Heartless thieves target Doncaster dementia charity after laptop stolen in lockdown burglary

Raiders targeted the home of Eileen Harrington, founder of Doncaster organisation Donmentia, which provides help, support and days out for the town’s dementia victims and their families.

Thieves broke into Eileen’s home in Old Scawthorpe last week, stealing the Hewlett Packard laptop – which contains names and addresses of the group’s clients as well as information relating to the group’s planned days out.

She said: “It’s bad enough at the moment without something like this happening.

“It is vital we stay in touch with our clients to offer them support so to lose so much important information is very disheartening.”

The thieves smashed a window at Eileen’s home in broad daylight between about 3.30pm and 5pm, while she was outside in her garden enjoying some fresh air during lockdown.

She said: “They must have been small, because they squeezed in through quite a small gap and I didn’t hear a thing.

“Fortunately, the only thing they took was the laptop and they must have been very quick.

“But it contains a lot of important information which we need to help people in Doncaster with dementia.”

Because of the lockdown, Eileen has been forced to cancel a number of planned days out, including a popular summer trip to Cleethorpes.

And with funds drying up for the group, she has started selling books to raise cash.

Anyone who can help can contact Donmentia HERE

If you have information about the burglary, contact police on 101