Disabled islanders in care to receive £640k grant from charitable trust

Wednesday 03 April 2024

Disabled adults who live at Jersey’s only specialist care facility are set to benefit from a grant of £640,000 from a charitable trust.

Jersey Cheshire Home has been given the money from the Government-administered fund in a bid to "reduce pressures on the General Hospital and enable greater quality of care for islanders with complex care needs".

A Ministerial Decision made public last week showed that Health Minister Tom Binet approved the release of £640,000 from the Harold Ernest Le Seelleur Fund.

The grant will allow the St Helier-based care charity to increase its bed capacity by three, and improve its therapeutic spaces for specialised rehabilitation programmes.

Pictured: Jersey Cheshire Home was founded in 1983 to support islanders with debilitating physical disabilities, which results in them no longer being able to live in their own home.

Mr Le Seelleur, who died in 1996, bequeathed his assets to the Government to be used for the benefit of "the aged, infirm and needy residents of the island".

This aligns with the aims of Jersey Cheshire Home, which provides accommodation for 31 individuals and supports over 60 additional islanders each week to manage and improve their condition through aqua and physiotherapies.

The charity was founded in 1983 to support individuals with debilitating physical disabilities, which results in them no longer being able to live in their own home.

Jersey Cheshire Home is the only residential facility on the island caring solely for adults with disabilities.