THDP Blend Bespoke Craftsmanship, Tactile Materials, and Immersive Sensory Elements

This week’s instalment of the Project of the Week series features a refined wellness experience by 2025 SBID Awards Finalist, THDP.

De Montel: Terme Milano is a transformative spa project by THDP, restoring Milan’s historic 1920s Scuderie into the city’s largest urban thermal complex. Merging Art Nouveau elegance with sustainable innovation, the design honors the site’s equestrian past while showcasing Milan’s only certified thermal waters. Spanning 16,000 sqm, the interiors blend bespoke craftsmanship, tactile materials, and immersive sensory elements inspired by water, nature, and heritage. Every detail—from custom lighting to spa layouts—creates a refined wellness experience. This unique restoration sets a new benchmark for heritage-led design, fusing tradition, well-being, and environmental responsibility in an urban sanctuary.

What was the client's brief?

The client asked us to restore and transform the historic Scuderie De Montel into a contemporary urban thermal spa for Milan, while preserving the soul of the building. The brief was to create a place dedicated to relaxation and well-being that would balance tradition and innovation, respect the Art Nouveau heritage, and integrate the unique thermal waters into a modern wellness journey.

What inspired the design of the project?

Our inspiration came from three pillars: the elegance of Milanese Art Nouveau, the equestrian heritage of the stables, and the transformative power of water. These themes guided the interiors, where bespoke details recall the building’s equestrian past, Art Nouveau forms celebrate its architecture, and water-inspired materials immerse guests in a sensory journey.

What was the toughest hurdle your team overcame during the project?

The greatest challenge was balancing faithful restoration with contemporary functionality. Working under the supervision of the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape meant every design choice had to honour the original architecture while still delivering modern wellness spaces. Integrating innovative solutions into a protected historic building required sensitivity, creativity, and precision.

What was your team’s highlight of the project?

Seeing the transformation of the abandoned Scuderie into a vibrant wellness destination was the true highlight. The moment the bespoke lighting installations (such as the Venetian glass discs and floating glass bubbles) came to life, we felt we had captured both the history and future of the space. Bringing light, water, and heritage together into a harmonious experience was incredibly rewarding.

Why did you enter the SBID Awards?

THDP deeply value the recognition of design excellence on an international level. The SBID Awards provide a platform to showcase projects that combine heritage, storytelling, and innovation. For us, entering was about sharing the journey of De Montel: Terme Milano with a wider audience and celebrating the collaborative effort behind it.

What has being an Award Finalist meant to you and your business?

Being a finalist is both an honour and a validation of our approach to design. It affirms our commitment to creating immersive experiences that respect history while embracing the future. For our studio, it strengthens our international profile, motivates our team, and builds confidence in our clients that we can deliver meaningful, world-class design.

Questions answered by Claudia Mazzucato, Associate Director & Project Leader of THDP.

Why this is a pathway, not a niche

My relationship with space changed when my health did. Living with a progressive neuromuscular condition has taught me to notice things most designers never have to think about: the distance between rooms, the weight of a door, the height of a shelf, the glare of a badly placed light, the extra ten steps a layout demands when you only have energy for three.

When your energy is limited, small friction stops being small. A stiff door handle isn’t a minor inconvenience, it’s an obstacle. A slippery floor isn’t a style choice, it’s a risk. A beautiful room that photographs perfectly can still be exhausting to actually live in.

That experience is why I don’t treat inclusive design as a specialism I’ve bolted onto a design practice — it’s the lens the whole practice is built through. I know, firsthand, what it feels like when a space wasn’t made with a body like mine in mind. And I know how different it feels when it was. That difference is the entire reason I believe every designer, not just those of us working in accessibility, should be thinking this way from day one.

The compliance mindset is holding the industry back

Building regulations exist for good reason, and no one is arguing against them. But regulation sets a floor, not a ceiling — the minimum a space must do, not the best it could be. When accessibility is approached purely as a regulatory hurdle, it tends to get delegated to the end of a project, bolted on rather than built in. The result is predictable: door handles that meet spec but clash with every other finish in the room, “accessible” bathrooms that feel institutional, layouts where the wheelchair-friendly route is technically compliant but obviously an afterthought.

