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Fantastic Freda helping local children’s charity

BIRTHDAY GIRL Freda Doody has been celebrating her big day by doing something special for some North East residents nearly nine decades her junior.

90-year-old Freda, who is a resident at Endeavour Housing Association’s Levick Court in Middlesbrough, selflessly used her birthday wish list to ask for donations for local charity Zöe’s Place. And to date she has raised a total of £235 for the hospice.

Freda, who has since received a letter from the charity thanking her for her generosity, said: “I have everything I need, so I wanted to do something for people less fortunate than I. Zoe’s Place is such a wonderful hospice for poorly babies and their families. To see everyone’s generosity has been fantastic and I’m so happy to see my birthday money go to such a deserving charity.”

Zoe’s Place provides ‘home from home’ environments for babies and infants aged from birth to five years old who have life limiting or life threatening conditions. As the only baby specific hospices in the UK, they offer palliative, respite and end of life care completely free of charge and ongoing support to families.

Levick Court, where Freda lives, is a £5million specialist housing and respite development in Middlesbrough, owned and managed by Endeavour Housing Association. The Linthorpe-based housing scheme was officially opened by acclaimed local artist Mackenzie Thorpe on 2012. It features 20 two-bedroom apartments for older people and a 16-bed residential and respite service for people with learning disabilities.

For more information on how you can become an Endeavour tenant, or to donate to Freda’s collection, contact the Customer Services Team on 03000 11 00 11.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Laura Wood .