A huge fundraising effort has seen more than £24,000 raised to transform the garden of a residential home in Salford.
The home, Haines House, in Worsley, cares for young people with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs.
The new accessible garden at the home, run by the Together Trust, was unveiled this week with fundraisers and donors in attendance.
Staff from the home, and the Together Trust as a whole, have taken on challenges to raise money for the project to provide a safe, fun, and engaging space for the home’s residents.
These included the Three Peaks Walk, cake sales and marathon running.
Lisa Oliver, who works at Haines House, said: “This whole project started out as a small fundraising idea to have a new swing installed in the garden.
“This turned into a huge project after speaking with the fundraising team and with their advice and support throughout the whole project, we have achieved a beautiful outdoor space for not only the young people we support now, but for all the young people who will call Haines their home in years to come.”
Lisa continued: “The garden is a much loved space by all of our young people, it gives them a place to not only enjoy the new equipment and explore but it also offers them a peaceful place to relax in when the house gets too busy.”
Charlotte Jordan, fundraiser at the Together Trust, said: “The fundraising team have been working with Haines House on their incredible garden transformation over the past couple of years and it’s been a complete joy.
“We’re so lucky to have such strong relationships with our local community to bring this vision to a reality.
“Seeing the dedication shown from staff at Haines House working together to raise around £3,000 towards the project themselves has been inspirational and they should be so proud of themselves.
“It’s so moving to see the garden ready for their young people to enjoy and for them to be able to look at it every day and say, ‘we did that!’.”
More information about the trust can be found here.
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