Charity Launches New Facilities

The Neuro Therapy Centre in Saltney, Chester held an official opening of its new facilities on Friday 18th October.

Chair of the Ursula Keyes Trust, John Brimelow performed the ribbon cutting to mark the opening. The Trust are the Centre’s landlord and were one of the funders of the project.

The Centre supports people with a wide range of neurological conditions including MS, Parkinson’s Disease, FND and Fibromyalgia, and their families. The additional building will enable the charity to support more people and support further growth and development of the Centre’s services and support.

The additional building houses a large accessible gym, three times the size of the Centre’s original facility, a physio suite for group exercise, and additional therapy rooms for one-to-one treatments.

The Neuro Therapy Centre’s Chair of Trustees, Lorraine Dodd, said: 

“This is an exciting time for the Neuro Therapy Centre. This expansion has been carefully planned in order to optimize the space available, so we can help even more people live their best neuro lives. Gifts left in Wills are very important to the Centre, and it is a legacy which helped us to initiate the project. We are very grateful to the funders and supporters who have helped us achieve this first phase of our development plans in just a year.”

The expansion into the new building means the Centre’s original building can be redeveloped to expand its mental health services and its café which is the heart of the Centre. The Centre is aiming to complete this second phase of development during 2025 when the charity will be celebrating its fortieth year.

In addition to the Ursula Keyes Trust, the other charitable trusts which supported the Centre’s expansion include The Geoffrey and Pauline Martin Charitable Trust, Lord Leverhulme Charitable Trust, Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust, Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust, the Morrisons Foundation, the Percy Bilton Charitable Trust, Oakdale Charitable Trust, Sport England, and Boshier Hinton Foundation.

Among those who attended the event were Neuro Therapy Centre Patron and former Everton footballer Kevin Ratcliffe, Lord Barry Jones and Lady Janet, the Lord Mayor of Chester, Counsellor Razia Daniels, Mark Tami, MP for Alyn and Deeside, Jack Sargeant MS for Alyn and Deeside, Sam Rowlands MS for North Wales and representatives from Cheshire West and Cheshire council, businesses from the region, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board and the Centre’s trustees, supporters and service users.

The Centre supports people through regular physiotherapy, tailored exercise opportunities, counselling and support groups, as well providing opportunities for people to meet and share experiences.

If people would like to find out more about the services of the Neuro Therapy Centre or its fundraising visit:

www.neurotherapycentre.org

Neuro Therapy Centre, Units C1-C4 Brymau One Estate, Saltney, Chester, Flintshire, CH4 8RG

01244 678619       

The Neuro Therapy Centre provides practical support and therapies to help manage the symptoms of a wide range of long term neurological conditions including MS, Parkinson's, FND and ME. The Centre supports more than 650 people across North Wales, Cheshire and the Wirral.

The healthcare professionals at the Centre tailor fitness, exercise and physiotherapy programmes to help people whether they have been recently diagnosed or living with a neurological condition for some time.

Under the strap line ‘We believe in a future after diagnosis’ the central objective of the charity is to provide a place of care, friendship, advice and support in a positive, informal and happy environment.

The Centre provides members and their Carers with health and social care which cannot be accessed through public services. Each week, over 250 members access services directly, provided by a team of healthcare and other professionals and many volunteers.

Pictured - Jane Johnston Cree CEO of the Neuro Therapy Centre, John Brimelow Chair of Ursula Keyes Trust, The Lord Mayor of Chester Cllr Razia Daniels, and Lorraine Dodd Chair of Trustees at the Neuro Therapy Centre.