A care home in Woking has gathered dozens of items to help local families in need.

To celebrate this year’s Harvest Festival, residents and team members at Care UK’s Greenview Hall, on Streets Heath, encouraged the local community to donate their extra, unused or unwanted non-perishable food items to the home’s very own foodbank drop-off-point.

Each year, Harvest Festival celebrates the time when crops have been gathered from fields and people can reflect and show gratitude for the food that they have. It dates back to when people relied on local crops for food and farmers would give thanks for a good harvest.

The care team and some residents at Greenview Hall attended the morning Harvest Festival Service at St John’s Church where they donated the food hamper, which will be given to Bisley & West End Foodbank.

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To celebrate Harvest Festival, the Greenview Hall team also sparked creativity by hosting a bread-making workshop with residents and relatives as well as a Harvest Festival-themed poetry competition.

Meera Govindapillai, General Manager at Greenview Hall, said: “At Greenview Hall, we are always looking for ways to give back and support our community and local charities, which is why we’re delighted to provide donations to St John’s Church.

“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 provide a vital lifeline for many members of our local community.

“We’d encourage those who have unwanted or unused items to do the same and donate to help those in need.”

To find out more about Care UK’s Harvest Festival, please visit: careuk.com/harvestfestival

Designed to enable residents to live active and fulfilled lives, while also promoting independence, Greenview Hall, incorporates space for hobby and leisure activities. The home provides full-time residential care, nursing care, dementia care and respite care. The layout of the building is configured into a series of individual suites, each having a dedicated lounge/dining room to help facilitate the creation of close-knit communities.

To find out more about Greenview Hall, contact Home Admissions Advisor Kim Wyllie at [email protected] , call 01483 610 870 or visit careuk.com/greenview-hall