The latest nomination in the Group or Project of the Year category for the 2015 Love Barrow Awards is…
ABBOTSVALE RESPITE CARE.
(L-R Karen Dodding, Jean Waiting and Alf Hadley)
Jean Waiting and Karen Dodding helped set up the Abbotsvale respite care scheme as part of the Abbostvale Communtiy Association activities along side Cheeky Monkeys childcare who offer the space for the child care.
The respite care the association provides depends greatly on fundraising and from donations from local companies.
The anonymous nomination form mentions that –
“they have understood that there are a lot of children and families who are affected in the local community if that being from poverty or disabilities within the families. Jean and Karen offer childcare to families for a minimum of 6weeks 1 to 2 sessions a week.
Referrals come from the nursery themselves or from the local health visitors, they have had a lot of referrals in the year this charity has been running and they have helped lots of families in the time they need it.”
The association offers respite to local children in the Newbarns and Risedale area. The respite care scheme allows parents to have a place for the children to go for a few hours a week and be safe and secure to allow the parents to do things they wouldn’t usually be able to do. They have only been running respite care for a year and they have helped a lot of families in the local area.
Well done to the association on the nomiantion- another great scheme that highlights the great work being undertaken in Barrow.