Customer Stories
Have a happy birthday – Pamela’s story
Pamela, a customer from our Cannock branch turned 90 and was gifted with a balloon, flowers and cake from the…
Margaret the artist
Meet Margaret Bradley, a Helping Hands customer with incredible talent and passion when it comes to art. We wanted to…
The relationship between music and dementia
This article was initially published on 09/07/18, and has been updated for accuracy on 06/04/21. Dementia can have a tremendous…
Social butterfly: Katie’s story
New Milton customer Katie Frampton is a social butterfly. She loves keeping busy with hobbies such as swimming and horse-riding,…
Aspiring actor and busy bee: Leo’s story
Twenty-year-old Leo Hayes is an aspiring actor from Wolverhampton. Leo is always on the move, travelling over to Coventry to…
Remembering the fallen: Bob’s story
Meet live-in customer Robert (Bob) Hucklesby, a former prisoner of war and activist for the welfare of ex-prisoners of war…
Surviving the Lisbon Maru: Dennis’ story
Dennis is 101, a father, grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather and one of only two remaining surviving prisoners of…
Trips out for Andrew in Warwickshire
Warwickshire home care customer Andrew receives funding for a social visit each week, but is unfortunately unable to receive support…
Alpaca Therapy: Lawrie’s Story
Lawrie started to receive support from the Helping Hands Shrewsbury and Telford Team in 2019 following a sepsis infection. After…
Shout out to the York Team for making Katie’s Little Mix wish come true
The Helping Hands Home Care York team have made one of their customer’s wishes come true by taking her to a…