The Beehive Centre

How to access

The Beehive Centre students are usually funded from either Health (Continuing Healthcare) or Social Services, after an individual assessment of their needs. Some people receive money from Social Services in the form of a Direct Payment and choose to spend this buying sessions at The Beehive. Please contact your local team for a referral.

What to expect

The Beehive Centre emphasises choice, flexibility, and spontaneity; each day offers a variety of activities for people to participate in as part of a group or on an individual basis. These include music, arts and crafts, cookery, gardening, fitness training, swimming, drama, and more.

At the heart of our hive is the kitchen. Run as a side-by-side accessible kitchen where students can learn new skills to use in their own homes, as well as preparing food to enjoy together. The kitchen includes a number of height-adjustable independent workstations so these activities are fully accessible from any wheelchair or standing frame height. We also create sensory sessions around preparing meals which include enjoying smells and textures.

Our therapy space overlooks our quaint garden, allowing visiting professionals to provide physiotherapy and other therapies, and for staff to deliver relaxation and massage, as well as daily physio, following each individual’s programme.

We have a state-of-the-art sensory room, called The Sensorium, developed in partnership with a company that harnesses vibration technology so people can experience sensations through their body via speakers under the floor. The room is interactive via four motion tracking cameras, surround sound is played from eight speakers, and offers 4k 360-degree projection.

We aim for people to feel transported into an environment as if they were really there, such as a busy shopping centre or the beach, before experiencing them in the real world.

Costs

Our charges are dependent on need and staffing levels, more for information please contact the management team.

High standards of care

Staff are trained to support students with a range of health needs including individual physiotherapy programmes, administration of oxygen, medication, PEG feeding, and suction. We pride ourselves in going above and beyond to follow the recruitment processes specified in the Safer Recruitment Guidelines.

Although day centres are not required to be registered with CQC, we endeavour to manage the service as if we were, matching practices the registered services in our organisation follow.