With love: Caravans and motor home boost for Bowood Court - The Redditch Standard

With love: Caravans and motor home boost for Bowood Court

Redditch Editorial 29th Apr, 2020   0

A REDDITCH care home which appealed for caravans to house kind-hearted carers who wanted to stay on site to support their residents has been overwhelmed by the response..

“We asked our local community for the loan of any camper vans or caravans so we could support some of our amazing team who want to stay close to our cherished residents during this time,” said Kelly Bates, manager at Bowood Court and Mews on Hewell Road.

The home employs more than 100 carers and although many are local, others come from as far away as Leicester.

The appeal went out on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester and was unanimously answered by the Redditch community.




Paul Chance of The Motorhome Depot on Washford immediately offered one of his vehicles.

“My daughter Bethan picked it up and, with the situation with the lockdown, we obviously had motorhomes available to help them out,” he said.


“They wanted somewhere for the staff to relax off site but be close at hand without putting their vulnerable customers at risk.

“We arranged for them to have a motorhome which they can have indefinitely to help them out.”

Also helping were residents Tony and Mia Gould who offered their precious caravan to the home.

Tony said: “I have a caravan sat on my driveway, I clearly can’t go anywhere. I don’t have a medical background and I just want to help where I can and this way, I can help the elderly people in our community.”

Kelly added: “We have had three in total, we can’t believe the response. I just want to say a massive Thank you to Tony and Mia, Paul at The Motorhome Group, Malcolm Boyden from the BBC and everyone who has helped us in making this happen.”

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