A disability charity has opened its new assisted living development in Harrogate.
Disability Action Yorkshire, which offers support and residential care to people with a range of disabilities, unveiled the St Roberts Grove development on Wednesday, April 10.
The building, which is also owned by Highstone Housing Association, aims to provide disabled people with a space to live independently.
The development consists of 35 accessible flats, 23 of which are now open, which all have their own kitchen, living area, bedroom and wet room.
Support staff will also be on site 24-hours-a-day to provide people with personal care and support when required.
Harrogate and Knaresborough Conservative MP Andrew Jones, who cut the ribbon alongside Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thomson, said the development is “what the future of care looks like”.
The charity said residents of its current care facility, 34 Claro Road, would move into the new flats on Monday, April 14.
The existing care home, which is located next door to St Robert’s Grove, is scheduled for demolition later this year. This will allow for the final stage of development to begin, the charity said, adding it expects the project to be complete by spring 2026.
The charity’s chief executive, Jackie Snape, said:
“The hardest task was finding land, and after a number of false starts we finally realised that our own land on which our current care home stands, along with a small piece of land owned by the council was the solution.
“We are so excited that, finally, our ambition to be part of providing accessible housing is coming to fruition. Being a disabled person doesn’t mean that you have to live in a care home with a large number of people you haven’t chosen to live with; the right to a home of your own is one that should be extended to everyone.”
Read more:
- Harrogate business owner through to The Apprentice final
- Man arrested after car crash and brawl in Harrogate
