Special Needs Accessable Holiday Living Accommodation
Proposal code: THC-2026-06-142
Charity like to deliver accommodation for special needs with family and carers with specialised hoists ,toilets ,showers ,kitchen ,access , designed by disabled people. and accessability to farmpark
Estimated Cost
£250,000
WE ARE SEEKING FUNDING TO:
1/WHAT WE WANT TO DO
Caithness Animal Farm Park Charity ,scottish registered charity :SC052726
we want to install pre built self contained accommodation cabin for special needs cabin with hoists and space for carer giving access to farm park and wider access to caithness , with small sensory garden for people visiting lybster and highlands area and alterations to make park more wheelchair accessable alongside our new changing place toilets we are getting.
were trying to make caithness a more accessable place.
There is a seriouse lack of accommodation in caithness for this type of unit , the unit will be stylish but yet fully accessable , the unit will be heated and insulated for 365 year round accommodation , fully accessable , 10 yr guarantee and made in the uk .
planning permission , building warrents
undertake site preperation and infrastructure works
improve ability to have a holiday /respite in caithness
improve park accessability to all by putting down grass matting for pathways , bridges over water , wider gates , insaling disabled acess parking space by cabin , ,wide enough for ambulance .
2/WHY OUR PROJECT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ALIGNS WITH CAITHNESS PLACE PLAN
The place plan of caithness highlighted a lack of holiday provisions for special needs .
Making better use of local assets and community spaces as we are registered charity
Reducing inequality and improving life changes
supports existing businesses
Developing Tourism
Generating substainable income for community benefit .
3/ OUR PROJECT WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING IMPACT
increase access to all , where there is no such facility in caithness that we are aware about .
increase visitor numbers to caithness , which suppies the economy where we will employ a cleaner/staff member to take care of the accommodation .
Support familys with disabled members , so inclusive for all.
Gives access to 12 million disabled people within the uk
4/ KEY MILESTONE
We have received funding to put in a changing place toilet for the park , this will be one of two available in caithness wide area.
we have widened doorways , made our barns walk through for wheelchairs and rainy days.
our reindeer experience we have build indoor viewing room with lower feeding windows for wheelchairs and children .
The farm park is disability confident commited from 02/10/25 and recognised
Anticipated start dates /end
Start as soon as funding is confirmed
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