What is Charter House Resource Centre?

Charter House Resource Centre & Sensory Room C.I.C. has been established to benefit people who have special needs or a disability, the elderly and people with dementia. Our main values are to learn, socialise and have fun!

Here at Charter House Resource Centre, we provide a safe environment for adults with learning disabilities, elderly people and those with dementia. It is a place where they can meet others and join in with structured and meaningful activities. We ensure that each and every individuals need is met.

We offer a range of learning opportunities, delivered in a supportive and informal environment. We are based in Burnley. Charter House Resource Centre is easily accessible from surrounding areas including Blackburn, Accrington, Rossendale, Pendle and all of East Lancashire.

What we do here at Charter House

Charter House Resource Centre is a fantastic day care service, giving people a place to develop their interests, meet people, form friendships and try new experiences and all with the support and care of a dedicated team of professionals.

Multi Sensory Room

We also have a multi sensory room available to hire. Our sensory room is fully equipped to suit the needs of both young people and adults who have physical disabilities, learning disabilities or sensory impairments as well as those with dementia.

Learn about our sensory room

Our resource centre

At Charter House we provide a wide range of activities designed to meet the needs of each individual.

All the activities are structured to develop fine motor skills and hand eye coordination whilst encouraging creative development and social skills.

What activities do we do?

Baking. Making tasty things to take home and enjoy.
Card making. Prefect for those special occasions.
Painting. Either following our themes throughout the year or a choice of something different.
Seasonal crafts. Fabulous creations to take home as a gift or used as part of our display.
Individual projects. To suite each individuals needs and choice.
Nails and hand massages. Everyone needs a bit of relaxation.
Computers. Play, watch and explore.
Xbox Kinect. Playing our interactive games, it’s all great fun.
Bingo. Who’s going to win?
Board Games. A great social activity and keeps the brain active.
Plus many more exciting activities throughout the year.

There are also opportunities for upcoming events such as termly raffles, bowling trips and special surprise appearances throughout the year.

Take a look at our Facebook and page for regular news updates and see our wonderful creations.

Wheelchair Weighing Scale Service

We have a wheelchair weighing service available that can be used by anyone who struggles to use a conventional scale. Contact the office for more information and to book the service.

Learn more about our weighing service

Community Interest Company (C.I.C)

Charter House Resource Centre C.I.C is a community interest company which means we are a not-for-profit organisation. Any profits we make will be reinvested into Charter House to provide the community with the best equipment and services possible for people with learning disabilities.

We are a friendly, fun and welcoming business who provide day care activities for adults and young people aged 16+ with a disability.

We offer lots of different activity sessions (see our resource centre page) as well as a multi sensory room available to hire for people of all ages and abilities.
As a centre we provide the up most care for everyone we provide a service for.

We have a person centred approach where we tailor all our activities around the individual person, to ensure that they have a positive and engaging experience to meet their needs.

Charter House Resource Centre is managed by Carolyn and Jason Smith – a married couple who have worked for over 20 years with people who have disabilities. Carolyn has managed a large and successful day centre in Nelson for over 4 years. Jason has worked with people who have a wide range of learning disabilities – both for the NHS, and more recently a large private company for over 10 years.