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Jersey Cheshire Home is aiming to raise £2million to fund its biggest building project to date.
The planned work will see the residential home for Islanders living with disabilities expand and improve its facilities whilst also trying to reduce its £400,000 annual funding deficit.
PICTURE: Plans have been drawn up for the expansion and improvement of the Cheshire home building.
The Big Build project was launched at the a special breakfast at the Pomme D'Or this morning, and will enable the home to increase the number of residents they can accommodate by building three new rooms, and a new treatment room.
Video: An animation detailing the vision for the Big Build Project
David Lord, General Manager of Jersey Cheshire Home, said: “It’s to create all the changes and alterations that we need to take the home forward for the next 30, 40 years.”
“The additional rooms are coming because we budget for a 400,000-year loss, it’s a lot of money, and one of the ways to resolve that is to earn more money and by putting three more rooms on we should cut that budget deficit by half, that’s the idea.”
VIDEO: Mr Lord spoke to attendees at the Big Build launch breakfast at the Pomme D'or Hotel.
Mr Lord is expecting the building to start on 3 July 2017 and hopes to see it finished within 18 months.
He said: “It’s exciting, it’s upgrading, it’s improving, it’s reducing our deficit. It’s going to be noisy, messy and disruption for 18 months and the residents appear to be up for it.”
Pictured: Jersey Cheshire Home are holding a raffle throughout 2017 to raise money for the project. The lucky winner will receive a brand new Audi A1.
The Home is embarking on numerous fundraising initiatives to raise the £2million required for the project.
At the launch breakfast, the Co-op presented Mr Lord with £2,000 cheque to sponsor the purchase of new IT equipment and furniture for the training and activities room.
Picture: Mark Cox presented David Lord with a cheque on behalf of the Channel Islands Co-oprative Society.
To date, the Jersey Cheshire Home has raised £80,000 of the £2million required to fund the new build. Initially, the home will use its own resources to allow the work to begin.
Individuals or groups wanting to get involved in fundraising for the Big Build Project can visit www.jerseycheshirehome.je to find out more.
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