A care home in Hayes has announced that it will be supporting national search charity Association of Lowland Search and Rescue through its fundraising efforts in 2017.

Kingsley Court is part of the Healthcare Homes Group, and provides nursing and residential care to elderly residents, many of whom live with dementia.

Healthcare Homes has officially nominated ALSAR as its chosen charity for 2017, with each of its 35 homes and over 3000 members of staff working with and supporting the organisation and their regional branches.

Home Manager Shiny Mathappan said: “We’re really pleased to be supporting ALSAR this year. 

“Fundraising is a very important to all at Kingsley Court. 

“We are a community-focused organisation, and our staff and residents really enjoy taking part in events with their community to support good causes.

“The work of ALSAR is so important in providing specialist help to our emergency services when people are in danger. They rely on donations from supporters so we look forward to raising as much as we can for them this year.”

Staff at each of the homes organise a wide range of events and activities for their residents throughout the year and work with local people and community groups to raise funds for charitable causes.

ALSAR is the governing body of lowland rescue in the UK and has 36 teams nationwide, each providing a variety of life saving search services. They are voluntary specialist search teams which help find missing vulnerable people and are on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to respond to calls for help from the police, the fire service and other search teams.

Teams are trained in medical skills from first aid to advanced medical care, and are able to care for any casualty or vulnerable person who they find until that person is safely in the hands of the emergency services.

For further information on the home, visit www.healthcarehomes.co.uk or call 0208 561 6681.