Bennett Court
Bennett Court in Nailsea offers supported living for up to 12 adults with learning disabilities. Leonard Cheshire provides high-quality person-centred care and helps people build crucial independent living skills.
Find us
- Organisation
- Street address
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59 High Street
Nailsea - Post town
- Bristol
- Postal code
- BS48 1AW
- Phone number
- Service manager:
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Michael Davis (interim)
What we offer
- Expert care for disabled adults living in 12 self-contained flats
- Each flat has a dedicated kitchen, living room, bedroom and wet room bathrooms
- Three floors, with full wheelchair access on ground floor (most tenants are ambulant)
- Support with all personal care
- Support with attending appointments
- Support with activities and accessing local community
- Medication management and administration
- Support with managing money
- Support to gain independent living skills
Bennett Court has links with other services for people with higher support needs. Quantock House is a residential service for six adults with learning disabilities, and the nearby Birnbeck House supports people with complex learning disabilities. Both services are about 35 minutes away in Weston-super-Mare.
How to get here
Bennett Court is close to the centre of Nailsea, with excellent bus and train links throughout the area. It is also close to the M5 motorway. By car, you can reach Bristol in around 30 minutes, while Bath and even Cardiff will take not much more than an hour.
Who we support
We deliver person-centred care for disabled adults, respecting each individual’s personal preferences and wishes.
Each tenant has their own tenancy agreement with building owner Inclusion Housing. Leonard Cheshire is the sole care provider.
People living at Bennett Court are currently all under 40. People have various learning disabilities and sometimes other conditions. One current tenant uses a wheelchair. We assist everyone to live life to the full.
We support people with a range of conditions, including but not limited to:
- various mild to moderate learning disabilities including Downs Syndrome
- autism
- cerebral palsy
What support we provide
Our committed and friendly staff can help people with all daily living activities, including all forms of personal care. There are core staff members available 24/7, including two people on waking night shifts.
Everyone has their own person-centred plan (PCP) and, where needed, their own communication passports. The hours of support we provide may vary between tenants: it depends on the hours that are funded in people’s individual care packages.
We support people to do the things they like to do. Tenants devise weekly planners with support workers. We help people build life skills wherever possible: these might include cleaning, cooking, money management and support with bills. (Tenants pay for their own utility bills, such as electricity and internet costs, as they would in any supported living or community flat.)
What activities are available
People enjoy a range of activities, including going to the gym, swimming, horseriding, attending craft clubs and going to local football matches. Some tenants often enjoy doing these things together.
People also enjoy going out in Nailsea, which has several pubs, cafés and restaurants, as well as plenty of shops and a community centre. The North Somerset region offers loads of country walks, and there’s also the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare. Bristol is close by, a young and vibrant city that has even more to explore.
Speak to us about referrals
If you're interested in learning more about Bennett Court, you can email us at: referrals@leonardcheshire.org.
