Ground Floor
Two lounges, one of which is our quiet room where young people may go to read, sit quietly, listen to music or audio books. No TV is provided in this room.
Dining Room
A multifunctional space where apart from its main use for eating meals, this room can be used to study, play games and hold meetings.
Kitchen
Divided in two parts (we display on this website our display area). Young people may work in this part of the kitchen if they are participating in a kitchen skills session and they may also obtain drinks and snacks for themselves from this area.
Therapy Room
In this room we provide non-invasive alternative therapies such as reflexology, Reiki and aromatherapy. This room is also used for sessions with a young persons therapist i.e. Art therapy, counselling, play therapy.
First Floor
This floor comprises our sleeping and bathroom facilities. This floor is monitored for night-time movement by an alarm system.
Bedrooms
We have four single bedrooms, one of which you can view on this site. There is one bedroom suitable for sharing should circumstances and risk assessment allow. Each bedroom has a desk for our young people to study at.
Bathrooms
We have two bathrooms on the first floor, one of these has a bath, wash basin and toilet, the other has a shower, wash basin and toilet.
Second Floor
The second floor of the building is our staff area. Our offices are situated on this floor as well as a staff kitchen and bathroom.
We have a meeting room on this floor where contact with birth familes may be held and supervised as well as being able to accommodate review meetings, placement meetings, etc. for our young people.
Garden and Grounds
Verona House is a Victorian property set in large grounds. To the front of the property is a drive way which is well away from the main entrance used by all living, working or visiting the property.
To the rear of the property there is a large garden with access from one of the lounges and the kitchen.
We encourage our young people to get involved in projects in the garden, including planting, growing and harvesting vegetables, fruits and herbs.
We also allocate a space for each young person to grow flowers, etc. and hold an annual competition for the tallest sunflower which is a community based competition and allows us to integrate into the community.
