Dorset charity Lewis-Manning Hospice Care has praised the ‘overwhelming generosity’ of residents and staff at a Poole care home for raising nearly £2,500 to help its work. 

Colten Care’s Bourne View chose Lewis-Manning Hospice Care as its main charity to support two years ago and has since held a series of fundraising initiatives despite the pandemic.  

They included a virtual bike ride by resident Molly Tarrant that raised more than £700 on its own plus raffles, cake and plant sales, quizzes and neighbourhood hamper deliveries. 

The home invited charity representatives in for a special presentation, featuring the handing over of a giant cheque for £2,364.47.

Molly, fellow residents and members of staff, all of whom were involved in the fundraising, attended. 

“I am overwhelmed with the incredible amount raised by the staff and residents at Bourne View,” said Vicki Gray, area fundraiser for Lewis-Manning Hospice Care. “We are so very grateful for their generosity, especially during the past two years when fundraising has proven to be very challenging. Alone we can do so little, but together our community can do so much.”  

“The Bourne View team are great to work with, really friendly and supportive. I would like to thank everyone at Bourne View for putting so much time and effort into these fundraising events. They really have helped more local lives than they’ll ever know.”

Despite being unable to walk after a stroke, Molly rode 100 miles on a static physiotherapy bike, the equivalent distance from Bourne View to London, to support Lewis-Manning. Describing it as a ‘brilliant charity’, she said: “I had heard about the brilliant work they do for patients with life-limiting illnesses and I wanted to do something myself and give something back.”  

Brian Ramsey from the Bourne View Companionship team added: “Lewis-Manning Hospice Care provides extraordinary care to people across the community and we have been proud and privileged to do our bit to support them.”  

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care provides care to patients and their loved ones facing a life-limiting illness across Poole, Purbeck and East Dorset. The community have enabled the charity to support and care for more than 8,000 people during the past 30 years.