Canon's house

Canons House is an eight bed residential short-break service.

Canon’s House provides short-term residential breaks for young people (Age 12 - 18th birthday) with a severe learning disability who are assessed by Wiltshire Council’s Children’s Disability Teams as being in Need of that service.

Primarily Canons House meets the needs of severely learning-disabled children who have such specialist needs that all other sources of short breaks are not enough and who meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • Children whose physical disabilities and size necessitate extensive use of equipment
  • Children whose personal care requires at least two people
  • Children who have extensive medical needs e.g. tube feeding, complex medication, severe epilepsy.
  • Children who need significant attention at night time
  • Children whose needs require a high level of intensive attention
  • Children who are active but not safe on their own
  • Children whose behaviours people generally find difficult to tolerate

To request an assessment of need contact your area Children with Disabilities Team

Contact Details

North & East Wiltshire Children with Disability Team

Postal Address:

Children's Resource Centre
357 Hungerdown Lane
Chippenham
SN14 0UY

Telephone: 01249 444321

Postal Address:

The Cedars
Browfort,
Bath Road
Devizes
SN10 2 AP

Telephone: 01380 730055

West Wiltshire Children with Disability Team

Postal Address:

Lowbourne House
Lowbourne
Melksham
SN12 7DX

Telephone: 01225 709777

South Wiltshire Children with Disability Team

Postal Address:

Salt Lane
Salisbury
SP1 1DU

Telephone: 01722 327551


Last updated: 26 October 2009