When the charity, Leonard Cheshire, announced it was to shut its Holehird home in Windermere and open one instead in the Lancaster or Morecambe Bay area, it was not only the 25 residents who were devastated but also the team of 80 volunteers.
The charity says that the home is losing £15,000 per month and it would not be easy to convert to comply with the Care Standards Act.
But the volunteers say that Holehird is a special place where lifetime friendships have been forged.
Michaela Robinson-Tate spoke to volunteer co-ordinator Barbara Russell.
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