Staff, residents and relatives at Meadow House in Swaffham, Norfolk have raised more than £1,800 for research into multiple sclerosis through a week-long series of activities and events.

Fundraising events included a virtual bike ride to sister home Park House in Peterborough. The teams from Meadow House and Park House in Peterborough took turns to cycle the 65 miles between the homes on fixed bikes in the reception areas.

Nurse Tracey Eves, who has worked at Meadow House for more than 25 years and friend Hayley Steeles have signed up to do The Great North Run to raise money for MS research after starting to run during the covid lockdown.

A team from the home spent all day at Tesco in Swaffham collecting donations, selling raffle tickets and beautiful home-crafted cards by resident Vanda Norgate.

And Meadow House activity co-ordinator Jamie Smith and other members of the Meadow House Team got dunked for a fee to raise funds,

Both Park House and Meadow House are part of the Healthcare Homes portfolio of 48 homes and 11 homecare branches in the East and South of England.

Smith said: “Multiple Sclerosis week is one which is very close to our hearts as a number of our residents here at Meadow House are living with the condition. We always try and raise awareness of MS and do fundraising throughout the year but concentrate our efforts on the awareness week. We were hoping to beat our fundraising total from last year which was £1,000 so are absolutely delighted that we have nearly doubled that.

“It was an amazing week – hard work and a lot of fun, we were shown a fantastic amount of support from our relatives and the local community. I’m already starting to think about how to make next year’s event even bigger and even better.”

Meadow House provides residential and nursing care to young physically disabled and elderly people living in Norfolk. The home specialises in care for people with multiple sclerosis and neurological disorders. Park House provides residential, nursing and dementia care for elderly people living in the local area of Peterborough.