Pevensey holiday park offers accommodation to NHS frontline workers

Pevensey Bay Holiday Park, which is one of 30 Park Holidays UK branches in southern England, opened its doors to the key workers recently and the company said they are able to help a ‘small number’ of staff in these ‘exceptional circumstances’.

A Park Holiday UK spokesperson said, “Coghurst Hall Holiday Park in Hastings and Pevensey Bay Holiday Park have been able to support a small number of frontline NHS staff with accommodation in exceptional circumstances.

“Many of the initiatives to help local key workers have come from our park staff and their wish to reach out to others in the nearby community, knowing that their actions would be supported by the company.

“For example, at Pevensey Bay Holiday Park a member of the staff team heard about a paramedic who was sleeping in his motorhome on the side of the road near the park, so we offered him the use of a much more comfortable holiday home.

“We will continue to support such individual acts of good neighbourliness by staff, but are also now in talks to formalise the way in which our group can help NHS health boards.

“We are also in discussion with other authorities to identify where we can be of further help in providing holiday caravans and holiday lodges which enable key personnel to stay close to where they are most needed.”

The spokesperson said that this time of year would normally be ‘buzzing’ and the company is doing ‘everything’ to ensure they are able to re-open in the future.

The spokesperson said, “We are doing everything to ensure that when we do re-open, our parks will quickly return to the happy and cheerful environments which our customers remember. This is important not just for customers and for us as a company, but also for the local economies in the areas where we operate.

“Spending by park guests supports many other local businesses and helps to sustain the jobs which they provide – so everyone’s best interests will now be served by following government guidelines on movement, and hoping that the return of the great British seaside holiday will be back with us sooner rather than later.”

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