Embury Close Walkathon, Residents Giving Back

Embury Close is a Non profit sheltered housing complex supporting  independent living for the elderly .  During this challenging time of the Coronavirus all residents like most have been on lock down.  As tough as it has been the support shown to the residents from the community of Adare has been fantastic and the residents feel lucky .  For this reason they want to give back something and feel they could use the remaining time of the lock down to raise some much needed funds and at the same time promote health and wellbeing with daily exercise. 

All the participants have different mobility levels but all have agreed to play their part no matter how big or small, proving that as a community, when we work together anything is possible. 

The Plan:

·         A  walkathon within the grounds of Embury Close complex 

·         Starting on Wednesday 22nd of April and running until the end of the Residents lock down 

·        Walkathon will run  between the times of  9 am and 7 pm  each day

·         Each  of the 20 participant has been allocated a  30 min time slot for their part of the walk   

·         Each participant will be given a tracker while walking so we can log the total distance over the days

The resident have chosen 3 charities who will benefit:  

ALONE is an independent charity that works with 1 in 5 older people who are homeless, socially isolated, living in deprivation or in crisis.
https://alone.ie/ 

Barnardos’ deliver services and work with families, communities, and our partners to transform the lives of vulnerable children who are affected by adverse childhood experiences.
https://www.barnardos.ie/ 

Milford Care Centre provides the highest quality of care to patients or residents, family and friends, both in the areas of Palliative Care and Services to the Older Person.
https://www.milfordcarecentre.ie/


Any support will be greatly appreciated no matter how small a donation every donation counts towards making a difference