Bowbrook receives £3,500 donation

Bowbrook, our state-of-the-art dementia-specialist residential care home, recently received a generous donation of £3,500 from Stenson Marina; a mooring facility for narrowboats.   

The funds were raised by a music festival, organised by the owners of Stenson Marina, which was held in a nearby pub called The Bubble Inn located in the Derbyshire village of Stenson. The festival was held on Saturday 31 August.

The performances at the festival were themed around 1920s, 30s and 40s music which was enjoyed by narrowboat enthusiasts, colleagues working at Bowbrook and music lovers from miles around.

Lucie Goodall, our Registered Manager at Bowbook said: “We are very grateful to Stenson Marina, their patrons and all who attended the music festival.

“I would like to say a special thank you to Deb Smith, who enjoys spending time on the canals when she isn’t at Bowbrook, as the donation would not have materialised without her. Deb moors her narrowboat at Stenson Marina and suggested that the organisers of the music festival make their usual charitable donation, using proceeds from the event, to Bowbrook.”

The donation will now be used to purchase a 42inch sensory interactive touchscreen activity table which will provide both entertainment and cognitive support for Bowbrook customers. Any remaining funds will be used to support social activities for customers such as coffee mornings.

You can find out more about Bowbrook here.