This isn’t a failure of the regulations. It’s a failure of imagination — a design culture that still quietly assumes “accessible” and “beautiful” sit in tension with one another, when in practice the opposite is true.

Universal design benefits everyone, not just some

The most useful shift in thinking is this: features designed for people with disabilities almost always improve a space for everyone who uses it. This is the core idea behind universal design, and it plays out constantly in practice.

- Wider, clearer circulation routes designed for wheelchair users also make a home easier to navigate with a pram, a moving trolley, or simply an armful of shopping.
- Lever door handles originally an accessibility solution for people with limited grip strength, are now a mainstream design default because they’re simply easier for everyone to use.
- Strong tonal contrast between floors, walls and furniture — essential for people with visual impairments — also makes a space read as more considered and intentional to the eye, rather than a wash of matching neutrals.
- Flexible, adaptable furniture layouts built around changing mobility needs also make a home easier to reconfigure as families grow, guests visit, or life simply changes.

None of these are compromises. They’re good design decisions on their own merit, which happen to also make a space usable for a far wider range of people.

Practical starting points for inclusive interiors

For designers and clients who want to move beyond the checkbox mentality, a few starting points make a real difference without requiring a full accessibility overhaul:

- Lighting. Layered, adjustable lighting — rather than a single bright overhead source — supports people with visual impairments, sensory sensitivities, and simply anyone who wants a room to feel different at 8am versus 8pm.
- Wayfinding. Clear sightlines and logical, intuitive room-to-room flow reduce cognitive load for people with dementia or neurodivergent conditions, and make any home easier to live in day to day.
- Materials and finishes. Choosing slip-resistant flooring, rounded edges on furniture, and tactile variation between zones doesn’t need to look “medical” — it can be woven into a material palette as a deliberate design choice rather than a visible add-on.
- Sensory consideration. Reducing visual clutter, managing acoustic reflection, and being thoughtful about strong pattern or high-gloss surfaces makes a space calmer for neurodivergent occupants and, generally, more restful for anyone.

The business case is there too

For studios and A&D professionals weighing whether this is worth the extra thought, the commercial argument is only strengthening. An ageing population, growing awareness of neurodivergence, and a client base that increasingly expects homes to adapt with them over decades rather than years, all point the same direction: inclusive design isn’t a niche specialism. It’s where the whole industry is heading.

Clients who experience a truly considered, inclusive space — one that doesn’t announce its accessibility features but simply works effortlessly — remember it, and refer it on. That’s a stronger foundation for a design practice than compliance ever will be.

Designing with people, not just for regulations

The distinction I come back to, again and again, is this: compliance asks “does this meet the minimum standard?” Good design asks “does this genuinely work for the person who’ll live here?” Those two questions can have the same answer, but only when accessibility is part of the design conversation from day one — not a revision made after the concept is already locked in.

That’s the conviction my studio was built on: bringing accessibility into the room at the start of every project, as a creative constraint that sharpens the design rather than one that limits it. I didn’t arrive at that belief in a classroom. I arrived at it by living in spaces that weren’t built for me, and then choosing to build ones that are. The homes and spaces that come out of that approach don’t read as “accessible” in the clinical sense at all. They just read as well designed.

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The project began with a question that shaped everything that followed. As Matt Constantinou, Founder and Director of ORCA Studios, explains: "Padel is inherently social — you can't play it alone. So, the question was never just how we design the courts; it was how we design everything around them to foster a genuine sense of community."

From the moment of arrival. A dramatic entrance feature — a bespoke hanging chain installation — sets the tone immediately, establishing the club as something beyond the ordinary. Members are then drawn through an immersive entrance tunnel, designed to build anticipation and evoke the adrenaline of competition before they play. These are not only decorative gestures, but they are also deliberate transitions, shifting the mindset of the visitor from the everyday into something more charged.

The aesthetic throughout is industrial refined — raw in its bones, considered in its execution. Textured wall finishes add depth and tactility, while curved detailing softens the warehouse volume, lending warmth to what might otherwise feel hard-edged. Soft furnishings with a considered and bold colour palette offer a richness to the space. Warm LED lighting unifies the club, creating an atmosphere that feels inviting throughout the day and into the night.

