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Sanctuary residents from Warmstry Court, a sheltered scheme in Worcester, helped BBC Hereford and Worcester break The Guinness World Record for the most people belly dancing simultaneously in November – and raised almost £100 for charity.

Residents, and scheme manager, Sandra Horton, joined 535 people at the Malvern Theatre in Worcester, dancing together to smash the world belly dancing record as part of BBC Hereford and Worcester’s Children In Need charity drive.

Sandra said: “Seven residents took part and we all thoroughly enjoyed the day. We had been practising the routine and it was quite a work out. On the day, we arrived early and ran through the routine every fifteen minutes until the actual record-breaking attempt. We had a lovely day and the residents raised around £100 for children in need – which was a great achievement.”

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Notes for editors:

Established in 1969, Sanctuary Group is a successful leading-edge housing provider, managing over 70,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland including general rented, sheltered and supported accommodation, student and key worker accommodation.

As a not for profit organisation, all income goes into maintaining high standards and updating and developing services.

Sanctuary is a fast growing organisation and, in addition to the core of social housing, has diversified in the additional business areas of Care and Management Services.

Sanctuary, which has Investors in People accreditation, employs in excess of 5,200 staff based at its network of area offices. Its head office is located in Worcester.

Sanctuary is an Industrial and Provident Society, an exempt charity under the Charities Act 1993 and is regulated by the Housing Corporation.

Founded over 30 years ago Beth Johnson Housing provides affordable homes and services to residents of all ages throughout the Midlands.

Beth Johnson joined Sanctuary in January 2006 and owns nearly 4,500 homes in Shropshire, Staffordshire and South Cheshire, including family homes, single person’s accommodation, sheltered and special needs housing and home ownership schemes, managed from offices in Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and South Cheshire.

Over 6,000 homes in Ashton-under-Lyne, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcester are managed by Beth Johnson from its West Bromwich regional office.

For more information, please contact Kate Medhurst, Beth Johnson’s PR and communication officer, on 01782 203484 or Gareth Holmes, Group PR officer, on 01905 743920.