Holmfirth based multi-award winning property developer Conroy Brook was last week announced as runner up in the Independent Living category of the prestigious Pinders National Healthcare Design Awards for its Rowan Court development – a close care unit for the Hollybank Trust.

The awards were established in 1999 to promote and recognise the very best UK developments in all types of care-related property, and this year they received an astonishing number of high quality entries, making the task of choosing between them an extremely difficult one. After careful consideration, however, the Pinders judging panel selected Conroy Brook as a finalist.

This is the second time that Conroy Brook has been successful in these awards. In 2005 the company won the award for Best New Development in the UK (Elderly Healthcare) for its White Rose Nursing Home in Holmfirth, successfully operated by Meridian Healthcare Ltd.

Rowan Court is a £4million, 15-bed residential close care unit for young people with disabilities, commissioned by the Huddersfield based charity the Hollybank Trust. It is a three-storey building with one 5 bedroom apartment on each floor and has been built to meet the Trust’s specific requirements for a modern, purpose built ‘state of the art’ close care facility, which would meet and exceed all current legislation regarding the young people’s needs.

Hollybank’s Chair of Trustees, John Hall, added: “We are delighted that our new building was chosen as a finalist in these awards. As a brand new purpose built facility it enables us to provide a wonderful, caring environment for the young people who live there.”

Chief Executive of Conroy Brook, Richard Conroy, said: “Rowan Court is a well designed, efficient, modern close-care home for a very deserving cause, and so we are very pleased that the quality that we put in all our developments has been recognised by the judges.”

Hollybank is a charity with a national reputation for excellence; a unique and effective organisation, working with some of society's most vulnerable members – children and adults with complex physical disabilities. They specialise in caring for and developing these individuals through a combination of specialist schools, children’s homes and independent housing.

Added On: 7th April 2010

 

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