Retirement Village Hosts Fashion Show to Raise Money for Older People in the Community

Photo Captions: Earlsdon Park Village resident Marie McCamley takes part in a fundraising fashion show

Earlsdon Park Retirement Village hosted a fashion show in partnership with the Coventry Building Society to raise funds for older people in the local community.

The show was organised by The ExtraCare Charitable Trust a Coventry-based charity, which runs the 262 home community for over 300 local older people. They had help from over 45 volunteers, including staff from ExtraCare and The Coventry Building Society, as well as Earlsdon Park residents.

The total raised was £1,606 and this will be divided between ExtraCare’s three schemes, Willowbrook, Princethorpe and Humber Court, and one retirement village, Earlsdon Park, in the city. It will go towards health and well-being activities for residents to decrease the chances of isolation and loneliness, and to encourage independent living.

This is the second major partnership event between ExtraCare and the Coventry, following an abseil that took place at Earlsdon last November.

ExtraCare’s Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser Catherine Duffield-Smith said: “The fashion show and retail event, hosted by SOS Fashions in Nottingham proved to be a big hit, with staff from both the Coventry and ExtraCare; plus residents from ExtraCare Coventry locations taking to the catwalk to show off some rather stunning outfits from many of our high street stores.

We are delighted to be partnered with the Coventry Building Society for both fundraising and volunteering purposes and sincerely thank the Society for their commitment; working with us to create an altogether different alternative to life in later years, as we currently know it”