Charity Spotlight: Guernsey Cheshire Home is evolving, a new purpose built facility is a key aim

It has been a home for people with serious disabilities for nearly 40 years.
One that is all about facilitating life, encompassing a philosophy that concentrates on what people can do, not what they can’t.
The Guernsey Cheshire Home sits on the Rohais, but Shorncliffe, for all the good memories it holds, is tired, and now the charity is planning for a new future.
The Home receives no public grant, it relies on fundraising, legacy donations and through payments of long term care allowance to cover running costs of about £1.6m a year, 90% of which is spent on staffing.
It has appealed to landowners to let them know if they have a site that could become a purpose-built facility, one that could also help it evolve to meet the future needs of the island, including the possibility of providing step down care for those ready to leave hospital, but not quite ready to look after themselves.
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