Bringing relief to families under pressure
The overall goal of Ellie’s Haven is to bring relief to families with children with long term and life limiting illnesses. Ellie’s Haven will do this in three ways:
Providing holidays
Providing a venue where families on holiday can get access to heal…
1. Offering holidays to the whole family
Most families want to take their disabled child on holiday with them, but often find it impossible to find suitable accommodation. Ellie’s Haven addresses this need.
2. Catering for very young children.
Ellie’s Haven has not set a lower age limit for…
Project DesignEllie’s Haven plans to build a purpose-designed new set of buildings on a green-field site.
The “hub” provides communal facilities including a sensory room and hydrotherapy pool
Four accommodation “pods” surround the hub
Eco-friendly project will use Cornish renewable energy experti…
Capital Costs
Main hub
£590,000
Services
£50,000
4 accommodation pods @ £140,000 each
£560,000
Infrastructure including landscaping and alteration to road access
£150,000
Fitting out
£100,000
Contingency
£50,000
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Ellie’s Haven conducted an online survey of families with disabled children which was publicised on the Ellie’s Haven website and also by articles in newsletters and websites of Contact a Family, a charity, and the Parent Carer Council, a network of 300 families with disabled children in Cornwall …