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The Challenge of the Coronavirus Crisis

Regenerate-RISE is very grateful to the 201 volunteers that have offered their services over the last 10 weeks and we want to say a big “thank you” to all those who have been available to deliver Supply Bags, Lunches and Expressions of Kindness as well as contact by telephone, do shopping, collect prescriptions and generally care about the welfare of older people across the borough. It has been a pleasure and a privilege for our staff to work alongside so many people willing to give up their time to serve the community.  We are also grateful to Waitrose, to Sainsburys, to AFC Wimbledon, to Hillsong, to Wandsworth Council and to all the individuals who have provided food donations or monetary gifts to enable us to provide the services.

Following some very uncertain times with the renting of the Platt Christian Centre in Putney, the Trustees have put in an offer to purchase the building in order that the services that we provide for older people will continue for years to come.  The world is a different place now to what it was 6 months ago and the Coronavirus has forced everyone to go into isolation and whilst supporting so many at home – we are now looking at what our service will look like when they can return to our Centres.  We are still planning to build our 10 bed Reablement Unit, although the purchase of the Platt Centre was not in the plan, but we are moving forward with the same enthusiasm and will look forward with hope and a determination to see it come to fruition.

If you would like to support Regenerate-RISE to continue work from the Platt Christian Centre in Felsham Road, please email us and if you would like to do a fundraising event to raise funds for us to continue our work from the Platt Centre, please let us know – we would love to hear from you.

If you would like to donate towards the work of Regenerate-RISE and specifically to the purchasing of the Platt Centre, please go to the link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/theplattcentre

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RISE+ provides a service to patients over the age of 60 years of age who live in the borough of Wandsworth and find themselves in hospital.  We mainly work in St George’s and Queen Mary’s Hospitals but any resident who finds themselves in a hospital in the locality can be referred to us for support.  Referrals are made by health professionals and Social Workers by accessing Referral-Form-RISE+

We can provide the following

A Food Hamper on discharge, a Dressing Gown on discharge, an assessment of the patient’s property as to whether it is safe for the patient to return home, straightforward decluttering and cleaning of the accommodation, moving furniture to make room for hospital equipment, removing unwanted furniture etc, be in the property for NRS to deliver the equipment, befriend the patient and provide immediate support needed ie a microwave or heater, on-going befriending for those without family, signpost to a Day Service if appropriate, visit patients in hospital, home and in care homes on discharge

Our team are here to support both patients and hospital staff to ensure a smooth and timely discharge. Please contact Bryce for further information on 07867 674762

As the service is not meeting in our Centres, we are unable to carry out outings as such.  However, on 29 May we did a concert on the Green of the Lennox Estate in the heart of the sheltered houses and we were joined by Songs on Wheels for a great sing song.

We also gave out 38 Expressions of Kindness gifts, they were toiletries and freshly made scones with jam.

We think the singing and the sunshine along with the gifts raised the moods of those watching and it was a very enjoyable day.

This year we are going by coach to Eastbourne in July, which has been funded with a grant from Esso and we are looking forward to a great day out.

Kings and Queens will be held on 1 September 2018 in the Marquee on the Green in Danebury Avenue.  Free tickets are available from Regenerate-RISE, The Platt Centre, 22 Felsham Road, SW15 1DA.  We are looking forward to a great afternoon.

Kings and Queens 2020

Unfortunately, we will not be able to hold our Kings and Queens on The Green in Roehampton this year, but we will see what else we can do to celebrate the fact that we have so many kings and queens living in our communities.

If everyone had Ipads, computers or Iphones, we could produce a virtual Kings and Queens – but the majority of older people do not own these and are still reliant on the telephone system.   So we cannot do You Tube, not everybody has a DVD player and they are certainly not on social media.

So we have to think creatively and we will let you know what we think of.  So watch this space.  Just as a reminder of Kings and Queens past, here are a few photos

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[training] [Quality Training leads to Excellent Care]

[trustees] [Committed to Care]

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[sheffield] [Serving the Community of Nether Edge and Woodhouse]

[sw15] [Serving the Community across Putney, Roehampton, Putney Vale and West Hill]

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