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

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

2 Hello! A warm welcome to Chiltern House Your support, your way We provide support for physically shops, banks, restaurants, hotels Moving into a shared home can When you join us we ll ask what disabled adults in a friendly and and many other facilities. seem like a step into the unknown. you want out of life, and how best we safe home. Our team is fully You might worry you ll be unable to can support you. Then we regularly trained and we re regulated by There s plenty of places to visit do the things that matter to you. check how you are and whether you the Care Quality Commission. nearby, including Bekonscot want to change anything. Model Village, Burnham Beeches, But in a Leonard Cheshire home You ll find us in the village and riverside locations such as we want you to be yourself. We Our aim is to help you make choices, of Gerrards Cross in South Windsor and Eton. understand you re an individual not make choices for you. Above Buckinghamshire. Gerrards Cross with your own lifestyle and our all we want you to get the most has a thriving village centre with team will always respect that. out of life and enjoy living here.

3 Facilities for you Enjoy activities Our home is a three-storey house The home offers a range of need support, one option is to find a with 22 bedrooms. There s always room for you to welcome your family and friends or get together with other residents. Our facilities include: 22 bedrooms, all with ensuite facilities activities for residents, including arts and crafts, games, cooking sessions and gardening. We also enjoy holding events, such as volunteer to come along with you. Whatever activities you d like to do, you can always talk to one of our Dining choices We make sure mealtimes can be well-maintained gardens comfortable lounge a summer fête and Christmas fayre. You ll have the chance to be social, get creative or enjoy team about the different choices available to you. enjoyed by everyone. Our menus activities room exercise you choose. are planned by our residents and staff, and special diets are always catered for by our chef. physiotherapy room conservatory Group activities aren t for everyone and you might just want to do things on your own. If so, we can help. If you

4 Because we re a charity we can offer more Sandra 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 is Sandra and I came to live at Chiltern House over 20 and about. There are also two accessible vehicles if we want people with housing and quality up the basic level of support that years ago. I chose to live here as to go a bit further afield. care. Our founder Leonard local councils provide. The money it is a safe, friendly and homely Cheshire started the charity in we raise makes a big difference to environment, with lots to do both I also like that you are pretty 1948 and since then we ve always residents in our homes. It helps us inside and outside of the home. much free to do whatever you worked with disabled people to provide things like physiotherapy, want. There are plenty of activities, improve the support we offer. transport and social events things One of the things I love about or you can have friends round, use You can trust us to know what that help our residents get more being here is how close we are the computers anything you feel we are doing. out of life. to the town. There are shops, like. The food is wonderful too pubs and a cinema just down the meals are something we all really road, so it s really easy to get out look forward to!

5 We d love to hear from you Please get in touch if you d like to know more about Chiltern House. Chiltern House 82 Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire SL9 8JT Call us: us: referrals@leonardcheshire.org Visit: leonardcheshire.org/chilternhouse 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