After months of hard work following our successful campaign to win The People’s Millions prize, we are delighted to reveal our Mountford Makeover sensory garden!
At the Grand Opening of our sensory garden at Mountford last Friday, 17 June 2016, we enjoyed live music and bubbly while Debbie Wilshire, Non-Executive Director, cut the red ribbon and made it official.
Since winning the runner up People’s Millions prize of £50,000 in November 2014, staff at Mountford have worked really hard to create the perfect sensory garden for our residents. They have put in an amazing amount of effort and the results truly speak for themselves.
It was wonderful to see the ribbon finally cut and the garden officially opened.
Mountford was originally a residential home with a garden more suited to more able-bodied residents and therefore not very accessible for people in wheelchairs. The garden project started with Roy Scott, a gentleman who lived at Mountford, having a conversation with Annie Scott, our nurse at Mountford, where they agreed it would be a great idea to obtain a greenhouse for the home.
Annie thought, why stop there? Why not create a purpose-built sensory garden and tea room too?
To fund the project, Annie applied to the People’s Millions Lottery. Staff at Mountford were then informed that their garden makeover proposal was one of six worthy causes shortlisted for the competition on ITV West Country and they entered a head-to-head race for phone votes.
After weeks of campaign awareness and an emotional rollercoaster ride, Mountford won the runner up prize of £50,000, having achieved the most phone votes throughout the week.
The result is an absolute delight. View the full article and images on our website
http://www.cornwallcare.com/news/grand-opening-mountford-garden-makeover/
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