Access 21 Care Interiors offering interior design exclusively for the care sector and specialists in dementia design created a fundraising activity involving their suppliers across England to raise funds for Alzheimer's Society.
The Surbiton-based business works with clients across the UK designing across a full range of care schemes including general/extra care, nursing, learning disabilities, supported living, palliative and dementia. The company is well known for its style of creating a ‘home from home’ atmosphere, ensuring optimum comfort and safety for residents, whilst avoiding an institutional look and feel by offering a relaxing and stimulating environment.
Eda Brooks, Projects Director of Access 21 came up with the innovative idea of inviting their suppliers to join in a fundraising activity with a difference. She donated £10 in cash to each of the company’s 10 main contacts, inviting them to use the funds to create an innovative and fun way of raising further funds for this worthy cause. The fundraising campaign which took place at business premises across the country raised over £500 in total for the Alzheimer's Society. As an added incentive Access 21 also offered a prize of £25 worth of M&S vouchers to the most creative money spinner. The overall winner was Mark Dean and the team at Taplow-based furniture and office supplies company, Jolly Office Limited. Mark got his customers in a spin by setting up a roulette wheel at their Head Office in Taplow and inviting visitors to donate a £1 a go for the chance to win £20 in cash if their selected number came up.
Eda Brooks Projects Director, Access 21 Care Interiors says: “We believe that it is important for businesses to give back to the community and this was a great way of involving our national contacts. In view of the fact that we are designers working exclusively for the healthcare sector with specialist knowledge in dementia, the Alzheimer's Society was a natural choice. The idea was well received with our suppliers and created a great team spirit. The charity was very grateful not only for the much needed funds but also that this helped to raise their profile nationwide.”
Anita Avery, Community Fundraiser, Alzheimer’s Society, South East Office says: “We are very grateful to Access 21 Care Interiors for not only raising over £500 but helping to raise awareness about dementia. Currently 1 in 3 people over 65 years of age will develop dementia. The support services that we are able to offer people with dementia and their loved ones in our local communities, relies heavily on fundraising events such as this. We would like to thank Access 21, their suppliers and clients for enabling us to continue providing that support.”
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