About Ballards Ash Farmhouse
CQC rating - Excellent
Ballards Ash Farmhouse registered for 9 is a spacious and attractive former farmhouse set on the outskirts of Wootton Bassett village (2 miles away) in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, but with easy access to Swindon located just off Junction 16 of the M4 motorway. It supports young adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities within a rural setting.
The bright and spacious accommodation includes nine single bedrooms, all with full en suite facilities – three on the ground floor and six on the first floor - a main lounge, dining room, quiet lounge, sensory room, day services room and main kitchen. Outside is a large spacious and safe garden, separated into relaxation and recreation areas, with a summerhouse and patio areas.
In addition the home has its own transport to use for its leisure, recreational, educational trips and activities in the community.
Our Philosophy
We aim to enable our service users to live a happy and fulfilling lifestyle in a secure and homely environment. We promote independence, choice and community integration and encourage our service users to develop their personal skills in daily living, social skills, communication, education, decision making and future planning, whilst at the same time preserving and upholding self-determination, privacy and dignity.
We take care to meet individual physical and emotional needs, encouraging development through preferred activities and nurturing positive relationships with staff and peers.
We offer when needed support and advice from our in house Psychology and Psychiatry Teams.
Where is Ballards Ash Farmhouse?
From M4 Junction 16
Proceed along the A3102 (Swindon Road) toward Wootton Bassett.
Go straight over the first roundabout, staying on the A3102, and straight over the next roundabout onto the B4042 (Brinkworth Road).
You will go past a sports ground on the left hand side of the road and a nursery on the right. About ¼ mile past there will be a drive on the right hand side following round a large green.
Ballards Ash Farmhouse is a large house set back from the driveway.
