Anna Smith, CEO of Quartet Community FoundationVisits The Brightwell

On Thursday, 17 July, Doro, our CEO, was delighted to welcome Anna Smith, CEO of the Quartet Community Foundation, to the Centre.

Quartet Community Foundation is one of 55 Community Foundations across the UK, that give millions to worthy causes every year.  Quartet is the local community foundation for the region, covering the old Avon boundary – Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. They connect people and companies with causes they care about and run grant programmes to give to those organisations.

Last year, Quartet gave over £5 million to good causes across the region.

Quartet has a long history with The Brightwell, donating over £12,000 since 2018, but this is the first time that a representative has been able to see the centre first hand.

Doro was delighted to show Anna the Oxygen Chamber and introduce her to our wonderful oxygen operator, Keith Taylor BEM! Anna was also able to see an exercise class and one-to-one physiotherapy in action, as well as to take in the community atmosphere in the Café, which makes The Brightwell so special.

It is difficult to get across in writing just how incredible our community is, the range of people that we see and the breadth of therapies that we provide. There is no substitute for seeing the centre at work and we are so grateful to Anna for taking the time to come and see us.

We wish Anna and all at Quartet well and look forward to future partnerships!