Sunday, 1 February 2009

Values

  • Involvement - To maximise quality of life for the residents, their family and
    friends, all to give some of their time, according to their abilities, to
    the running of the community. Features will be incorporated in the design
    to support people with a range of (dis)abilities to be as involved as they
    wish to be and as independent as possible.
  • Clinical excellence -Developing excellence in standards of nursing and
    social care. Teaching, providing placements and running short courses.
    Staff development, and multi-tasking. Health promotion a cornerstone.
  • Environmental sustainability - To showcase environmental best practice.
    Minimising negative impacts on the physical environment, in both buildings
    and processes, resource minimisation principles, e.g. low carbon, waste
    minimisation, reuse of “grey water”. Locally sourced materials and food
    where possible.
  • Ethical - Non-exploitative, i.e. using fairly-traded products wherever
    available. Respecting and upholding belief systems (various faiths,
    vegetarianism, sexuality, etc
  • Design - The project will seek out and include the best of contemporary
    design in terms of the physical build, the environmental sustainability,
    the ergonomics and the accessibility of the site.
  • Not-for-profit - It will be a social enterprise, all financial profits will
    be fed back into the organisation to further develop the core aims.

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