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DESIGNS FOR NEW ALDER<br />
CENTRE REVEALED<br />
DESIGNS FOR A NEW £1.4M<br />
DEDICATED BEREAVEMENT<br />
CENTRE WITHIN ALDER<br />
HEY IN THE PARK HAVE<br />
BEEN UNVEILED.<br />
The Alder Centre is<br />
dedicated to providing<br />
a comprehensive range<br />
of bereavement support<br />
services, tailored to the<br />
needs of those that have<br />
suffered the tragic loss of<br />
a child.<br />
The new design by Allford<br />
Hall Monaghan Morris<br />
includes therapy rooms,<br />
flexible recreational space<br />
and a number of holistic<br />
rooms, with every room<br />
having a view and access<br />
to the communal gardens.<br />
In addition a large central<br />
space, easily accessible<br />
on entry, will enhance<br />
the service by offering an<br />
open access approach for<br />
bereaved families to drop-in<br />
for support.<br />
families in the immediate<br />
event of the death of a child,<br />
and also runs the National<br />
Child Death Helpline<br />
(NCDH) in partnership<br />
with Great Ormond Street<br />
Hospital (GOSH).<br />
Funding for the new Centre<br />
was recently secured by<br />
Alder Hey Children’s Charity.<br />
It will sit within Alder Hey’s<br />
evolving health campus and<br />
will create the perfect facility<br />
to provide a whole host of<br />
new and varied therapeutic<br />
services for bereaved families<br />
and hospital staff.<br />
JOHN ARMSTRONG,<br />
DIRECTOR OF<br />
PHILANTHROPY AT<br />
ALDER HEY CHILDREN’S<br />
CHARITY SAID:<br />
“We are delighted to see how<br />
the money we secured is going<br />
to be used. To see the new<br />
designs for the Alder Centre<br />
really brings the project to<br />
life and we look forward to<br />
the building work starting so<br />
that this important centre can<br />
continue its work in its own<br />
dedicated building.”<br />
The Centre also provides an<br />
emergency bereavement<br />
care service to Alder Hey<br />
Children’s Hospital, for<br />
THE NEW ALDER CENTRE WILL OPEN IN 2019.<br />
16 Designs for new Alder Centre revealed