Summer celebration for special opening
Adults with severe learning disabilities will mark the opening of their unique new home in Biggleswade this month (July 13) with a celebration summer party.
The £1.5m Benson Court is the first one of its kind specifically designed and built by MacIntyre Housing Association’s parent organisation, Grand Union Housing Group, for adults over the age of 55 with learning disabilities, in partnership with Central Bedfordshire Council.
Eleven residents will be joined by their families and around 50 guests for the opening ceremony of the scheme which is part of the MyPlace Campus Reprovision Programme.
Benson Court is the latest scheme to open, in a wider programme, led by Central Bedfordshire Council, to provide new homes and services to over 150 people with learning difficulties. It has been hailed as one of the most ambitious reprovision programmes in the East of England.
Aileen Evans, Managing Director of MacIntyre said: “This is a hugely significant step forward in the programme to move these very special people out of their old, outdated NHS care homes into purpose built, modern accommodation where they can have their own front door and independence for the first time in their lives. “
Cllr Carole Hegley, Central Bedfordshire Council, Executive Member for Health and Social Care, added: “The people moving here have been looking forward to moving into their new homes and the new opportunities that this scheme will bring them for greater independence and a place in the heart of the community”
Benson Court is the second home in Biggleswade to be opened in the last 12 months and marks a significant step forward in the programme which is funded by the NHS.
Myself and my partner have got a friend that lives there and he's nearly 71 years old. When he tells me that the people that lives there and picks on him. I'm very upset to hear that he has to be in Bedford town at seven am everyday that's not good enough. He also said to me that he has to phone you up to see if he can see his friends. To me and my partner we've been friends with for seventeen years. Please can you after him probably please!!
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