Across the ground floor, eight indoor courts sit alongside a pro shop, co-working space, recovery area, and members lounge bar — a programme designed not for a single type of visit, but for all of them. Whether a member arrives to play, to work, to eat, to meet, or simply to be part of the environment, the space accommodates them without compromise.

The mezzanine takes the experience further. Premium changing facilities and a recovery suite featuring ice baths serve the performance-focused member, while the panoramic sauna — positioned to look directly over the courts below — is perhaps the most quietly extraordinary space in the building. It is a room that rewards those who use it with a view of the sport in full flight; rest and play occupying the same sightline.

Throughout, ORCA embedded moments of discovery — easter eggs within the detail that reward the curious and give the space a layered quality that deepens with familiarity. The ambition was a destination that members return to not just for the padel, but for the experience of being there.

The result is a club where sport is the starting point, not the whole story — and where design is the thread that holds it all together.

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This week’s instalment of the Project of the Week series features a bold beauty salon design by 2025 SBID Awards Finalist, Róisín Lafferty.

Róisín Lafferty was tasked with designing Base & Boon 2.0, a bold reimagining of the salon experience located in the Diplomatic Quarter of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Initiated by two visionary female entrepreneurs, the project expands the Base & Boon brand by introducing a pioneering concept: an inclusive, multifunctional beauty hub where independent therapists across disciplines work side by side. Located within Saudi Arabia’s first Special Economic Zone, the space sets a new standard by combining luxury services with a co-working model that welcomes both male and female professionals and clients, marking a first of its kind in the region.

What was the client's brief?

The founders of Base & Boon wanted to completely reimagine what a salon could be. Their vision was bold: not only a luxurious beauty destination but also a pioneering co-working hub for independent therapists across hair, nails, skincare and massage. It needed to feel empowering, safe, and inclusive; a true first of its kind in Saudi Arabia. They gave us full creative freedom to design something future facing and immersive, a space that reflected their vibrant brand identity while fostering both individuality and community.

What inspired the design of the project?

The ampersand in the brand’s logo became our guiding motif. It symbolises connection between beauty and business, work and wellness, professionals and clients. That concept informed the architecture: a sculptural central reception cylinder anchors the space, with each treatment zone radiating from it like branches of a journey. This layout allows the salon to unfold in stages, so every guest experiences a sense of discovery. The design blends functionality with a deliberate theatricality; sweeping ombré sheers, concealed doors, and catwalk-like walkways transform everyday treatments into immersive, almost performative moments.

What was the toughest hurdle your team overcame during the project?

Managing the build remotely from Dublin while the site was in Riyadh was a huge challenge. Every detail had to meet our exacting standards without us being physically present. To solve this, the main contractor created a series of prototypes; custom junctions, finishes, even gradient effects, which the client could review on site and we could assess over video calls. This process demanded patience and precision, but it ensured that the tactile richness - from polished plaster to tinted Perspex and resin - was executed flawlessly. It pushed all of us to be more collaborative, and ultimately the result feels as considered and crafted as if we had been on site every day.

What was your team’s highlight of the project?

There were two standout moments. The first was in the early design stages; pulling together a palette of finishes that felt nothing like a traditional wellness or beauty salon. Bold, vibrant and dramatic, it combined polished steel, glossy tiles and coloured glass to set the tone for a new kind of experience: a collaborative, energetic unisex salon where clients could explore, connect, and create memorable moments. The second highlight was seeing those theatrical elements installed on site; the sweeping ombré curtains, the sculptural reception cylinder, the mirrored catwalk-like walkways. Each required immense collaboration and craftsmanship to perfect, and to watch them go from sketches to reality was incredibly rewarding.

Why did you enter the SBID Awards?

The SBID Awards are a global benchmark for design excellence, and this project felt worthy of that platform. Beauty environments are often overlooked in design conversations, but Base & Boon 2.0 is a world-first typology: a hybrid of luxury salon, co-working hub, and cultural platform. It proves that even highly functional spaces can be bold, immersive, and boundary-pushing.

What has being an Award Finalist meant to you and your business?

It’s a huge honour for our studio. Being shortlisted validates the ambition and hard work that went into delivering such a pioneering project, not just for our team, but for our visionary clients. It’s also opened doors internationally, demonstrating that we can design and deliver innovative, detail-driven environments anywhere in the world. Most of all, it’s given our team immense pride and momentum to keep creating projects that surprise, delight, and redefine expectations.

