Hester Court in Hendon has a mix of one and two bedroom wheelchair accessible apartments reports Roshni Ray

A large group of people posing for a photo outside a block of flats — The Hester Court opening event – (Credit – Barnet)

Barnet Council has opened a new 75-home extra care scheme in Hendon.

Hester Court is a scheme providing housing for adults with care and support needs who want to live independently in their own homes, with access to on-site care. It has 75 wheelchair-accessible one- and two-bedroom apartments, with a modern design and communal areas.

Built on the Upper and Lower Fosters estate in Hendon, it is part of a wider development programme which will deliver a total of 217 new homes. The extra care scheme is owned and funded by Barnet Council and will be managed by Your Choice Barnet, The Barnet Group’s provider of adult care, with residents expected to start moving in shortly.

Alison Moore, the council’s cabinet member for adult social care and health said: “It’s a great pleasure to be at the handover of this beautiful new building, the third extra care setting that Barnet Council and partners have built. And it really is a wonderful new facility for those who need some extra care, to enable them to maintain independent living. Hester Court provides that support but gives each resident their own fully equipped flat.”

Julie Riley, group director of care & support at Your Choice Barnet (YCB) said, “We have had great buy-in from the locals and know that the people who move into Hester Court will be made to feel very welcome. The Your Choice Barnet manager, Titi, and her care team are also very eager to begin this journey with the new tenants.”

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