Birmingham Village Life Appeal
ExtraCare are launching a major capital appeal in Birmingham to raise £10 million to build four ExtraCare villages. The villages Centres will provide affordable, state of the art health and social facilities, making a positive difference to the lives of literally thousands of older people in Birmingham.
But we need your help to make this a reality.
Click here to see a typical village centre.
Did you know…
- Just over half the people in Birmingham aged over 85 years or more live alone.
- 45% of Birmingham’s older residents have a limiting long-term illness
- There are estimated to be over 10,000 older Birmingham residents living with dementia, a quarter of whom are living alone.
- About 16% of Birmingham’s older residents provide unpaid care to another person for reasons of health or old age.
ExtraCare Village Life…
- Helps people make new friendships to relieve the feeling of loneliness.
- Offers a ‘home for life’, with 24 hour on site care and support from qualified health professionals.
- Encourages people to cherish old skills/hobbies and to develop new ones, from singing to skydiving, and help couples stay together.
- Gives the whole family piece of mind.
We are now on site and starting to build our first Birmingham Village in New Oscott! Click here for all the details on this development.
Charity launches £10m Appeal for Birmingham's older people
Click here to read all the news on the development launch, or watch the BBC News piece on it below:
- 28th May - An evening with Cricketing Legend Garfield Sobers
- June – ExtraCare’s annual ‘Brolly Walk’ comes to Birmingham. Grab a brolly, get creative and get sponsored! Watch this space for details of how to get involved…
- September - Brain of Birmingham, a chance to compete in the city’s quiz of the year!
We would love to hear from you,
Call us on: 0247 650 6011
email: villagelifeappeal@extracare.org.uk
