Springfield completes Seacroft Grange Care Village

Seacroft Grange care village in Leeds has been completed following a five year renovation project and a £1.9m investment from BGF.

The new care village will create 100 new jobs and transform a once dilapidated historic building overlooking an ancient village green into a new care complex.

The funding formed part of BGF’s overall £4.4m investment in Seacroft Grange owners Springfield Healthcare Group.

The care village offers services including day care, residential and nursing care, as well as private independent living apartments for a wide range of age groups.

The building dates back to 1627 and had been prominent within the local community for many years. For 30 years until the mid-1970s it operated as Seacroft primary school and many of the local residents who attended the school during those years still live locally and will benefit greatly from the services offered and have been great advocates of the project.

Chief executive Graeme Lee said: “Our model helps families make an informed choice earlier in the planning process and then moves with the needs of individuals or couples as their care needs progress, at the same time ensuring long-term consistency where the care team and quality of information are concerned. At the heart of our care village is a Grade II listed building which will be the basis for all our social and community activities and houses a cinema, therapy spa and gym, hair salon and coffee shop that wouldn’t look out of place on the high streets of York or Harrogate.

“As well as exceptional views over the village green, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book, people and families can be seen going about their daily business and, unusually, we have every single community amenity including medical centres, pharmacy, pub, library, church, post office, supermarket and bus station, all within 100 metres.”

Springfield Healthcare Group is the largest independent provider of domiciliary care in Yorkshire and Humberside. It provides care to nearly 2,000 clients each day and employs over 600 people locally.