Rebecca Smith MP visits Dame Hannahs

Local South West Devon MP, Rebecca Smith, paid her first ever visit to Dame Hannahs recently. She met with directors James and Wayne, and trustee Nigel, before being given a thorough tour of the site which is quite unique given our variety of residential accommodation, facilities and staffing.
  
Rebecca was so pleased to meet some of the residents and was shown around one of the bungalows where they live. While touring the main building she met members of staff and had an interesting and informative talk with our Speech and Language Therapist about the importance and range of communication aids being used by the adults at Dame Hannahs.

She also tried out the latest Eyegaze technology which we recently purchased so she could experience first-hand how challenging it can be to communicate without spoken word. To round off the tour Rebecca visited our Blachford building which is currently undergoing major renovations to convert it from a day service unit to a fully equipped and modernised residential bungalow.

Rebecca followed up her visit with the following quote: "It was such a joy to visit Dame Hannahs and to meet some of the lovely residents there. The team at Dame Hannahs work really hard to create a safe and caring home for adults who need intense support and it was a privilege to see this for myself. I am looking forward to supporting Dame Hannahs over the coming years as their local Member of Parliament."

Trustee Nigel Godefroy expressed his thanks that Rebecca took the time to visit Dame Hannahs; “We were delighted to welcome Rebecca on her first ever visit to Dame Hannahs. We really appreciated the opportunity to talk to her about the Trust and to demonstrate some of the amazing work we do here. We introduced her to several of our adults, and she enjoyed interacting and communicating with them. We would like to say a big thank you to Rebecca from everyone at Dame Hannahs for coming to see us. It’s so important that the work we do and the challenges the care sector faces are known and talked about. Rebecca will carry those discussions forward through her role as our MP in parliament and across our communities.”