Questions answered by Róisín Lafferty, Founder and Creative Director of Róisín Lafferty.

Encouraging Healthy Habits

Our homes can have a powerful impact on our daily routines and choices. A well organised kitchen can make healthy cooking more convenient and enjoyable. Creating dedicated spaces for movement, such as a corner for yoga or a peaceful spot for meditation, encourages regular physical activity. Even small changes like keeping fresh produce visible or setting up a daily hydration station can support healthier behaviours.

By intentionally designing our home to support wellbeing, we set ourselves up to make more positive choices effortlessly.

Promoting Mental Clarity and Focus

Cluttered spaces often lead to cluttered minds. A tidy, well-ordered home helps reduce visual and mental distractions, making it easier to focus and feel calm. When our surroundings are clear and purposeful, we’re more likely to stay on top of daily tasks, avoid stress, and maintain a balanced mindset.

Investing time in creating an organised home, even if it’s one room at a time, can make a significant difference to mental clarity and productivity.

Connection with Nature

Bringing nature indoors is a simple yet powerful way to elevate wellbeing. Houseplants, natural materials and ample natural light all help foster a sense of calm. Even a small window view of greenery or the gentle sound of water can reduce stress levels and promote relaxation.

This connection to the natural world, known as biophilic design, is proven to enhance mood, lower anxiety, and improve overall health. Incorporating nature into the home doesn’t need to be complicated. A few indoor plants, natural textures, or soft earthy colours can make a meaningful difference.

Personalisation and Self-Expression

A home that reflects who we are contributes to our sense of identity and emotional wellbeing. Personalising our space through meaningful objects, artwork or colour choices fosters a feeling of comfort and belonging. It’s not about following trends but creating an environment that aligns with our values, tastes and memories.

Whether it’s a gallery wall of family photos or a reading nook styled just for you, these small details help turn a house into a home.

Influence on Sleep Quality

The bedroom environment plays a crucial role in sleep quality. A calm, dark and quiet space encourages deeper, more restful sleep. Reducing clutter, minimising electronic distractions and maintaining a comfortable temperature all contribute to a better night’s rest.

Simple adjustments such as blackout curtains, soft bedding or a gentle evening routine, can have a lasting impact on your physical and mental recovery each night.

Conclusion

The home environment is more than just a backdrop to our lives, it is a dynamic contributor to how we feel, behave and thrive. By creating spaces that promote safety, support healthy habits, enhance mental clarity, connect us to nature, reflect our identity and improve sleep, we can significantly boost our overall wellbeing.

Take time to assess how your living environment supports you. Even small, intentional changes can lead to lasting improvements in your daily life.

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This week’s instalment of the Project of the Week series features a cosy and practical care home design by 2024 SBID Awards Finalist, HomeSmiths.

HomeSmiths were appointed as interior designers for Kingsley Healthcare's flagship luxury care home, King's Court in Holt, Norfolk. Their remit included all finishes, the design of the bespoke furniture, free standing furniture specification, soft furnishings specification as well as art and accessories. The home has 66 bedrooms, lounges and dining rooms on each floor as well as a cafe, salon, library, cinema, garden room and private dining room.

What was the client's brief?

This was the client’s flagship luxury care home. The client was keen to take the interiors to a different level whilst still keeping in mind the practical requirements of a care home.

What inspired the design of the project?

The colours, the architecture and the history of the local area.

What was the toughest hurdle your team overcame during the project?

The double height café space behind reception. Acoustics were a consideration and also how we would still create a cosy feel to the seating area. The preserved moss wall works as a feature as well as dampening noise and the layout of the furniture and rich upholstery fabrics add warmth.

What was your team’s highlight of the project?

The train carriage we recreated on the second floor in the dementia community. The corridor between the main dining room and lounge was very wide with space for additional seating. Instead of loose furniture we designed this train feature with the windows showing views one would see from the North Norfolk Line. Hearing that a train loving resident enjoys taking his meals there when his wife visits, gave me goosebumps. This is what it’s all about! The original submission includes a photo of the carriage, and I have added an additional one of me at fit out.

Why did you enter the SBID Awards?

