{"id":1666,"date":"2023-11-29T10:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpressmu-412230-3492474.cloudwaysapps.com\/franchise\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2024-01-09T10:23:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T10:23:28","slug":"east-dorset-director-adam-downer-taking-action-to-raise-money-for-charity-and-reduce-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/east-dorset-director-adam-downer-taking-action-to-raise-money-for-charity-and-reduce-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"East Dorset Director Adam Downer taking action to raise money for charity and reduce carbon footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\" pt-3 pt-sm-5 pb-3 pb-sm-5\">\n  <div  class=\"text-block container-xxl\">\n    <div class=\"row d-flex \">\n      <div class=\"col-md-8\">\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n\n      \n      <div class=\"col-md-8\">\n        \n                  <div class=\"text-block-content lead\">\n            <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Adam Downer, Director of GoodOaks East Dorset recently lost his much loved Aunt to Alzheimer\u2019s after being diagnosed with the disease 5 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Adam, whose branch is based in Ferndown, has pledged to cycle to and from work for the entire month of October to raise money towards much needed research into Alzheimer\u2019s disease. This will mean a 10k cycle every day for the entire month!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>He has also decided to reduce down to a one car household during that same month to help raise awareness of how small changes can have a big impact in reducing your carbon footprint. This is something GoodOaks as a brand is\u00a0 passionate about, it aligns with the carbon neutral status and promise to care for the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s is the most common disease that causes dementia; it alone accounts for around two thirds of all dementia cases. Alzheimer\u2019s disease affects around six in every 10 people with dementia in the UK (Source\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alzheimersresearchuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Commenting\u00a0<strong><em>\u201ccaring for our planet as well as our clients is very important to me and I am committed to reducing the impact on the environment as well as fundraising for a disease that currently has no cure. Alzheimer\u2019s is not a normal part of ageing and we need to support important research into this life limiting disease\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Click to find out more about our East Dorset branch and the services they provide please call Tel: <a href=\"tel:01202 065261\">01202 065261<\/a> or visit their website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/eastdorset\/\">www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/eastdorset<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n          <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-franchise"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3385,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions\/3385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodoakshomecare.co.uk\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}