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Carers invited on tour of new day centre for residents with complex learning and physical disabilities
March 15, 2010 12:00 AM
As construction of a specialist day centre nears completion, carers of people with learning disabilities were joined by Councillor Colin Stears, Liberal Democrat Executive Member for Adult Social Services to tour the hi-tech complex.
The £4.1m resource centre in Northcote Road, off Anton Crescent, will offer people with the most profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities a range of services to meet their assessed needs. It will open later this year and include a hydrotherapy pool, sensory rooms and space for physiotherapy, music and art therapy.
The building boasts impressive green credentials with solar and photovoltaic panels to generate electricity, provide hot water and cut carbon emissions. Sun pipes from the roof will disperse natural daylight throughout the building and the largely timber construction will be topped by a green, living roof.
It will provide services for most existing special care unit users and Sutton residents being transferred from Orchard Hill Hospital and NHS Campus Homes. The therapeutic sessions on offer will also support families who care for a loved one with learning disabilities.
The project is being jointly funded by the council and Sutton and Merton NHS.
Cllr Stears, said:
"This will be a hugely exciting facility that people with a range of learning disabilities can enjoy. It's great to see this landmark project coming together and to see how it will enhance the services we provide for adults with learning disabilities in Sutton.
"Building this centre is just one part of a much wider programme of transforming services for some of our most vulnerable residents, improving people's day to day lives and caring for those who need it most."
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