What is Deep Green?

The Deep Green Care Community will provide a setting where the spectrum of care for people with complex needs and (dis)abilities can be provided. The needs for care may vary over time; they may be due to a degenerative condition, or one which is characterised by acute exacerbations, interspersed with less troublesome periods. The hub of the community will be a nursing home, which provides 24 hour nursing care, and serves as a physical base for the care staff. This will be surrounded by residential units of varying size, design, and tenure, where the people with nursing needs may live with their family and friends, or on their own, as they prefer. Care can be arranged flexibly, so that provision of assistance with daily living to complex nursing care can be delivered to fit around the lives of the “carers” who may work, or go on holiday, or just go out for an evening. Some staff accommodation will also be provided, and temporary accommodation for visitors. The site will also have a number of communal facilities and gardens.



Phase I of the project will consist of acquiring land, building the nursing home, and establishing it as a viable concern.

Phase II will be building the first tranche of residential units.

Phase III will consist of building the remaining residential units bespoke for specific individuals/families, to accommodate different types of disability.


As Phase II and III are developed, the Deep Green Care Community will be available to people at any stage of their illness. The highly specialised nursing care will be available to people who live in their own homes within the community, if and when the need arises, without them having to move. The reason for the mix is to provide a mixed community, where mutually beneficial interaction can occur, and to allow for couples/friends/families to live there, even though one, or several members of the household, may not require nursing care. It will provide an attractive proposition for ageing parents of young adults with complex nursing needs.

Why I'm establishing Deep Green

I had been having severe headaches for some time, when in 2005, I was diagnosed with a large brain tumour. The neurosurgeon was surprised that I hadn’t experienced any problems with walking or other “motor” functions. I underwent surgery 3 weeks later. In the days following I experienced “acquired brain injury” at first hand – I couldn’t really do anything for myself for a few days. It was a real eye-opener into the experiences of people who are very vulnerable, and reliant on others for fulfilling their most basics needs. Communication was a problem, as I couldn’t speak as well as I had done – the right word didn’t come sometimes. My facial muscles didn’t work particularly well so that my loved ones couldn’t tell my mood.

Due to the excellent care I received I had recovered enough to go home 8 days later and could walk, if a little unsteadily, and over the next 3 months substantially recovered. However the surgery left its legacy; several months later I developed epilepsy.

This life-changing event gave me cause to reflect, particularly on people who suffer from disabling conditions, neurological conditions, and other degenerative conditions, and the impact this must have on how they/we live their/our lives. Some would need considerable help. Some would be able to live at home with suitable adaptations and care packages, but there would be others who would need to live in a “nursing home”. I had never seen a nursing home that I would like to live in. I asked around my friends and acquaintances, and looked on the internet. Nothing appealed at all. I resolved to create the sort of community I would like to live in, should the need arise.