Jewish Care Redbridge sports dinner raises almost £80k
Sporting figures Freddie Ljungberg, Paul Barber and Matt Lorenzo support elderly social care services in Essex
Almost 200 people joined sporting icons at Jewish Care’s Redbridge sports dinner, fundraising for a new care and community campus development.
The evening featured special guests Swedish former footballer and Arsenal winger, Freddie Ljungberg, Brighton & Hove Albion football club chief executive officer and deputy chairman, Paul Barber OBE and journalist and TV presenter, Matt Lorenzo.
Held at Delta Hotels in Waltham Abbey, the event raised over £76,000 in support of the social care charity’s services for older people in Redbridge and Essex.
Committee chair, Andrew Klein, welcomed guests before Jewish Care vice-chair, Gayle Klein, gave a personal appeal to guests.
She said: “The past few years have been challenging for us all and especially for Jewish Care, as a social care organisation. Since the cost of living crisis, our electricity bill alone has increased by over £1m a year; this really does continue to be a difficult time.”
Klein told the audience that the north east London community needs the new Redbridge Care and Community campus development to “bring the services of the community centre and care home together in a new state-of-the-art fit for purpose community hub to care for and support the most vulnerable older people in the community.”
Matt Lorenzo held a lively chat with the sporting guests, covering their views on the Super League, the fast-growing audience for women’s football, salary caps and the perils of VAR (video assistant referee).
Andrew Klein, Redbridge Sports committee chair said: “Every pound makes a huge difference to the lives of those who Jewish Care support in the Redbridge and Essex community local community.”
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