Longsight, which is run by Little Sisters Of The Poor, looks after elderly residents and is currently at half capacity due to building work.Before lockdown, work on rebuilding one wing of the home was already taking place.
When complete, it will provide accommodation for a further 45 elderly people.Since Friday (July 10), staff and residents have been taking part in a sponsored bike ride to help achieve their target of £5,000 to complete the essential works.The aim is to cycle the 486-mile distance from the Manchester care home to the Little Sisters’ ‘mother house’ in Brittany, France.“We got the idea after we were having a bit of a sort out and came across two exercise bikes in a store room,” Joan Devall, fundraising manager at St.
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