Bournville Gardens, Birmingham - Applications Now Open!
Opening in 2015, Bournville Gardens will provide 212 spacious homes and a host of opportunities whether you wish to make new friends, enjoy hobbies and skills or protect your future in a safe and welcoming community where care is available if you need it.
The Village address is The Marketing Suite, Bournville Gardens, 49 Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B31 2FR.
To register, simply complete and submit the adjacent form or phone 0300 303 2333.
Find out more on the Bournville Gardens Facebook page, follow the Village on Twitter @BournvilleGV or catch up with the latest Friends news on Tumblr!
A close partnership between The ExtraCare Charitable Trust, Bournville Village Trust and Birmingham City Council, Bournville Gardens is already under construction off Bristol Road South on the site of the former Bournville College. Applications to purchase properties opened in Summer 2014 and the Village opens its doors to first residents in Autumn 2015.
ExtraCare's unrivalled mix of social facilities will be at the heart of the Village, including:
Reception and main street with communal seating areas
Shop
Library and IT suite
Café bar and lounge
Well-being suite and well-being bathroom
Hairdressing and beauty salon
Hobby room
Craft room
Fitness suite
Enriched opportunities suite (to support people with dementia)
Fully accessible toilet facilities
Laundry
Lifts
Cash machine
Greenhouse and village gardens
The facilities are at the heart of a state-of-the-art, sustainable community that will benefit over 300 older people, encouraging social and active participation amongst all age groups within the local neighbourhood. Residents, visitors and volunteers will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of hobbies, including choir singing, Tai Chi, writing, drama, wheelchair aerobics and woodwork, all designed to support independence and improved social opportunities.
ExtraCare staff will provide care for up to a third of residents within their own home. This will include a well-being service and specialist, award-winning support for those who might develop dementia.
If you are living in Birmingham, moving back to the City or have a local family connection, you can register your interest in the Village now. We will be in touch with further Village News. To register, simply complete and submit the form above or phone 0300 303 2333.
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The Carillon
A group of Bournville Gardens Friends have started producing their own newsletter. The newsletter will be given out at Friends meetings and available online.
Edition 1: March 2014
Edition 2: May 2014
Edition 3: September 2014
Edition 4: November/Christmas 2014
The next edition of the Carillon will be published in March.
Need care now in the community?
If you are moving into the Village and are in need of care now in your own home we can deliver this to you in readiness for moving into the Village. Find out more about our ExtraCare at Home service in Birmingham. We offer a flexible range of services in your own home, tailored to meet your individual needs, including personal care, domestic support and companionship.
Join Our Sociable Village Friends Meetings
Friends is a club for anyone interested in moving to or being part of the wider Bournville Gardens Community. Come along to regular meetings at Rowheath Pavilion, Heath Rd, Birmingham, B30 1HH.
The staff at Bournville Gardens would like to wish everyone a happy new year; 2015 will be an exciting year for us, and we can’t wait to welcome our first residents in late autumn. As we begin our year with renewed energy and enthusiasm, we’d like to remind our Friends that the regular monthly meetings held at Rowheath Pavillion will now be on Wednesday mornings (11.30am):
21 January
18 February
18 March
22 April
20 May
24 June
Whether you are already certain that you’d like to live at Bournville Gardens, or are still considering your options, these meetings are an ideal time to learn more about Village life, the facilities on site, the progress of the build and lots more as well as an opportunity to meet other prospective residents and make new friends. For a nominal cost of £2 per person (to cover room hire and refreshments) you can join a sociable group of like-minded people, helping to shape the future of this exciting new Village community.
We look forward to seeing you at a meeting soon!
Bournville Village Trust
Bournville Village Trust is one of the largest and most respected housing trusts in the country. The Trust is developing the old Bournville College Site, the first phase of which is the partnership with The ExtraCare Charitable Trust to build the new Village – Bournville Gardens. The Trust is set to follow the Village with a separate, specialist Nursing and Dementia Home, an independent living scheme for people needing care and support and a Health and Wellbeing Centre. The new development will be known as College Green and the aim is to complete the whole project by summer 2015. More about the Trust: www.bvt.org.uk