Care for Veterans celebrated their 104th year with their wonderfully joyous Summer Fayre.
Amongst the summer showers and sun, it was a pleasure and an honour to cut the ribbon, opening the Fayre. Predecessors with the scissors included Dame Vera Lynn and the Princess Alexandra.
The Deputy Mayor of Worthing Ibsha Choudhury and Chairman David Williams were present.
The much-loved Hospital Home, the south coast equivalent of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, is a modern place. Founded over 100 years ago in 1919, it overlaps healthcare and social services. There are services and care for veterans with physical disabilities and complex needs.
An early resident’s words: “It’s a grand thing to be welcomed to a lovely place like this. Everything here is magnificent . . they make no fuss about rules and regulations . . .behave yourself and do practically as you please is the regime. I had been taking medicine 3-4 times a day for seven years but today the doctor told me I could knock it off!”
Residents at Care for Veterans are treated with care and dignity, as human beings and as friends. The veterans here have loved and served our country, and now we love and serve them in return.
The hundreds present helped to raise an amazing £7,000 towards the £1,500,000 required each year to continue the great life of the Home today.
