Luton Care Unit Opens Its Doors To Community For Fun Day

  • Luton Care Unit Opens Its Doors To Community For Fun Day
 

Luton’s Cherrywood House Supported Living Unit, of Dunstable Road, Luton Beds, which provides services for people with mental illnesses to help them return to life within the community, hosted an afternoon of fun for the local area on Friday 3rd July.

08 July 2009

Luton’s Cherrywood House Supported Living Unit, of Dunstable Road, Luton Beds, which provides services for people with mental illnesses to help them return to life within the community, hosted an afternoon of fun for the local area on Friday 3rd July.

Operated by Craegmoor – the leading national provider of care and support services to people with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, mental illnesses and older people – Cherrywood House invited local people to come and take part in a range of activities including games, a barbeque, live music, painting and a raffle.

The open day took place between 12.00pm and 4.00pm, and featured a range of stalls as well as an information desk providing further details about the work that goes on at Cherrywood House and across Craegmoor’s services.

Kathy Maclean, Manager of Cherrywood House, said today:

“ We are very pleased that we already enjoy great relations with the local community and we are grateful for everyone’s ongoing support. We are keen to deepen our engagement with the local community and so we wanted to invite people to Cherrywood House so that they can gain more of an insight into how our specialist housing and support is provided, as well as meet the people who live here .”

Ted Smith, Craegmoor’s Chief Executive Officer, said today:

“ Craegmoor has been working hard to increase public awareness and understanding of mental illnesses and reduce some of the stigma that often surrounds them. This is precisely why we hold open days such as the one at Cherrywood House and we want all local communities to feel able to ask us any questions that they have and above all, for us to be good neighbours! ”

Notes for Editors

For further information please contact the Craegmoor Press Office on: 01905 459 813

  • Craegmoor is one of the leading independent providers of specialist support in the UK with a turnover of approximately £170m and employs over 6,500 people.
  • It has a portfolio comprising specialist and nursing residential support, mental health hospitals, specialist adult colleges and supported living schemes with over 4,700 beds across 234 homes.
  • The wide range of services offered by Craegmoor include: Specialist support for adults with learning disabilities and mental illnesses, Nursing and residential support for older people and Independent Hospitals
  • Craegmoor has 2,229 Specialist beds including 143 beds in three colleges.
  • Craegmoor has currently 2,242 Older People beds and 237 beds in the company’s Independent Hospitals.
  • Working closely with local authorities, Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts, Craegmoor is committed to building partnerships focused on constant service improvements which meet the needs of individual people and which are in line with regulatory requirements and best practice.