St Edmund's residential Home at 4-5 Marine Parade, Gorleston were busy last month. Penny and Richard Pendle the owners of St Edmund's got together with Clarence Lodge and the Gables and held a Help for Hero's fund raising event. The event was held at St Edmund's with Tombola,Raffles,Cake stalls and Jumble sale, they raised a massive £1235.50 for this very worth while course. Thanks going to the residents, their families and of course the staff. it was a very good day and the residents certainly enjoyed themselves.
Also Sunday the 12th of December St Edmund's held their Christmas party for the residents with music and entertainment, so fun and enjoyment was had by all the residents and showing their true caring nature Penny and Richard went out and brought all thier residents a Slanket each to keep the residents warm in this unusual cold weather spell we've been having recently. It goes to show St Edmunds are all about caring and looking after their residents.
Nikki Young who works at St Edmund's said she was really pleased to see the residents wearing their slankets and hearing them say how lovely they were and how good it was of Penny and Richard to do this for them.
Help for Heroes (H4H) is a British charity launched on the 1st October 2007 to help provide better facilities for British servicemen and women wounded since September 11th 2007
It was founded by Bryn Parry OBE and his wife Emma Parry OBE after they visited soldiers at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham. The charity was launched after a meeting with General Sir Richard Dannatt, the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
H4H has attracted a number of high profile trustees and patrons and has the support of the Army Benevolent Fund and the Ministry of Defence.
It has also attracted support from national newspapers in the United Kingdom, such as The Sun and The Sunday Times who made it one of the beneficiaries of their Christmas appeal in 2007, raising a total of £674,000 for H4H.
