Bosco Lodge Is Now Open For Business!
At long last the new Bosco Lodge has opened and is fully occupied. The new premises are just around the corner from Bosco House and provide the same high-quality accommodation and facilities.
Bosco Society manager, Sheila Howard, said: “We’re all so very pleased that Bosco Lodge has now opened. It took a while to get it just right, but we demand the highest quality accommodation for our service users. So I would like to thank everyone that supported us, particularly Sefton Council, but also the Deposit Protection Service and Help The Homeless who provided funding for new furniture.”
The facilities and services on offer mirror those of Bosco House. There are 13 individual rooms, all with en-suite bathrooms, over the three floors with a resident’s kitchen on both the second and third floors. On the ground floor there is a reception area, office, staff kitchen, meeting rooms and resident’s TV lounge with a computer terminal. The sit-up service also has its own room, just opposite the reception.
The front car park will soon undergo a massive change as Linda Van Nooijen, Bosco’s garden guru, has plans to brighten up the area. Linda said: “As car parking areas go its pretty bleak at the moment but, even though it’s tarmacked, there’s plenty of scope for flower tubs and hanging baskets. Give us a couple of months and the front of house will be a riot of colour!”
At the rear of the building is another, huge, tarmacked area that is also ripe for new ideas. A seating area, flower borders, bike shed, gym, and workshops are all ideas that are being considered. But it’s the residents that will have the final say on how these spaces are utilised.
The man in charge of the new venture, senior worker James Heller, said: “At last we were able to move out of the old Sead project and into this state-of-the-art building. Our resident are made up, as are the staff. The building is bright and spacious and everyone involved is really optimistic about the future. It’s a great place to live and come to work.”
“This is really great” said one resident, “there’s a real buzz about the place. Everyone’s got a smile on their faces. It’s such a difference from the other place. Everybody who lives here really wants it to feel like home, so we’re settling in nicely and we’re all going to look after it.”
The Bosco Society AGM will be held alongside the official opening of Bosco Lodge on Friday the 29th of July.
