Work on a new £4.3 million learning disability centre is underway in Aberdeen.

The facility will be built on the site of the old Burnside Day Centre between Muirfield School and Hillylands Independent Living Centre.

The project is being delivered by Morrison Construction and will replace the ageing Rosehill Day Centre in Ashgrove.

The new centre will provide support and activities for up to 80 adults with special needs, as well as office space for 40 professional staff.


Other features include a café and a sensory garden.

Councillor Len Ironside said: "The centre will provide a modern and welcoming facility for folk with learning and physical disabilities but it has also been designed to be a real community asset.

"The sensory garden will be open for people to visit and the café in the centre will also be a public facility. We want the new centre to be not just in the local community but a true part of it."

Mike Bruce, Regional Director for Morrison Construction, added: "We are delighted to have been selected to deliver this purpose-built facility for the community of Aberdeen. We hope it will improve the experience of service-users, their families and the staff."

(LM/JP)