Decision details

Adwick Hub is one of the remaining large traditional centres operated by the Council’s Adult Services In-House Provision.
The centre at Adwick provides support and daytime activities to adults who have been assessed under the Care Act as having an eligible social care need. This includes adults with a learning or physical disability and older people. Transformation of day opportunities has included the re-provision of services in local areas closer to where people live: enhance people’s community participation and inclusion.
Bentley library is a community run facility that can accommodate people from Adwick who live in the Bentley and neighbouring areas.
The community facility supports the key principles of day opportunities improvement programme.
Community partnerships
Co-production
Community Inclusion and participation
Increasing independence
Improving health and wellbeing
Increasing choice and control
Bentley library supports Intergenerational Practices promoting all age shared learning.
The building is on 2 floors, with toilet facilities on the first floor. There is a small lift to support one wheel chair user. Doncaster Fire Safety compliance requires evacuation equipment to support more than one wheelchair user to access the toilet facilities and first floor activities. Four people per day who use wheel chairs living in Bentley or surrounding neighbourhoods have been identified and keen to access the first floor rooms and activities

Capital Bid Application for up to £5000 to:
Purchase and Install Evaccess evacuation equipment (stair climber) in Bentley Library, to give wheelchair users access to toilet facilities and activities on the 1st floor. The equipment is required to make Bentley Library, Doncaster Council Fire Safety compliance

Bentley library was the only community building that could accommodate people from Adwick who live in the Bentley and neighbouring areas. Extensive research has been done to find a suitable building. A number of buildings looked at were not available or could not accommodate the needs of the service. (Who we contacted: Facilities management, St Ledgers, NDDT, PSU, MANNA, local scout group, family hub, local churches, youth centre )
The option to retain the service at Adwick hub did not fit in with the transformation of day opportunities. The building is in disrepair, isolated attracting vandalism, theft and did not support transformation key principles.