v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v 14th November 2024 • The HERALD • Page 59 WE CARE, YOU CARE christinashomecare@hotmail.com Fully Qualified, Insured and Enhanced DBS Call me for a friendly informal chat to discuss whatever you or your loved ones needs are on 07579 766797 Christina’s Home Care Professional Independent Carer Covering Waterside and New Forest Stepping Up to the Plate! Hythe Care Home Launches Food Bank Drop-off Point A care home in Hythe recently partnered with a local food bank to launch a drop-o point for unwanted items during October. To celebrate this year’s Harvest Festival, residents and provide a vital lifeline for many members of our local community.” e drop-o point was one of many Harvest Festival initiatives at Carpathia Grange this autumn. e home welcomed children from Southampton’s Little Shipmates Nursery for some intergenerational harvest fun, including arts, cra s and singing with residents. Residents also took part in a special soup-making session, where they learned to make their own soups using le over ingredients to save on waste. To nd out more about Care UK’s Harvest Festival, please visit careuk.com/harvest-festival Carpathia Grange is a three-storey care home which provides residential, dementia and nursing care. e home features 62 en-suite bedrooms and has been designed to enable its residents to live active and ful lled lives, while also promoting independence. e care home incorporates space for hobby and leisure activities and includes its own cinema, hair salon and café. To nd out more about Carpathia Grange, please contact Customer Relations Manager Ellie Peters on ellie.peters@careuk.com or call: 023 8098 8733. For more general information, visit: careuk.com/carpathiagrange The care home welcomed children from Southampton’s Little Shipmates Nursery for harvest arts and crafts team members at Care UK’s Carpathia Grange, on Southampton Road, encouraged the local community to donate their extra, unused or unwanted non-perishable food items to their foodbank drop-o -point – located in the care home’s reception. Each year, Harvest Festival celebrates the time when crops have been gathered from elds and people can re ect and show gratitude for the food that they have. It dates back to when people relied on local crops for food and famers would give thanks for a good harvest. Pooja Dhoot, Home Manager at Carpathia Grange, said: “At Carpathia Grange, we are always looking for ways to give back and support our community and local charities, which is why we’re delighted to partner with Waitrose and Partners and launch our first ever foodbank drop-off point. In these challenging times, we know many people may be struggling, and with Christmas fast approaching, it’s more important than ever to support foodbanks which
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