Local Police Officer Donates Gifts to Retirement Village Residents
Local police officer Louise Dawber decided to help tackle isolation and loneliness and, together with the help of friends and family, put together between 65 and 70 gift packages for people in New Oscott, Birmingham.
January 27, 2017
Wednesfield Charity Shop Fashion Show Raises £860
ExtraCare’s Wednesfield Charity Shop hosted a fashion show to raise money for our schemes and villages up and down the country.
January 16, 2017
ExtraCare looks to appoint two new directors and trustees
ExtraCare is currently looking to the future with plans for growth, and is looking to appoint two new executive directors, reporting to the Chief Executive, and two additional trustees.
January 13, 2017
New Oscott Village resident sky dives to raise money
A 76-year-old New Oscott Retirement Village resident took a leap of faith when she participated in a tandem sky dive.
December 13, 2016
ExtraCare Residents Enjoy Festive Season at Winter Wonderland
700 residents from The ExtraCare Charitable Trust’s retirement villages and schemes up and down the country gathered in Nottingham for a Winter Wonderland event to celebrate the festive season.
December 6, 2016
Time Capsule Buried at Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village
High Wycombe great grandmother Yvonne Jack helped to bury a time capsule on the site of the 260-home Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village.
November 21, 2016
Coventry retirement village residents abseil down building to raise money
Two residents of Earlsdon Park Retirement Village have abseiled down the 10 storey building as part of a community partnership between The ExtraCare Charitable Trust and Coventry Building Society, to raise money for the charity’s four Coventry locations.
November 8, 2016
ExtraCare Wins Older People’s Development of the Year
ExtraCare’s Bournville Gardens Village in Birmingham has been announced winner of the ‘The Older People’s Development of the Year’ at the 2016 Top 60 Awards run by Inside Housing Magazine.
October 14, 2016
King’s Fund Report Highlights Benefits of ExtraCare Research
ExtraCare’s unique model of homes, care and lifestyle is making a significant contribution to older people’s improved health and demonstrates a 38% reduction in an individual's annual NHS costs. This has been validated through the Charity’s on-going research with Aston University.
October 13, 2016
Retirement Village Residents Mime Rock Legends in Lip Sync Tribute Show
Residents at The ExtraCare Charitable Trust’s Lovat Fields Retirement Village in Milton Keynes performed their own ‘Lip Sync’ mime show paying tribute to stars such as Diana Ross and Boy George.
October 10, 2016
Remembering the Second World War at Earlsdon Park Village
A local BBC radio station visited Earlsdon Park Retirement Village in Coventry as part of the Village’s Second World War commemorations.
September 2, 2016
ExtraCare Charitable Trust Increases Funding
The ExtraCare Charitable Trust has completed a £35 million private placement with BAPFIM.
July 25, 2016