Dementia Scotland is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Its nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, life-changing support and advice to anyone affected by dementia.

Always keen to stay active, the young at heart retirees based in Chapelton in Aberdeenshire, are competing alongside their grandchildren in games of swing ball and tennis ball keep-ups each day throughout the famous Wimbledon tournament and beyond, concluding at the end of July.

Brio developments in The Cotswolds and London are also fundraising for Dementia UK and everyone taking part has purchased a tennis ball for £5 – all donations from Landale Court will go to charity Dementia Scotland and the team has also set up a JustGiving page where people can also donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/briolc

The Slate & Grain brasserie based onsite at Landale Court is also supporting the tennis challenges by serving Pimm’s and strawberry tarts as part of their specials.

Jess Nicoll, Brio’s national sales & marketing manager, shared: “Our homeowners are always doing such creative activities and often complete fundraising challenges, so we thought this a fun way to combine everyone’s passions during tennis season.

“Donations from our three developments at Landale Court in Chapelton, Beechwood Park in Stow-on-the-Wold and Button House in Hackbridge will be added up at the end of July and we can’t wait to share our success stories.

“We always like to add a little bit of healthy competition to our challenges, so we’ll also be awarding a winner at each development with a tennis themed afternoon tea for four people at our onsite Slate and Grain brasseries. Let play commence!”

Those keen to follow the tennis fun can do so via the Brio Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/brioretirement/