A new care home for Crawley

We are pleased to be purchasing land in Crawley with plans to build a brand-new care home

The land, which is being sold by Hazelwick School, will become the location for a 72-bed home for older people in Crawley.

As part of the Pilgrims’ Friend Society family, the home will provide the Christian care and community which enables older people to flourish in their later years.

Stephen Hammersley, Chief Executive of Pilgrims’ Friend Society, said, “I am delighted that we are buying land in Crawley in order to build a brand-new care home for older people in the town. Our mission is to ensure that as many older people as possible can experience the Christian care and community that is the hallmark of Pilgrims’ Friend Society’s care homes, and I am very much looking forward to seeing this provision established in Crawley.”

The new home will provide for 72 older people and will be designed according to the household model of 12 rooms in six households. Hugh Lambourne, Director of Property Services at Pilgrims’ Friend Society, said, “As we embark on the planning application for this project, I am pleased that we’re continuing to work with Northstar Projects whose award-winning work on Middlefields House in Chippenham will be put to good use in creating a building which enables great care and vibrant family-like community as well as being a satisfying place for many local people to work.”

The site is being sold by Hazelwick School and will turn underused land around the former caretaker’s cottage into a hub of care and community which is projected to provide up to 200 jobs for local people alongside a number of volunteering opportunities.

Samuel Sargeant of Savills development team in Guildford said, “We are pleased to have agreed the sale of this former caretaker’s house, paving the way for continued community use while breathing new life into an underused part of the site. The proposed project will result in numerous ongoing benefits for the school, the care home and the wider community.”

Pilgrims’ Friend Society and Hazelwick School anticipate growing intergenerational connections between the home and the school as well as exploring ways of providing volunteering and career development opportunities for students. The venture will be a chance for considerable investment in the future of Crawley and the charity hopes that investment in volunteering and links with local churches will be good news for many older people still living at home.

The building will be subject to planning permission and the application process will get underway in due course.

*The image above is an initial rendering of how the new care home may look