L-R: Kath Caddick (Team Leader at Norley Hall), Kathryn Rimmer (Home Manager at Norley Hall) and Katie Salisbury (Group HR Manager at Norley Hall)
A Lancashire-based care home provider has launched a fund supporting staff members in times of unexpected hardship and has already pledged to help its first recipient.
Millennium Care’s Good Samaritan Fund, the first of its kind by the organisation, will cover all seven of the group’s homes. Working with Home Managers the company will aid employees financially across a vast range of issues.
Already getting to work, Millennium’s Good Samaritan Fund, will be match-funding a staff led fundraiser as the team at Norley Hall Care Home support a colleague and her family.
A Team Leader’s son recently suffered a heart attack and staff have rallied to help purchase a defibrillator machine for the family home. Millennium Care will match the money raised with any surplus going to the family who have suffered financially during this ordeal.
On receiving support Kath said: “It filled me with joy, I was quite emotional. To know that my colleagues have come together for me and my family it doesn’t get better than that. This defib machine could be lifesaving for my son who unfortunately, due to his age, is not eligible for a pacemaker.
“On top of that to know I will be the first person to benefit from Millennium’s Good Samaritan Fund is amazing and so unexpected, I am sure this will go on to help lots of deserving people over the coming months and years.”
Katie Salisbury, Group HR Manager, said: “As a company we want our staff to feel valued and supported. We also understand that life throws up some unexpected challenges and we want our employees to know they can come to us with any problems.
“We will work with staff and Home Managers on a case-by-case basis. The Good Samaritan Fund is not limited, it could be an unexpected vet bill, a broken boiler or a medical emergency.”
For more information, please contact Aaron Greaves on 07938 489056 or e-mail: [email protected].
