RMBI Care Co. Homes enhance residents’ support following generous donation

Above: Resident Vera Evans and Deputy Home Manager Sue Wiffen play connect four under the new pergola at Zetland Court’s garden, in Bournemouth. The pergola was funded by the donation.

The Trustees of the Royal Commemoration Lodge Gibb & Whitbread Memorial Benevolent Fund, an organisation that assists Masonic charities, donated around £60,000 to RMBI Care Co. in spring 2022. Since then, the care homes have been using the funds to enhance their services for residents.

Among other projects, the Homes have used the donation to fund the installation of new areas, such as a wooden gazebo for residents to enjoy, the purchase of audio books, tablets and a sensory projector, and new lighting so residents could enjoy the gardens into the evenings. The donation also included Alexa Echo smart speakers to assist and entertain residents.

Iain Slack, Home Manager at Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, says:

The grant enabled us to take an outdoor space and turn it into an area that is now enjoyed by both residents and staff.

We now have a pergola, raised gardens and improved seating, which has enhanced the life of our residents living with dementia.

Residents and staff at RMBI Care Co. Home Shannon Court, in Surrey, enjoy one of their regular poetry group sessions. The room where they hold the sessions, which contains a large library, was funded by the donation.

Steve Stace, Business Manager at Shannon Court, in Surrey, says:

We set up a room where our residents and staff have been enjoying their regular poetry group sessions.

Mark LLoyd, Managing Director at RMBI Care Co., says:

Many thanks to the Trustees of the Gibb & Whitbread Memorial Benevolent Fund for their contribution.

We proudly support Freemasons and their families, and this donation acknowledged the support RMBI Care Co. has been providing to them for over 180 years.

All RMBI Care Co. Homes benefitted from this contribution:

• Albert Edward Prince of Wales Court, Bridgend.
• Barford Court, Hove.
• Cadogan Court, Exeter.
• Connaught Court, York.
• Cornwallis Court, Suffolk.
• Devonshire Court, Leicester.
• Harry Priestley House, Doncaster.
• James Terry Court, South Croydon.
• Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Court, Berkshire.
• Prince Edward Duke of Kent Court, Essex.
• Prince George Duke of Kent Court, Kent.
• Prince Michael of Kent Court, Watford.
• Queen Elizabeth Court, Llandudno.
• Scarbrough Court, Northumberland.
• Shannon Court, Surrey.
• The Tithebarn, Liverpool.
• Zetland Court, Bournemouth.

[Summary: The Royal Commemoration Lodge Gibb & Whitbread Memorial Benevolent Fund donated approximately £60,000 to all RMBI Care Co. Homes. The donation has allowed the care homes to continue to enhance their services to residents.]