Home offers warmth in crisis

A care home is to welcome elderly members of the community to help them keep warm this winter.

Brunel House, inset, in the village of Box is responding to soaring energy costs with the initiative.

Under the stewardship of the newly appointed customer relations manager, Annabel O’gorman, the home will be hosting drop-in sessions for elderly members of the local community, who may be struggling to keep their homes warm during cold weather.

Annabel said: “We know energy prices are going to be a huge worry for people this winter, especially older people living on fixed pension incomes. We wanted to do what we can to help those in our community get through this time.

“Many elderly people will be looking for a way to keep the cost of heating their homes as low as possible – and if they can come and join us for a few hours a week it might help keep those bills down a little.

“We are lucky to have such a beautiful, comfortable space and we look forward to sharing it. We can promise those coming along a very warm welcome in every sense.”

The drop-in sessions will be every Wednesday from 9.30am to 12.30pm with the possibility of another session down the line.

The step is part of a new chapter for the home and follows major investment in an improvement project and the appointment of a new leadership team.