Disability service on the move

A well known Warrington charity is on the move after securing a near £1m lottery grant to revamp their headquarters.
Following the announcement that Warrington Borough Council, along with Warrington Disability Partnership, have successful secured over £923,000 from the Big Lottery Community Assets funding, work will shortly commence on the redevelopment and renovation of the Centre for Independent Living in Beaufort Street.
Due to the nature of these redevelopments, it is necessary for all services based at the Centre for Independent Living to be relocated on a temporary basis.
From June 1, these services will be relocated to Festival Avenue, Orford (former home of the Orford Day Centre). The redevelopment work is scheduled to take around 12 months.
All of WDP’s usual services will be available including the showrooms of independent living products, wheelchair loan service, Discover IT training suite, employment and independent living support teams.
The redevelopment of the existing CIL will result in more activity and meeting rooms, a community café, larger IT training suite and improved showroom areas, as well as providing improved facilities to the look and fabric of the building.
Dave Thompson chair and founder of WDP said: “It was great achievement for the team to secure nearly £1million from the total £30million that was available nationally.
It is a tribute to the hard work and dedication to our team of volunteers, staff and trustees. The refurbished centre will offer first class facilities that will compliment the great services offered by our team. We appreciate the roll that our partners Warrington Borough Council have played in the project so far.”
For further details regarding the event, please contact Warrington Disability Partnership on 01925 240064 or email Caroline Thompson at [email protected]