Tea for two? Don’t mind if I do!

Now who doesn’t like a good cup of tea? Oh, and of course that cheeky biscuit that just goes so well with it?

Henshalls at Newport Cottage Care CentreWell at Henshalls we’re on a mission to make sure a crucial community hub gets the chance to keep on brewing that tea and cooking up delicious meals for some of the most vulnerable people in the Newport area.

Every year the insurance giant, Aviva, launches its Broker Community Fund and we get the opportunity to nominate a worthy cause which could stand to receive a grant of up to £10,000.

Of course, you’d have had to have been living under a stone not to realise we’ve all been through some pretty tough economic times and there are many organisations that deserve support but this year we’ve picked out a very special cause that’s dear to our hearts.

Henshalls has supported the Newport Cottage Care Centre for the past 20 years. In fact, our founder was a member of the steering committee that originally bought the former cottage hospital and set up the care centre.

It’s an incredible place which supports elderly and disabled people (and their families), and in particular, people with dementia. From painting to bingo, poetry to exercise, and flower arranging and sing-a-longs there’s never a dull moment!

But 20 years of delivering invaluable care at the heart of the Newport community has taken its toll on the facilities especially in the kitchen.

Not only do the hard-working staff produce tasty meals for the day centre users, five days a week, they also support the Newport Meals on Wheels Service by cooking and distributing meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

And not only that, but they feed the children who attend a day nursery in an adjoining wing of the centre too!

What’s even more amazing, is that they have also received the Gold standard for healthy eating and a 5-star rating from the local authority for good hygiene all in a kitchen that’s definitely seen better days.

So we’re very proud to have put this fantastic centre forward as our nomination for this year’s Aviva Broker Community Fund in the community support category.

Let’s hope we can bring home the bacon for such a worthy cause we won’t know if our bid has been successful until November, but what a brilliant early Christmas present that would be for everyone involved.

We’ve got everything crossed and that cup of tea will taste all the sweeter if we’re successful! Milk and sugar please!

Sally Williams  uk.linkedin.com/in/sallyannewilliams

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