Café Assistant Vacancy The Haven café is a community cafe open to members of the public and all who use the Haven centre. All profits generated in the café go towards fulfilling the charitable aims of the foundation and contributing towards future projects that will benefit the young disabled in the Highlands. The Elsie Normington […]
The Haven Centre celebrated its first birthday on 25th August after a fantastic year of development and growth. The Elsie Normington Foundation staff team has grown from 2 to 5 and our partners, SNAP, who run the play centre services, have also seen their own staff team grow. The Haven Suites, run by the Elsie […]
The Haven Centre opened its doors almost a year ago on the 25th August 2023. Since then, Scotland’s first integrated play centre and respite facility for children and young adults with complex needs and disabilities has gone from strength to strength, providing much needed services and respite for hundreds of young people and their families […]
On Friday 10th May, we held the book launch event, capturing inspirational stories from a variety of people involved in making the Haven Centre vision become a reality. The evening was hosted by David Meredith, who also hosted the very first event to launch the charity. We were joined by Julie Keen, who sang two […]
Watch our video of the Haven Suites.
Haven suites have been welcoming young people through its doors since October here is Andrews story. Andrew was invited to visit the Haven Centre with his family to view the Haven suites facilities. They then followed up with a meeting with Eilean Dubh Home Care Service Manager to discuss how Andrew could use the Haven […]
Hundreds of flag-waving cheering children lined an Inverness road to herald the grand opening of a pioneering centre for young people with complex needs. The Haven Centre – which has taken 10 years and £4.8 million to achieve – is Scotland’s first purpose-built centre of its kind, featuring play facilities, a community cafe, respite suites […]
The following news article and images appeared in the Inverness Courier on 05 June 2023: It began as one mother’s dream after witnessing the isolation experienced by her son who has severe learning difficulties. After 10 years and raising a phenomenal £4.8 million, the Haven Centre for children and young people with severe learning difficulties […]
Our Thanksgiving Concert was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who attended this special evening! We raised the fantastic amount of £11,000. Huge thanks must also go to our fantastic performers, speakers and our host who made the evening so enjoyable and uplifting! And last but not least many thanks to our fantastic Elsie […]
As building completion draws ever closer we are delighted to share this update from the Haven Centre Site.
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