Centre providing care in Corrie
The public is welcome to contact them for any information regarding the services they provide, on 011 477 4248
The Coronationville Care Centre and Workshops is located opposite Bernard Isaacs Primary School in 5A Prieska Street, Coronationville.
The centre provides care to disabled people who are over the age of 18. The staff cares for beneficiaries from Coronationville, Bosmont, Claremont, Riverlea, Newclare and Westbury.
The beneficiaries do not stay on the premises but are brought to the facility from 8 am to 3 pm on weekdays. City of Johannesburg Social Development Department has provided the centre with a disability-friendly transport service which they use to transport the beneficiaries.
At the moment there are 29 beneficiaries, 7 employees, including the social workers who are funded by the Department of Social Development (DOSD).
According to the centre manager David Kahn, the social worker does group work and workshops with the beneficiaries so that they know about their rights, basic hygiene tips, needle work and other projects.
The institution also has a workshop where a few beneficiaries help to make TV stands, chests of drawers, and individual kitchen cupboards.
Workshop manager, Wilfred Page said, “We are skill developers. I am training these guys so that they can go out to work. The beneficiaries are involved in everything.
We do manufacturing and we do restoration of antiques. The wood was bought at an auction and was donated to the centre. If the client wants a specific kind of wood then they will order it.”
Page is a cabinetmaker and shopfitter by trade and guarantees that when clients collect their orders they will receive goods of the best workmanship.
Kahn said that the centre has a lack of funding. The government gives them a subsidy for the social workers’ salary, they also cover a minimal subsidy for each beneficiary but this is still not enough to sustain the centre.
They host fundraising endeavours on a quarterly basis. “The centre is in dire need of a financial bailout and support from the community.
“We have operational expenses and are struggling to make ends meet,” said Kahn.
The centre had a family Shisa Nyama at a fundraiser last month.
The public is welcome to contact them for any information regarding the services they provide, on 011 477 4248.
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