{"id":14159,"date":"2020-09-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/churchill2021.co.uk\/close-knit-friends-at-sachs-lodge\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T10:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T10:11:16","slug":"close-knit-friends-at-sachs-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/other-news\/close-knit-friends-at-sachs-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Close-knit&#8217; friends at Sachs Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1-460x259.jpg 460w, https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yarn-bus-Torquay-1920x1081-1-1050x590.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Owners at Sachs Lodge received a colourful visitor this weekend, as \u201cThe People\u2019s Friend\u201d brought its new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yarn_bombing\">yarn-bombed<\/a>\u00a0bus to the streets of Torquay.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reengage.org.uk\/\">Re-engage<\/a>, a charity that is committed to fighting loneliness, the colourful knitted bus began a tour of the UK last week to deliver a warm dose of friendship to everyone who sees it.<\/p>\n<p>Torquay was one of the first destinations for the bus, and the apartment Owners at Sachs Lodge were delighted to welcome their vibrantly decorated visitor.<\/p>\n<p>An appeal to knitters of the UK sparked a huge collective effort from the public, with people sending friendly crocheted faces, delightful pom-poms, brightly coloured squares and rows of bunting to decorate it, and all for an excellent cause.<\/p>\n<p>The bus tour is raising funds for Re-engage\u2019s new telephone befriending service\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reengage.org.uk\/join-a-group\/\">\u201cCall Companions\u201d<\/a>, which was launched in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It offers free, regular calls to ensure those most vulnerable to isolation remain connected to the outside world.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from The People\u2019s Friend said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The yarn-bombed bus is our collective message to people of the UK to show we\u2019re thinking about them. We\u2019ve been working with national public transport provider,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stagecoachbus.com\/\">Stagecoach<\/a>\u00a0and crochet designer and urban knitter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmaleith.co.uk\/\">Emma Leith<\/a>\u00a0to make sure the bus\u2019s design will embrace the trend of yarn bombing. It was great to see everyone at Sachs Lodge and we hope they enjoyed our visit!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lodge Manager Jo Beasley added: \u201cEveryone here thought the bus was wonderful. What a great idea and a brilliant way to bring the nation\u2019s knitters together for such a good cause!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owners at Sachs Lodge recently had a visit from a colourful visitor, &#8220;The People&#8217;s Friend&#8221; brought it&#8217;s new yarn-bombed bus to the streets of Torquay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Close-knit&#039; friends at Sachs Lodge - Churchill Retirement Living<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Close-knit&#039; 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