For one worker at Croydon’s largest hospital, tomorrow’s Move for Good charity walk is a walk for memories, for healing and for hope.
Charity walker: Amraj Dhamu is stepping out for a good cause tomorrow
Amraj Dhamu will be taking part in the 10-kilometre walk on September 14 in support of Croydon Health Charity’s Dementia Garden Appeal.
Funds raised will help create a sensory garden at Croydon University Hospital, providing a calm and therapeutic space for patients with dementia to reconnect with nature and their loved ones peacefully.
“My grandmother, who raised me, battled dementia,” Dhamu said. “It’s a cause that’s really close to my heart. Anything that can be done to ease the heartbreak for people living with dementia – for families, carers and patients – is meaningful.
“Dementia could touch any of our lives. Wouldn’t it be amazing to know that there’s a peaceful place where someone you love can sit, reflect or just feel at ease – even if only for a moment?”
Dhamu’s grandmother, “Mama”, died in April 2020 during the height of the covid pandemic. Inspired by the sanctuary of similar gardens at St Christopher’s Hospice, Dhamu hopes Croydon’s new sensory garden will offer the same comfort.
“It will be more than just a garden. It will be a sanctuary – a space to create new loving memories at a time when theirs are slipping away.”
He will be joined on the walk – a little more than six miles – by his colleagues who work at Mayday’s digital services department, and is encouraging others to sign up for the walk.
“If all it takes to make that happen is a single walk in September, then that is more than reasonable. I would have walked 1000 times that to have a garden space to take Mama to and spend the precious moments we had left together.
“You could be giving a family the gift of a peaceful moment during one of the hardest times of their lives.”
The Move for Good walk takes place in Lloyd Park tomorrow, starting from 9.30am and continuing into the afternoon. Registrations are still open, so you can sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/croydonhealthcharity .
Or if walking so far is not your thing, you might consider supporting Amraj’s fundraising on his JustGiving page.
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