Warwick care home helps spread some joy to children in hospital

A care home in Warwick has helped to spread some joy after donating hundreds of pounds worth of toys to a hospital ward.

The team at Leycester House care home, which is in Edgehill Drive, have been working with the MacGregor Ward at Warwick Hospital.

Over the Christmas holidays, the care home ran a raffle and raised £420, which was used to purchase gifts for the children on the hospital ward.

Last week, Rachel Devey, events manager at the care home, and her team recently met with Freya Asker, the play assistant on the ward, to donate the gifts.

Rachel said: “I felt privileged to be able to support the children’s ward at Warwick Hospital and I was very proud of my team and everyone else connected to Leycester House – without them we wouldn’t have been able to make this happen.”

Freya Asker, play facilitator at South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust, said: “The care home used the money they raised with their Christmas raffle to purchase lots of fantastic play, therapeutic and practical resources to meet the needs of all our patients, from young babies all the way up to teenagers.

"The Nintendo Switch games are already proving to be very popular among our older patients, and our younger patients are loving all of the new toys and games.

"Our play resources are made up almost entirely of donations, so this incredible donation will make a huge difference to the children on our ward. We truly cannot thank you enough for your kindness and generosity.”