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26th March 2020
Issue 1106
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Paces unveils ambitious plans for National Centre for Conductive Education
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A HIGH Green specialist centre, charity and school for children and adults with Cerebral Palsy and motor disorders has unveiled a blueprint for a National Centre for Conductive Education. The Centre will be the home of Paces, already a specialist in Conductive Education, which was founded in 1997 in the north of Sheffield. They have today announced that they plan to build a new purpose-built home, close to Junction 33 of the M1 at Harworth Group’s Waverley development in Rotherham. A major fundraising campaign to raise £3.5 million and allow the project to move forwards is launching and, subject to planning permission and other contracts being signed, it is hoped the new build can open in September 2022. Conductive Education is a holistic package of educational support that
aims to help children and adults obtain the greatest level of independence through a range of supportive physical interventions. The new Centre, which is being specifically designed to meet the needs of the charity and school and provide a UK-hub for developments in Conductive Education, is planned to be sited within Waverley’s residential development, where Harworth has consent for nearly 4,000 homes with just under 1,000 already built. The new Centre will include: • A 64 FTE place school (creating both full time and part time SEN places – supporting up to 80 school children) and an Outreach and ‘Inreach’ programme for 0-4’s supporting 28 children. • An assisted living facility for 20 individuals - 10 adult assisted living
ing and calming with a connection to nature.
cellence for Conductive Education a reality.”
Dr Spencer Pitfield, Chief Executive of Paces, unveiled the plans and said this was a pivotal moment both for Paces and Conductive Education: “We’re proud to overnight places and 10 children as- have been at the forefront of the sisted living overnight places. development of Conductive Education but we know that there is • A 12-place adult day service. more demand for our care than • An adult sessional programme sup- we are currently able to support. porting 100+ people each week. “Moving to a new site, still at the • Hydrotherapy facilities. heart of South Yorkshire, will be • A hub for the community to use a big change for us – we’re proud alongside the charity – to place Paces of our High Green roots – but we at the hart of the development and need to make the leap to turn our the residents and employees who vision of a National Centre of Exlive, work and visit the area.
Paces is now in the process of agreeing Heads of Terms with Harworth for the purchase of the land that the centre will be built on and, following that, a full planning application will be submitted with further consultation with key stakeholders including Rotherham Council.
Paces has outgrown its existing site in High Green and, following a citywide search for a suitable plot, today unveiled its ambitious designs for the future of the organisation. Designed by Sheffield architects Race Cottam Associates, and building on work started by Sheffield University Masters Architecture Team, the modern development aims to be interactive and imaginative, stimulat-
New CCTV issued following reported purse theft OFFICERS in Sheffield are continuing to investigate a reported purse theft from an elderly woman in the Stocksbridge area of Sheffield have released CCTV footage of a woman they believe could hold vital information. At around 12.20pm on Wednesday February 19, it is reported that a woman in her
80s was doing her shopping in the Co-op supermarket on Johnson Street, Stocksbridge. While shopping, it is believed an unknown suspect approached the elderly woman’s trolley while she wasn’t looking and stole her purse from her handbag. Bank cards from within the purse were later used to
withdraw money from cash machines. Police believe the woman pictured could hold vital information and are appealing for her, or anyone who recognises her, to get in touch. Please call 101 quoting crime reference number 14/36465/20.
More information about the new home and the fundraising campaign can be found at www.newhomeforpaces.co.uk or by calling Julie Booth, Head of Fundraising, on 0114 284 4488.
