Concord in Motion is celebrating the completion of renovations to its facility due to grants from the Ontario Trillium Basis.
With the funds, the not-for-profit group that gives day programming for individuals with developmental disabilities, put in wheelchair-accessible ramps on all entrances.
“All of our entrances at the moment are fully protected for all of our individuals be it walkers or people in wheelchairs to have the ability to come and go from the constructing,” mentioned Elizabeth Esposito, government director of Concord in Motion.
The second grant allowed the group to construct a Snoezelen room. A Snoezelen room is a multisensory setting designed to offer a soothing, stimulating, and therapeutic expertise.
“This can be a fantastic addition to our program. It offers companies to our individuals that in any other case, they’d not be capable to obtain locally. When a participant involves Concord and so they’re having a foul day or they’re having an anger subject if they don’t seem to be feeling nicely, we will put them within the Snoezelen Room and it simply completely calms them down,” mentioned Esposito.
Concord in Motion is trying to increase its companies locally to offer a bunch dwelling setting for its individuals. It plans to begin a capital fundraising marketing campaign later this yr.
