Green-fingered volunteers are the pick of the bunch
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Employees at the medical device company LifeScan gave their time and effort to help the Isobel Fraser Home smarten up the outdoor areas.
The home, in Mayfield Road, has extensive grounds which require constant attention.
A 40-strong team from LifeScan volunteered to clear overgrown shrubberies and paint fences and garden furniture.
The chairman of the Isobel Fraser Trustees, David Henderson, was delighted with the end results.
He paid tribute to the LifeScan workers who had worked in a relay of three groups.
“The LifeScan volunteers have done a fantastic job in tidying up our big garden area,” he said.
“This involved some heavy-duty work in our shrubberies, but they came along, rolled their sleeves up and got all the jobs done to a very high standard.
“This has cleared the way for us to undertake further improvements to the garden that will greatly improve its amenity for our elderly residents.
“About 40 staff members were involved, both men and women, who very generously did this in their own unpaid time.”
Tomasz Bernhard, from LifeScan, said staff were encouraged to volunteer for local charities and organisations.
He said the Isobel Fraser Home was one of many groups which had benefited in the last few years.
Another staff member said the volunteers enjoyed doing practical community work at the home.
“It’s good for us sometimes to get out of our usual workplace, and the people at the home are always very appreciative,” he said.
“Last year we did a lot of indoors painting but it was good to work outdoors this time – and the bacon rolls are always great!”
The Isobel Fraser Home, previously Home of Rest, was founded in 1899.
It is the longest established care home in Inverness and has been in its present location since 1938.
A registered charity, it provides residential care for 29 people.
