Did you know?

Just over half the people in Birmingham aged over 85 years or more live alone.

45% of Birmingham's older residents have a limiting long-term illness.

There are estimated to be over 10,000 older Birmingham residents living with dementia, a quarter of whom are living alone.

About 16% of Birmingham's older residents provide unpaid care to another person for reasons of health or old age.

The Village Centres

These valuable Village Centres will:

Include ExtraCare Well-being Centres to support preventative healthcare, and Enriched Opportunities Suites to support residents who develop dementia.

Aim to offer a 'home for life', with up to 24 hour on site care and support from ExtraCare's qualified staff.

Help people make new friendships and relieve isolation.

Encourage people to cherish old skills and hobbies and to develop new ones.

Help couples stay together in later life and give the whole family piece of mind.

Extend their services to support older people and their families in the surrounding communities.

Facilities the Appeal will provide:

Assisted Bathroom
Enriched Opportunities Suite (to support residents with dementia)
Cafe Bar
Communal Parking Areas
Craft Room
Fitness Suite with Gym
Freeman's Quiet Lounge
Greenhouse
Indoor Bowling Green (within an enclosed Winter Garden)
IT Suite
Guest Suite
Hairdressing and Beauty Salon
Landscaped garden Area
Laundry
Library
Reception Area and Main Street (with communal seating areas)
Relaxation Room
Restaurant
Village Hall
Village Shop
Well-being Suite
Woodwork Suite

View New Oscott Village Centre here.

Latest News

New Oscott Village in Erdington is the first of the five and opened in 2010 - a successful first year has seen residents who attend well-being assessments improve their health scores by over 15%.  The Village is already over subscribed.

Pannel Croft Village in Newtown represents part of a major regeneration project in this part of the City and will provide 180 much-needed, affordable homes and facilities for the community there. It opens in Winter 2012.

Hagley Road Village off the Hagley Road in Harborne, will provide 240 homes and is due to start construction in Autumn 2011 for opening in 2013.

"When I visited Ryfields Village in Warrington the buildings and facilities were fabulous, but actually it was the spirit of the people who lived and worked there that left such a lasting impression on me. There was such a vibrant community feeling which impressed me so much it has led to us work in partnership with the ExtraCare Charitable Trust to develop a strategy to build five villages in Birmingham." Elaine Elkington, Strategic Director for Housing and Constituencies, Birmingham City Council