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Leicester City Council has appointed Loughborough-based Scope Construction as development partner to create a £1.8m children’s home in the city.
Maz Patel, the company’s MD, said: “It is great to be breaking ground on this latest project. Scope and our local supply chain take pride in the work we do and we aim to deliver a first-class project for the client and the local community. We look forward to continuing our strong working relationship with the council.”
Located in the west of the city, it will be the first children’s home to be built in Leicester for more than 40 years.
The home will provide purpose-built accommodation for six young people, between the ages of eight and 17, offering five bedrooms with ensuite facilities as well as two semi-independent living flats, a kitchen, lounge, games room and sleeping quarters for staff.
The build is the latest phase of work by the city council to expand its in-house provision of places for children and young people who can’t live with their birth families.
Work was recently completed to convert two council-owned houses in the south of the city into a children’s home, providing residential care for five young people.
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