Welcome to White Windows A guide to the home for residents and families
Hello! A warm welcome to White Windows Your support, your way We provide support for adults with range of local amenities including Moving into a shared home can When you join us we ll ask what you physical and learning disabilities in restaurants, shops, pubs and seem like a step into the unknown. want out of life, and how best we a friendly and safe home. Our team cafes, as well as a library and a You might worry you ll be unable to can support you. Then we regularly is fully trained and we re regulated sports centre. We re also a short do the things that matter to you. check how you are and whether by the Care Quality Commission. distance from local beauty spots you want to change anything. including the Pennine Way and But in a Leonard Cheshire home You ll find us in Sowerby Bridge, the Calder Way. we want you to be yourself. We Our aim is to help you make choices, a small town near to Halifax. understand you re an individual not make choices for you. Above Surrounded by five acres of with your own lifestyle and our all we want you to get the most gardens, our home is close to a team will always respect that. out of life and enjoy living here.
Facilities for you Enjoy activities White Windows is a beautiful listed The home offers a range of activities Group activities aren t for everyone building with 25 bedrooms. There s always room for you to welcome your family and friends or get together with other residents. Dining choices We make sure mealtimes can be enjoyed by everyone. Our menus are planned by our residents and staff, and special diets are always catered for by our chef. Our facilities include: 25 bedrooms, 4 with ensuite facilities shared areas including lounge, TV rooms, quiet rooms and a recreation room large garden, with fishpond and woodland in-house shop run by residents for residents including weekly quizzes, computing, arts and crafts, floristry, cooking groups, computer games and gardening. We also organise regular visits to the theatre, cinema, museums and to sporting events. You ll have the chance to be social, get creative or enjoy exercise you choose. and you might just want to do things on your own. If so, we can help. If you need support, one option is to find a volunteer to come along with you. Whatever activities you d like to do, you can always talk to one of our team about the different choices available to you.
Because we re a charity we can offer more Anne 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 Anne and I ve lived at White Windows over ten years. It what you want to do. I am able to out on my own or with friends people with housing and quality up the basic level of support that was a bit scary when I first came from White Windows to a range care. Our founder Leonard local councils provide. The money here as I didn t know what it would of places, like pubs, shopping or Cheshire started the charity in we raise makes a big difference to be like. But it s got easier as time s community events. I also go to a 1948 and since then we ve always residents in our homes. It helps us gone on and I really like living here day centre where I can take part worked with disabled people to provide things like physiotherapy, now. I get on with everyone and in different activities. I like getting improve the support we offer. transport and social events the staff are absolutely brilliant. out so I m not stuck inside all day. You can trust us to know what things that help our residents get we are doing. more out of life. I feel like you ve got plenty of choice here. You can get on with
We d love to hear from you Please get in touch if you d like to know more about White Windows. White Windows Fore Lane, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax West Yorkshire HX6 1BH Call us: White Windows 01422 831981 / Referrals 020 3242 0392 Email us: whitewindows@leonardcheshire.org or referrals@leonardcheshire.org Visit: leonardcheshire.org/whitewindows There are lots of ways to get involved with our work: Donate Volunteer Campaign To find out more visit: www.leonardcheshire.org Leonard Cheshire is a registered charity no. 218186 (England & Wales) and no. SC005117 (Scotland), and a company limited by guarantee registered in England no. 552847