Care in the community: Charity Initiatives from Merry Maids Bromley and Orpington
How Merry Maids Bromley and Orpington support their community through charity engagement.
Merry Maids Bromley and Orpington’s Office Supervisor, Jo, has been with the company for several years, beginning as a cleaner.
She uses her position to combine her passion for the community and background in care to support local and national charities.
Jo’s Background
Jo worked in care for eight years, running care homes and fundraising regularly through sponsored activities and events.
These have included mental health and dementia campaigns and a brain tumour charity.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Jo returned to Merry Maids, having worked with us as a cleaner before her time in care.
In joining Merry Maids, Jo joined a business that enables her to use her natural affinity for providing personalised care through professional and bespoke home cleaning services.
Recent Charity Work at Merry Maids
In April, Merry Maids Bromley and Orpington donated Easter eggs and chocolate to Dandelion Time, a local charity that supports children who have experienced hardship and traumatic events.
But that’s not all they’ve been up to.
Recently, Jo has been getting active and supporting charities close to her heart while at Merry Maids Bromley and Orpington.
“In February this year, I did 10,000 steps [daily] for Brain Tumour Research. And then I did 30 miles in September for dementia charities,” she says.
Her other recent activities have again supported the brain tumour and mental health charities.
Jo also completed a Memory Walk for Alzheimer’s Society, a charity that is close to all of our teams at Merry Maids UK and Jo, whose mother-in-law sadly suffered from the disease.
She estimates that she has raised £1500 from her recent efforts.
Upcoming Charity Work with Merry Maids Bromley and Orpington
Looking to the future, Jo has some ambitious charity plans for the new year.
Alongside more active fundraising for dementia and mental health charities, she is organising a charity initiative with her son to give out Christmas presents to local children in need.
Furthermore, Merry Maids Bromley will donate an afternoon tea to Southmore Court Assisted Living, one of their regular cleaning clients.
Jo says she is always looking to push her contributions and do more for the people in the local community:
“Me, myself, I want to do more volunteer work in the lines with dementia, like volunteer, maybe afternoon or a couple of hours here and there. I really like doing it,” she says.
“For my birthday, I’ve put something up for anyone to donate to Alzheimer’s instead of getting me giving me a present. And that’s what I’ll do for Christmas as well. We do cancer one, me and my friends. We don’t buy each other cards, but donate to Cancer Research.”
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