CoHousing for Independent Living

About

CHIL was established in 2021 and is run by parents and allies of adults with Down’s Syndrome. It was set up to meet a gap in housing provision for people with Down’s Syndrome. Our aim is to provide housing that is person-centred, sustainable, innovative and community led. We aim to give individuals real choice of accommodation and support which enables them to live their best life and play an active part in their community. During 2024 our main focus was to consult with young people with Down’s Syndrome and their carers to produce the evidence to demonstrate both the need and demand for person centred cohousing. We received feasibility funding of £10,000 from the National Lottery Awards for All Fund in December 2023 to carry out this consultation. We recruited Emer O’Leary on a consultancy basis as project coordinator to carry out this stakeholder engagement and to produce a final report with the evidence.

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