A TRAFFORD centre which gives a home to children and young adults with multiple disabilities is getting a refit to make it fit for the 21st century.

Stockdales is currently undergoing a £330,000 refurbishment, which is due for completion in four weeks time

The Sale based centre will hold an open day to show its new facilities to local residents.

Fund raising manager Frank Slater says it took the charity two years to raise the funds it needed to turn Stockdales into a home from home for its residents.

The children have been moved to the front of the house and will be able to make use of new bedrooms, baths and hoists.

Other improvements include a spacious, fully equipped art room and a kitchen area where the young people can learn to cook.

The centre now has two lifts serving the childrens and young adults home. Social services regulations require them to be housed separately. Frank says that all the rooms boast en suite bathrooms.

A new roof has been added to the Harboro Road building and residents can now enjoy a landscaped garden through bay windows.

Frank Slater told SUM: "The whole place has changed in appearance and it really is quite a nice building now. It's state of the art and nothing like an institution. Each child has their own room.. It's as like home as you could possibly make it."

The workmen began their hammering on January 10 and another of their tasks has been to rewire the premises.

Stockdales is having an Open Day on October 3 from 11am to 7pm. For details, call Mary Cox on 973 2296.

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