WATCH: Construction progress on £4.1m Haven Centre – Scotland’s first multi-purpose facility for young people with learning disabilities and complex needs – at site in Highland capital
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A newly-released film shows how Scotland’s first multi-purpose centre for young people with learning disabilities and complex needs is starting to take shape.
Construction on the long-awaited £4.1 million Haven Centre began at the site in Smithton in March.
The centre will comprise three two-bedroom respite flats for young adults up to the age of 30, an indoor specialist play centre with childcare facilities, a community café, meeting spaces and outdoor garden.
Principal contractor, Compass Building and Construction Services, expects construction of the facility to last about 12 months.
The project is led by the Elsie Normington Foundation, set up in 2013.
Construction begins on pioneering centre
The centre is being built at a site in Murray Road previously occupied by Culloden Court Care Home which was destroyed by a blaze in 2010.
The project has received support from the Scottish Government, the National Lottery Community Fund and Highland Council.
Ongoing fundraising continues through the foundation to support operational costs and enhance services at the Haven Centre.
