The future day offer for adults with disabilities and older people

Townsend Day Centre review (Houghton Regis)

Following extensive mapping and engagement with Townsend Day Centre, we have developed a proposal for a new enhanced day service.

On 5 December 2023, our Executive Committee will be asked to approve a consultation on the future of Townsend Day Centre. This is because we have identified an alternative space within the new Kingsland Leisure Centre in Houghton Regis, forecast to be completed November 2024. 

If a consultation is approved, it will begin in January 2024 and run for 12 weeks. During this time, people who use the service, relatives and staff will have the opportunity to have their say on the options being considered.

The consultation responses will then inform a report that will be taken to an Executive meeting in August 2024 for a decision on the future of Townsend Day Centre.

The Kingsland Centre

The Kingsland Centre could offer some customers that currently attend Townsend Day Centre the opportunity to access a range of leisure activities. The space within the centre would provide a community setting on the ground floor and with level access. There would be access to a Changing Place Toilet, hoisted swimming facilities, a café, gym, and outside spaces.

The Townsend Day Centre service will continue to run as normal, and the service remains open for new referrals. No permanent changes to the service would be made without formal consultation with customers.

If you would like more information on the Townsend Day Centre review, please email day.offer@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.