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Expansion of the Mental Health Service
Training Centres
It is anticipated that some 80 older boys and girls will need accommodation at adult train-
ing centres within the period of the present Ten-Year Programme (1966/76) for the Development of
Health and Welfare Services. College Park Training Centre is housed in converted premises which
are inadequate and there is no provision at all for older boys within the Borough. Immediate plans
therefore envisage an 80-place, purpose-built mixed adult training centre to replace College Park
Training Centre and to accommodate Hammersmith residents now attending Centres outside the
Borough. Ministry approval for loan sanction for this project has been granted provisionally and
negotiations are in hand for the acquisition of a site.
Fulham Training Centre for junior boys and girls is housed in a prefabricated building
which, it is anticipated, will eventually be replaced on the present site by a purpose-built Centre..
Hostel for the Mentally Disordered
There is a great need for a hostel for the mentally disordered within the Borough and It
was hoped to provide a 30-place purpose built hostel with an associated day centre in 1968/69.
However, the Ministry of Health have said that it is doubtful if loan sanction will be forthcoming
for this purpose until after 1970, and consideration is therefore being given to the acquisition and
conversion of suitable existing premises to accommodate 8-10 patients.