New Care Village for Methil

The construction of a new Care Village in Methil will see the delivery of an innovative and creative solution which turns traditional thinking on its head.

In a first for the Kingdom, Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (FHSCP), alongside Fife Council’s Housing and Education and Children’s Services are taking an intergenerational approach to build:

a new 36 bed residential care home,
specific needs housing, and;
a new Early Years Centre
all on the site of the former Kirkland High School site on Methilhaven Road. Funding from Scottish Government, Housing Revenue and Fife Council’s Capital Programme will see a total of just over £10million being invested and was approved by Fife Council’s Policy & Coordination Committee today (12 April 18).

The new care home and the Early Years Centre will be joined together through a shared space which will contain a café, multi-functional space for activities as well as meeting and conference rooms. The care village will also include a mix of housing designed to meet a range of support needs.

The concept of intergenerational care began in 1976 when a nursery school and a care home were combined in Tokyo. Since then, there have been successful schemes across Europe, Australia and the US. In the UK it is early days but Fife is proactively working towards care that helps both the young and the young at heart to flourish.

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