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Hollybank Trust

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  1. Hollybank is a charity with a national reputation for excellence. We are a unique and effective organisation, working with some of society's most vulnerable members - children and adults with complex physical disabilities. These are often coupled with severe learning difficulties.

    We work with children and young adults, and adults with complex physical disabilities. The Trust runs a school for children from 5 to 19 years, and has year-round registered children's homes, independence housing for young adults, and permanent homes in our local communities.

    Please see our website for more details.

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Hollybank Trust

Roe Head Far Common Road, Mirfield WF14 0DQ

01924 490833

Organisation last updated

  1. 24 October 2023

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  1. Hollybank School, Roe Head, Far Common Road, Mirfield, WF14 0DQ
    1. All key services are accessible. Wheelchair access
    2. Either, there are specially marked parking spaces for disabled people, or disabled people can park within 50 metres of an accessible entrance. Disabled parking
    3. There is a toilet which can be accessed by people with disabilities including wheelchair users. This means that it complies with the standards set out in Part M of the Building Regulations,'Access to and use of buildings. Fully accessible toilet

History

  1. Our story begins with an elderly lady who wanted to help disabled children. Her sisters had been disabled and had suffered after being placed in a mental institution for much of their lives. Her work, along with financial assistance from the Smith Homes Trust, made Holly Bank the first school of its kind to be built in the North of England. In 1954 we opened our doors to ten children who were to be residents, and a further 12 who would attend daily. Our opening was followed by the forming of a similar school in Harrogate and another in Leeds - testimony to our innovative and ground-breaking status.

    For 30 years, Holly Bank School was based in Huddersfield. However, our residential facilities needed to be developed and our school needed to expand and grow. In 1990, Holly Bank moved to Roe Head (pictured) in Mirfield. Roe Head is the home of Holly Bank School. Part of the Hollybank Trust, it is steeped in history through its connections with the Bronte sisters

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