I think it’s fair to say that after all the hard work, most designers get a buzz from seeing a project make finalist in a design award and the SBID awards have a great reputation.

What has being an Award Finalist meant to you and your business?

Recognition from an internationally respected design accreditation body.

Questions answered by Jacqui Smith, Creative Director at HomeSmiths.

How Saunas Can Improve Mental Health

In recent years, our approach to well-being has undergone a significant transformation. Mental health has become a central focus in home design, with saunas emerging as powerful tools for psychological restoration. Drawing from biophilic design principles that connect us with natural elements, these amenities offer more than mere luxury—they provide essential spaces for mental rejuvenation.

The Therapeutic Power of Natural Aromatherapy

The traditional sauna experience has been strategically elevated through the incorporation of natural aromatic elements, particularly eucalyptus oils and the rich, grounding scent of teak wood. Scientifically validated, eucalyptus oil offers remarkable psychological benefits. Its compound 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) has been shown to reduce cortisol stress levels by up to 27%, interacting with neurotransmitter receptors to stimulate dopamine and serotonin production—providing a natural mechanism for mood enhancement and mental clarity.

Teak wood's complex fragrance adds sensory depth, releasing a warm, slightly sweet aroma that mimics ancient forests, triggering a primal sense of safety and relaxation.

Physiological and Psychological Synergy

Saunas provide a powerful convergence of physical detoxification and mental relaxation. The heat experience promotes circulation, eliminates toxins through perspiration, and soothes muscle tension. This physical relief directly contributes to mental calm, creating a virtuous cycle of well-being.

Eucalyptus oil amplifies these benefits by:
- Supporting respiratory health through antimicrobial properties
- Counterbalancing intense heat with a cooling sensation
- Reducing inflammation and mental tension

Creating a Multisensory Healing Environment

Enhanced by thoughtful lighting and strategic aromatherapy, the sauna transforms from a simple heat chamber into a holistic healing sanctuary. As essential oils diffuse, they create a microclimate of healing—eucalyptus oil penetrating deeply to offer respiratory and mental clarity, while teak wood's aroma provides a grounding counterpoint.

The Elemental Philosophy of Healing: Salt, Fire, and Therapeutic Transformation

Inspired by ancient Greek elemental philosophy, the sauna design integrates Himalayan salt walls with the transformative power of fire, creating a sophisticated therapeutic environment that addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

The Himalayan salt wall becomes a dynamic healing element when heated, releasing negative ions that offer significant health benefits. Scientific research demonstrates these ions can:
- Neutralise stress-associated positive ions
- Enhance serotonin production
- Improve air quality
- Reduce respiratory inflammation

When warmed, the salt wall activates its inherent mineralogical properties, creating a microclimate that mimics natural salt caves. The fire element, conceptualized in ancient philosophy as a force of revitalization, transforms from mere heat into a sophisticated healing mechanism.

This design bridges ancient wisdom with contemporary scientific understanding, creating an atmosphere that simultaneously warms the body, purifies the respiratory system, and uplifts the spirit—embodying a holistic approach to wellness.

Social Connection and Sensory Sharing

Saunas transcend individual healing by addressing the social dimension of mental health. Larger spaces become safe, informal environments for reconnecting with friends and family, fostering conversation and bonding away from everyday distractions.

Studio Anqet: Driving forward Wellness-Centered Design

Studio Anqet's vision of wellness design emerges as a transformative approach in this sauna project, embodying a holistic philosophy that transcends traditional architectural boundaries. Founded on the principle that physical spaces profoundly impact mental and emotional well-being, the studio has carefully crafted an environment that is more than a mere functional area—it is a therapeutic landscape.

The design philosophy reflects a deep understanding of biophilic principles, where natural elements are not simply decorative but integral to the healing process. By selecting materials like teak wood, Himalayan salt and incorporating therapeutic essential oils, Studio Anqet demonstrates a commitment to creating spaces that actively contribute to human wellness. The sauna becomes a testament to their belief that design can be a powerful tool for psychological restoration.

Each design choice—from the strategic placement of lighting to the careful selection of aromatic elements—is intentional. The studio's approach goes beyond aesthetic considerations, viewing the space as a living, breathing ecosystem designed to support mental health, reduce stress, and promote a sense of connection with natural rhythms.

