The Revitalise Sandpipers Respite Holidays Centre in Southport is already up for sale, just weeks after its closure was announced.
Revitalise Respite Holidays, which has been operating for more than 50 years, provides respite breaks and holidays for people with disabilities and their carers in a purpose built centre on the edge of the Marine Lake in Southport.
Revitalise announced in October that the centre would be closing this month.
The two acre site is already on the market with Christie & Co with ‘offers invited’.
They say the site has ‘redevelopment potential for alternative uses’ including residential.
Close to where the new £73 million Marine Lake Events Centre and the new Light Fantastic feature in the Marine Lake are currently being built, it is in a prime location for investors and is sure to be snapped up quickly.
Christie & Co describes the site as a ‘34 Bed Respite Care with Holiday Use (C2); Waterside Location; All ensuite wet rooms; Development Potential’.
In their sales brief they highlight its “beautiful waterside location with panoramic views overlooking Marine Lake and within close proximity of the beach and promenade”.
Planning consent was granted in 2022 by Sefton Council to increase the capacity of Sandpipers to 50 bedrooms.
Hundreds of people have signed a petition launched by Laura Hancox campaigning to save Revitalise Respite Holidays’ Southport location on Change.org
The petition,which was shared through Stand Up For Southport in October, has been signed by nearly 5,000 people.
Laura Hancox, who started the petition, writes: “For myself and countless others living with disabilities, Revitalise Respite Holidays has been nothing short of a lifeline for the past 60 years. This charity provides invaluable respite and short breaks to those of us who desperately need them.”
Elaine Darbin, a supporter of Laura’s petition, adds: “Revitalise Respite Holidays for disabled people is an absolute lifeline for people with disabilities and their families and must be saved. Life itself for people with disabilities is so hard all the time, and they don’t get a break, so please don’t take this extremely valuable asset away.”
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