The Calvert Reconnections Building
A safe and supportive place, our 10-bed residential centre and two independent living flats welcome people with ABI for stays ranging from a few days to several months. Here our friendly, knowledgeable team spend time getting to know our participants within a peaceful lakeland environment.
Together, we devise and implement a bespoke rehabilitation programme designed to stimulate their senses, build neurological pathways and set them on a journey towards improved physical and cognitive development.
Rooms
We can take up to 10 individuals at any one time. We have 2 independent living flats and 8 bedrooms with bathroom facilities. Our rooms are spacious and have been designed so that there’s plenty of opportunity to personalise your space with favourite pictures, bed linen and homely touches. Bathroom facilities are individual to each room, some en-suite, some bathrooms located next door and some with dedicated wet rooms. This was a very conscious decision on our part; ours are not hotel facilities, rather they are designed to encourage communal living – just as you would at home. Each participant will have a differing needs so we have setup to cover a whole range of goals and outcomes, and these needs will be discussed before arrival. Some bedrooms feature electric raiseable beds which can be allocated if required.
Food
It’s a well-known fact that you can’t function properly on an empty stomach. So a key part of our programme is re-establishing life skills such as planning and undertaking food shopping for the week, considering other people’s likes and dislikes and creating dishes that everyone will eat, and of course tidying up after each meal. Participants take it in turns to plan, shop and cook for each other, supported by our catering manager and neuro rehab team.
The Stables
The Lake District Calvert Trust Riding Centre is situated next to Calvert Reconnections and is a British Horse Society-approved riding establishment. It is fully accessible with instructors who are both British Horse Society and Riding for the Disabled Association qualified and are able to take people of all abilities for a riding or trap driving session.
The facilities themselves are purpose-built, with indoor and outdoor arenas, viewing gallery, state of the art lifts and electronic hoists. For those unable to ride, we also have adapted wheelchair accessible traps, but please note there is a weight limit of 83kg (13 stone) for horse riders and 114kg (18 stone) for trap drivers.
The Water Centre
Our state-of-the-art Water Centre, based at our Little Crosthwaite site, is available for Calvert Reconnections participants to use in the evening.
This revolutionary purpose-built facility opened in 2011 as part of a £3.5m development and provides a complete sensory experience for users both with and without disabilities. The pool’s sensory features include a spa, bubble pads and a water fountain – all activated by poolside buttons, with a wall-mounted iPad controlling music, blinds and lighting.
The water centre includes:
- A full hydrotherapy treadmill. Used to aid a full range of physiotherapy programmes.
- A fully accessible 12 x 6m multi-sensory hydrotherapy pool, combining state-of-the-art technology with the warmth of hydrotherapy, being heated to 32°C and a raiseable pool floor.
- A poolside sauna.
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Calvert Reconnections is part of The Lake District Calvert Trust.
Registered Charity No. 270923
Company Registration No: 1240160
