Gallery
Meet ExtraCare’s wonderful residents who tell us all about their own experiences of village life, the benefits and why they would recommend the move to anyone!
Meet ExtraCare’s wonderful residents who tell us all about their own experiences of village life, the benefits and why they would recommend the move to anyone!
Resident Stories
I’ve always collected music and been a fan of it, I don’t know why but I collected karaoke songs. After a year of living at the village I stepped in and DJ’d at a 90th birthday party, after that I ended up doing it regularly. That’s how I got my nickname ‘DJ Roy’.
Roy Elis – DJ
Bournville Gardens Village
Resident Stories
Margery says she would like to say ‘thank you’ to ExtraCare. ‘They have definitely given me my life back,’ she says. ‘They have given me something to look forward to. I feel alive again.
Margery Crampton
Bournville Gardens
Resident Stories
I hope the people who come here will be as happy as we’ve been,’ she says. ‘When we closed the door we went to Bournville Gardens and I will not look back. It’s a new home with new beginnings.
Maureen & Michael Rickards
Bournville Gardens
Resident Stories
Everybody is friendly, even if you don’t know them you can say “hello” or “good morning”. Everybody is supportive of each other. If you have a problem, you only need to knock on someone’s door and you’ll be greeted by a friendly face and vice versa, we’d welcome our fellow residents to knock on our door in a time of need. Although we’re a community of 300, we live in little avenues, so we have a built a very supportive network just in our avenue.
Dick & Beryl Whittington
Bournville Gardens
Resident Stories
We have been at Bournville Gardens since it opened.
The whole concept of having everything on site here is perfect. Even if you don’t drive, you can still have a life. I hope the people who come here will be as happy as we’ve been.
Maureen Rickards
Bournville Gardens
