A £300,000 project to provide respite care for people with learning disabilities and their families was opened in Darlington yesterday.
Darlington Borough Council and its partners in the project, Three Rivers Housing Association, have built two detached bungalows on a site at Newton Lane.
One will provide a home for three people with learning disabilities who will live there with support from social workers, while the other five-bedroom bungalow will provide respite care for people aged between 18 and 65 with learning disabilities and their families.
The project is part of the council's review of residential services for people with learning disabilities and it is in line with the authority's aim to move away from large institution-like buildings to purpose- built homes within the community.
Also on the site are three two-bedroom bungalows which have been let through Three Rivers Housing Association
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