Welcome to Champion House. A guide to the home for residents and families

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1 Welcome to Champion House A guide to the home for residents and families

2 Hello! A warm welcome to Champion House Your support, your way We provide support and nursing shops, supermarkets, pubs and Moving into a shared home can you want out of life, and how best we care for disabled adults in a restaurants. We re also only a seem like a step into the unknown. can support you. Then we regularly friendly and safe home. Our team short distance from Leeds and You might worry you ll be unable to check how you are and whether you is fully trained and we re regulated Bradford, offering a great range do the things that matter to you. want to change anything. by the Care Quality Commission. of facilities including theatres, cinemas and shops. But in a Leonard Cheshire home Our aim is to help you make choices, You ll find us in a peaceful we want you to be yourself. We not make choices for you. Above woodland setting in the village understand you re an individual all we want you to get the most of Calverley, West Yorkshire. with your own lifestyle and our out of life and enjoy living here. The home is close to a range team will always respect that. of local amenities including When you join us we ll ask what

3 Facilities for you Enjoy activities Champion House is a Victorian The home offers a range of Whatever activities you d like to do, house set in attractive woodland gardens. We can accommodate up Our facilities include: activities for residents, including arts and crafts, games, sports you can always talk to one of our team about the different choices to 27 physically disabled adults. Dining choices We make sure mealtimes can be 27 bedrooms shared lounge and dining room and taking courses at the local college. You ll have the chance to be social, get creative or enjoy exercise you choose. available to you. enjoyed by everyone. Our menus are planned by our residents and staff, and special diets are always physiotherapy room craft area Group activities aren t for everyone and you might just want to do things catered for by our chef. woodland garden on your own. If so, we can help. If you need support, one option is to find a volunteer to come along with you.

4 Because we re a charity we can offer more Panay s story With over 100 homes in the UK, we provide thousands of disabled Added value As a charity we fundraise to top My name s Panay and I ve lived at Champion House for several years I really like being able to choose what I want to do. I love to cook, people with housing and quality up the basic level of support that now. I m originally from Greece especially Greek food my care. Our founder Leonard local councils provide. The money but I moved to the UK when I was favourite is Moussaka. If I want Cheshire started the charity in we raise makes a big difference to young. I m very happy living here. to cook something the staff will 1948 and since then we ve always residents in our homes. It helps us The staff are really kind and helpful. help me to get the ingredients and worked with disabled people to provide things like physiotherapy, support me to use the kitchen. improve the support we offer. transport and social events things I ve lived in quite a few other You can trust us to know what that help our residents get more homes and I much prefer it here, I ve also just opened a shop we are doing. out of life. as there are so many things to do. Panay s Pampering Market! I m We go out a lot to the theatre, selling toiletries to the other shopping, playing bingo. residents. It s great fun.

5 We d love to hear from you Please get in touch if you d like to know more about Champion House. Champion House Clara Drive, Calverley, Pudsey West Yorkshire LS28 5QP Call us: us: referrals@leonardcheshire.org Visit: leonardcheshire.org/championhouse There are lots of ways to get involved with our work: Donate Volunteer Campaign To find out more visit: leonardcheshire.org Leonard Cheshire is a registered charity no (England & Wales) and no. SC (Scotland), and a company limited by guarantee registered in England no