INSPIRED #6

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