A Holistic Approach to Design

By integrating natural elements—earth (wood), fire (heat & warm lighting), and sophisticated aromatherapy—modern saunas create a balanced environment that resonates with our innate need for nature connection. They are no longer mere rooms, but carefully crafted ecosystems designed to nurture mind, body, and spirit.

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Blind Veterans UK is a military charity helping generations of vision impaired veterans overcome sight loss. Their home in Ovingdean Brighton was no longer fully meeting their needs so they purchased the former home of the RAF Benevolent Fund in Rustington with plans for refurbishment, seeing it as the perfect coastal location for their new centre for wellbeing.

In 2021, the charity approached HomeSmiths to work with them on the refurbishment. Having permanently lost the sight in her left eye in 2012, it felt like the perfect project for Creative Director, Jacqui.

The brief for the new Rustington Centre was to work with the architect to remodel the current building in a way which would provide veterans with a wellbeing space for support and rehabilitation. It would for a while offer permanent accommodation and a level of nursing care for some veterans moving from the Brighton centre, but the longer-term goal was to provide hotel style accommodation for members visiting for short stays.

The scope of the project included reception and café, lounge, dining room, activities room, sports bar/cinema, library, hair salon, therapy room, gym, quiet lounge as well as 36 bedrooms.

The design needed to be supportive of sensory and cognitive decline with a particular focus on how the built environment can support people living with sight loss. Tonal contrast was used throughout; furniture finishes against floor and wall, switches and controls, structural pillars, doors against architrave and handrails against walls. Additional touches were incorporated within the bedrooms with contrast leading edges on curtains, bed runners, contrast handles on the furniture as well as internal lighting for wardrobes.

Enabling veterans to be able to access all areas of the building was key. There are two lifts between ground and first floor. By changing the texture of the flooring from cut pile to ribbed carpet, veterans using mobility canes can detect the change of finish and know where the lift is. Further thought was given to flooring choice here where a similarly toned flooring was chosen so as not to appear as a step or hole to anybody using the space. The flooring finish in the lift is of similar tone so as not to suggest a change in level and be supportive of any visitors living with a degree of cognitive decline. Signage was clear, using large and tactile font. A back lit coffee cup sign works as a piece of art in the café as well as a wayfinding aid. An essential oil diffuser sits in the therapy suite providing a sensory cue as to which part of the building the veteran is in.

The charity hosts activities and events throughout the year so flexible communal spaces was key. The main lounge and dining area features a mixture of free-standing furniture. Additional black out window treatments were specified in the far corner windows so that the space could be used for film nights and similar. The bifold doors in the lounge adjacent activities room open to create a big space with additional seating for larger events.

The design needed to be relevant and relatable to existing blind veterans, honouring the past but also looking forward to the future. Material from the Blind Veterans UK archives was used to create art to honour the past and celebrate notable veterans. Box framed uniforms representing the three services feature in one of the bedroom wings. The contemporary metal sculpture commissioned for reception shows service men and women and a talking point as you enter the Centre. With an overarching theme of wellbeing, it was important to celebrate the achievements of veterans, past and present. Past veterans are recognised for their wellbeing achievements as well as honouring the achievement of the founder of the charity, Sir Arthur Pearson. The outstanding sporting achievements of blind veterans are featured in the Sports Bar where the canvases double up as acoustic panels as a noise mitigation measure. Appropriate for the coastal location of the centre, the café art features sailing achievements of certain veterans.

The design consultation with the veterans was very much part of the process. At the beginning of the design process, Jacqui, together with the architects and landscapers met with a group of veterans to discuss the design. Using high contrast large format plans as well as a Lego model floor plan, the design team were able to present their ideas in the most accessible way. At the detailed design stage, large format samples of fabrics and flooring were used providing the presentation with texture. Sample chairs were supplied by Shackletons for the presentation so that veterans could experience the comfort and support of the proposed seating. Each board was talked through on a 121 basis, with Jacqui guiding the hand of the veteran around the floor plan, with the samples to hand to aid orientation and provide context.

The Rustington Centre is a home for blind veterans as well as lovely environment for those who work there. The refurbishment has provided Blind Veterans UK with a new light filled centre for wellbeing which serves the needs of the charity now and into the future as they continue to help rebuild the lives of veterans after sight loss.

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