Colegate / Flats
On May 6th 2008, Assist started using new facilities at 22 - 24 Colegate in Norwich. This 3-storey building, owned by Norwich City Council, is used to host activities similar to those carried out at Lazar House and Heath Gardens on the ground floor and as flats for members seeking greater independence (1st and 2nd floors).
The ground floor at Colegate offers ample space to carry out a wide variety of activities to support people towards independence and is ideally located to allow easy access into the City. The 1st and 2nd floors had in a previous life been designed to be used as self contained flats - 2 singles and 2 doubles and with considerable work and expense, they were renovated to provide accomodation for the members of Assist. They are now officially referred to as 1 - 4 Friars Quay, Norwich.
Many individuals are itching to try out independent living but either do not have suitable opportunities available or find the pressure of moving away from secure family or residential homes too stressful to contemplate. Members can try out the Friars Quay flats without any such pressures, in their own time, as occupants move on and places become available.
The ground floor at Colegate offers ample space to carry out a wide variety of activities to support people towards independence and is ideally located to allow easy access into the City. The 1st and 2nd floors had in a previous life been designed to be used as self contained flats - 2 singles and 2 doubles and with considerable work and expense, they were renovated to provide accomodation for the members of Assist. They are now officially referred to as 1 - 4 Friars Quay, Norwich.
Many individuals are itching to try out independent living but either do not have suitable opportunities available or find the pressure of moving away from secure family or residential homes too stressful to contemplate. Members can try out the Friars Quay flats without any such pressures, in their own time, as occupants move on and places become available.
