Project
National Star: Ullenwood accommodation
Location
Ullenwood, Gloucestershire
Client
National Star
Architect
coombes:everitt architects
Sector
Education
Value
£6M
Speller Metcalfe is currently delivering a major new £6 million development at its Ullenwood campus in Cheltenham.
The charity provides specialist further education, personal development, and residential services for young people with complex disabilities and learning difficulties.
The new state-of-the-art residence twill provide specially adapted accommodation for young people with disabilities that fully meets their complex needs and provides stimulating spaces to live, learn and relax.
Each of the 13 bedrooms will have specialist overhead tracking hoists and ensuite facilities ensuring that privacy and dignity is maintained for those with high levels of personal care needs. There will be wide corridors that can easily accommodate large electric wheelchairs ensuring everyone can easily move around their home.
There will also be sensory/break-out spaces to support those with autism, sensory processing disorders and behavioural challenges as well as large communal areas which will be used for life skills sessions.
The new building has been designed by coombes:everitt architects of Cheltenham. The three organisations have worked together on several projects, the most recent, the award-winning Bradbury Gardens in Pittville, Cheltenham.
The project was procured through the Gloucestershire County Council Contractor Framework and is set to complete in 2023.
