BUPA Care Home Sponsor Woodingdean Youth Football Club

Bupa's Dean Wood Nursing and Residential Home in Woodingdean presented Woodingdean Youth Football Club (WYFC) with smart new hoodies.

On Saturday 6 April, Gill Rankin, the care home's manager, presented 120 members of the club with new football hoodies in readiness for the start of the summer season.

Bupa is keen to support the local community in Woodingdean and the sponsorship of the youth football club is part of its local community involvement programme. Woodingdean Youth FC coaches boys and girls from under-4 to under-17 and relies heavily on the help of the club management, parents and the local community.

Club chairman Steve Atkins said, "We are all delighted at our new team tops - we now look like a real pro club. It is thanks to local support of sponsorships such as this that we have managed to keep the club open so long. We hope to continue this relationship with Bupa's Dean Wood care home into the future.“ we have some fantastic players here and unfortunately we are lacking in facilities due to funding. This has made a huge difference to morale"

Care Home manager, Gill Rankin, said, "We are delighted to be sponsoring Woodingdean YFC. The clubprovidesfootballing opportunities to a large number of young people in the areaand is an important part of the Woodingdean community. Everyone there works hard to help keep the club going, so we wanted to show our support."

You can see photographs of Woodingdean Youth Football Club sporting their new hoodies, at the Woodingdean in Business blog

Dean Wood is Brighton's first Bupa care home that wil provide care for 80 residents living with dementia. The home has high quality, specialist equipment such as distinctive reminiscence activity areas, secure sensory gardens and memory triggers to aid connections with the past.