Homeowners based at a Brio Retirement Living development in South London, have launched the Brio Tapestry project – where homeowners, school children and residents in the area will come together to knit a tapestry of items for charities, hospitals and the emergency services.
Working in tandem with Brio developments in Aberdeenshire and The Cotswolds, knitted items will include scarves and blankets for homeless charities, soft hats for premature babies to donate to local hospitals, plus trauma teddies and soft toys for children in emergency situations, which will be donated to the emergency services.
The three Brio developments include Button House in Hackbridge, Beechwood Park in Stow-on-the-Wold, Landale Court in Chapelton. Local school children will also be invited to join in, with the developments teaming up younger volunteers with experienced homeowners to create ‘knitting buddies’.
Button House will be donating items to St Helier Hospital and the Sutton Night Watch, with more local charities donated to as the project progresses.
Jess Nicoll, National Sales and Marketing Manager at Brio, shared:
“Our homeowners are always looking for ways to help their local communities and following on from our successful reverse advent calendar for The Sutton Night Watch last month, our avid knitters have embraced this new challenge with both hands!
“We’re also encouraging any keen knitters in South London to join us in our challenge. Items can be donated at our development reception desks, or we’re welcoming knitters to take a warm seat in our onsite Slate and Grain brasserie. We can’t wait to share the creations and look forward to donating many much-needed items.”
Once completed, the knitted items will be handed over to local hospitals, cancer support charities, homeless charities and the emergency services in and around the three areas where Brio Retirement Living developments are located.
Anyone interested in taking part can contact the Button House team on 020 8773 2838 for more information.
Button House is a vibrant later-living development with the pretty open green space of Beddington Park, where the River Wandle runs through, just a short walk away. Button House boasts a collection of 80 stylish apartments – comprising a range of beautiful one- and two-bedroom homes all suitably designed for those over the age of 55.
With homes available to buy, rent or part buy/part rent, the stylish development also benefits from a doctor’s surgery, pharmacy and dentist adjacent to Button House, with a Lidl supermarket opposite and a Sainsbury’s supermarket only a few minutes away. A couple of miles up the road is neighbouring Sutton which has two indoor shopping centres, a bustling high street, Sutton’s library, and all the main supermarkets. It’s also home to the renowned Royal Marsden Hospital and a satellite of the Moorfields Eye Hospital.
For those who love getting into the city – the centre of London is only 25 minutes away by train – with the station just a two-minute walk from Button House, and if travelling abroad, Gatwick is a convenient 17 miles away.
For further information, visit https://www.brioretirement.co.uk
