costumes."
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Health
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£1,000 cash injection donated to vital hospital charity
A major donation has been made to a vital Dorset Charity. Residential and care at home provider and registered charity, Care South, has donated a whopping £1,000 to the Dorset County Hospital Charity. The cause was chosen as the company's latest Community Fund beneficiary by Sarah Broom, Care South at Home Manager for West Dorset and Somerset. Dorset County Hospital's new £100 million emergency department and critical care unit is due to be completed in 2027. The hospital's charity team are looking to raise £2.5 million to fund enhanced facilities in the new building, including a critical care paediatric bed facility, critical care patient garden and medical equipment. The Emergency and Critical Care Appeal also looks to fundraise staff rest facilities, and a specialist child and adolescent mental health suite in the emergency department. Simon Bird, CEO of Care South, said: 'We are proud to support Dorset County Hospital's Emergency and Critical Care Appeal with a £1,000 donation from our Community Fund. 'Many of our Care at Home clients living in Dorset rely on the hospital's vital services, as do the wider community, so it's great to be able to give back to such a worthy cause. We look forward to seeing the impact of these enhanced facilities on patient care and staff wellbeing in the future. Simon Pearson, Head of Charity and Social Value at DCH, said: 'This donation will help us to create enhanced facilities that will benefit both patients and staff.'
