New Service Opens in Milton Keynes

13 March 2007

St Christopher’s brand-new Area Office and purpose-built supported housing project was officially opened today in Milton Keynes. St Christopher’s Chief Executive Jonathan Farrow was among those celebrating the opening at a lunchtime reception.

The new building, at Downhead Park, offers a safe supported environment to 10 single people aged 16-21 with high needs.

It provides a needs-led service, tailored to the individual. Support is offered for up to two years, with the option of reducing or increasing this according to individual levels of need. When a service user is assessed as being able to sustain his or her independent tenancy or as needing higher or lower level of support, they will be moved onto another support provision that better meets their needs.

Young people can be referred to this new service by the Milton Keynes Housing Department, Children’s Services, and the Youth Offending Team.

Downhead Park was designed with the needs of our service users in mind, and developed in partnership with Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association (BPHA) and Milton Keynes Council, who have chosen St Christopher’s as their preferred partners in the provision of services for young people.