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It was a right royal affair at a Swindon care home recently as The Duchess of Cornwall paid a visit.

Her Royal Highness visited Church View care home in St Margaret on Wednesday 27 January where she took a tour of the newly refurbished home, met and spoke to the residents and even challenged one resident, David Rose to a game of bowling on the homes new Wii console system.

During the 45-minute visit, The Duchess visited resident, Peggy Aucott, 85, who she has been corresponding with for more than 15 years, following a meeting at the village of Highgrove, where they both used to reside. She also met and spoke to Denis Gleeson, who helped to fundraise for the new computer system by undertaking a daring microlite flight at the end of last year.

Jo Butler, Home Manager at Church View, said, “We have all been extremely excited about the visit by The Duchess of Cornwall and we were honoured that she took time out of her busy schedule to drop in and see us.  She took time to speak to every resident in the home as she went round and even beat one of our residents at a game of bowling on the Wii. Everyone was really buzzing after she left”.

Resident, Dennis Gleeson said, “It was a real privilege to meet The Duchess. I have never met a Member of the Royal Family before so it was all very exciting”.

The Duchess visited the home along with the Mayor of Swindon, Councillor David Wren, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Colonel James Arkell and High Sheriff of Wiltshire, Mr Robert Floyd. Church View has recently experienced an exciting refurbishment including new soft furnishings, a home-cinema projector and an innovative new computer system. The system has been especially designed for ease of use by elderly and disabled people and uniquely combines three console devices that has not been done before, especially in a care home. The system combines the use of a Nintendo Wii console, a desktop computer console and a DVD player linked to a projector system with specially customized features including a keyboard with large, easy to use keys, a track ball mouse system and touch screen applications. 

Congratulations!

Congratulations goes to all at Church View on some fantastic coverage following a visit from The Duchess of Cornwall who organised a visit to see resident and friend, Peggy Aucott. The Duchess played ten pin bowling on the Nintendo Wii with residents Dennis Gleeson and David Rose and said she would go home and tell her husband “that he has missed a very good party!”
 
To find out more about the extensive press coverage, local and national, that this visit generated please click on the links below.
 
A big thanks goes to all those involved, with special mention (in no particular order) to: Jo Butler (Home Manager), Bashir Jamal (Commissioning Manager), Jacqueline Farguson (Design Manager), David Nixon (Maintenance Support), Leila Skelhorn (Deputy Manager), Chris Osbourn (Chef), Sarah Laidler (House Keeper), Anne Wyatt (Administrator), Julie Wilmott (Volunteer), Matt Stone (Volunteer) and Amy Fisher (Activities Coordinator).

Coverage by The Telegraph »
 
Coverage by the Swindon Advertiser (Part 1) »
 
Coverage by the Swindon Advertiser (Part 2) »
 
Coverage by the BBC »
 
Coverage by the Daily Mail »
 
Coverage by the Express »
 
Coverage by Monster and Critics »
 
Coverage by Nintendo »
 

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