Red alert: Marianne Shillingford (left) an activity consultant at the Calvert Trust in Devon, takes 20 extra-care residents from around the country abseiling during an activity week earlier this month.

The week was part of a pilot scheme run by the Extra Care Charitable Trust to assess the benefits of outdoor activity to these people before raising funds for a planned programme for 140 people next year. The trust needs to raise £60,000 if it is to roll out the scheme.

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