Cornmill House, a development of 16 homes in the heart of Seacroft, Leeds, is a community which provides its residents with a place to put down roots for the long-term and become homemakers in the truest sense.
Opened by the Mayor in February 2017, the Specialised Supporting Housing development realised through £3.5 million of Soho capital, represents dignity, independence and choice.
Far more than that, it represents a place where residents such as Steven, Lee, Rachel and Steven can be their own people, live life to the fullest and have a place to call home.
Resident Steven values his independence and has explored it more and more since moving in to Cornmill House shortly after Lee.
“The things I do now I would never have been able to do at home when I lived with my parents and brother. Living here, I push myself all the time to do things that I never thought possible before.
It’s opened my eyes wide since I’ve been here to know there’s more out there in life than I was used to, and I can do it, if that’s what I want to do. It’s my choice to do it, not to be told I can’t do it because of the way I am and my disability. Now it’s all about what’s ahead. It’s about my home and the life I lead in it and from it.
I have my privacy here as well, while it’s a complex as such, I have my own front door and my own personal space and if someone had said to be 10 years ago I would be here, I would have said no way, it will never happen! But it really has.”
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