Environment Project Case Study

Hillcrest School

The project will provide a sensory garden for students and the local community. The students, who have severe learning difficulties, will have a more interactive learning environment and will be able to play outside with other local groups, play schemes and mainstream student bodies. The school has recently moved into new refurbished premises, sacrificing a hydrotherapy pool and other therapeutic aids at their old site, and have no resources to develop the large area of undeveloped land around the school building.

Members of the local community will also be able to access the sensory garden free of charge, thus encouraging awareness raising of the school and its students, helping them to integrate into everyday community life. The school are also expecting GPs and health professionals to make referrals to the garden, to make use of its therapeutic benefits.

Project contact details

Hillcrest School
Regis Education Centre
Parkside Drive
Houghton Regis
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 5PX