Some of our staff from Carlton's Elgin and Stirling Clubs had the brilliant idea of taking the game of bingo to local care homes.

The scheme was called 'Bingo in The Community' and took place over five days across a number of care homes.

In total, the Carlton team visited four care homes, one retirement home and one day care centre and each community was treated to a session of prize bingo.

The team of staff encouraged the homes to invite the resident's families and friends as with all things bingo, the bigger the crowd the bigger the excitement. A brilliant time was had by all with the age range from 4 years old to over 90 years old and crowds of over 40 in some locations.

Rebecca, General Manager of Carlton Elgin, accompanied by Chloe said:

Chloe and I have visited everywhere together, with other staff jumping in and out. Truthfully I thought it would be great publicity for our Facebook page, but actually we have found the whole experience very humbling. We have met a lot of characters so far and saw staff going above and beyond for the residents. It's been fun exploring the local community and taking Bingo to people that can no longer join us in the clubs.

Chloe said:

As someone who has never stepped foot inside a care home before it's nice to see what they get up to, and it's nice knowing that we might be the reason someone's enjoyed their day a bit more.

At Carlton Bingo we take pride in all our charitable work and love to spread the joy of bingo within our local communities.

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