Housebuilder constructs new garden home for Essex hospice

A team of volunteers at Chelmsfordbased Barratt and David Wilson Homes are supporting a local hospice with a project to construct a brand new garden room for its patients to enjoy.

Farleigh Hospice provides awardwinning hospice care to people affected by life-limiting illnesses and bereavement across mid Essex. The charity helps people to live as actively as possible from the point of diagnosis to the end of their lives, by providing physical and emotional care, free of charge.

The hospice which is celebrating its 40th birthday anniversary this year, relies on the generosity of the local community to fund projects that benefit those who rely on their services.

The Barratt and David Wilson Homes team approached the hospice to offer 48 hours of volunteering, and the hospice requested the work to be carried out on its highly anticipated garden room project.

Members of the developer’s site and sales team, including Managing Director Tom Wright, have placed all hands on deck to construct the garden home from start to finish, including guttering, laying the foundations and applying felt to the roof.

The hospice’s services are tailored to meet an individual’s needs including support, information, and guidance on symptom and pain control.

In addition to the volunteering support, the developer also made a donation of £1,000 to Farleigh Hospice from the Barratt Developments Plc Charitable Foundation, which is designed to support national and local charities, large and small, across the UK to leave a legacy in communities where the developer builds.