Contractor appointed on £2.3m extension of Royal British Legion care home

Nottingham-based construction and refurbishment specialist J Tomlinson has been appointed to deliver a £2.3m extension and refurbishment project to a Warwickshire care home owned and run by The Royal British Legion.

Galanos House is one of six care homes owned by the Legion, providing short and long-term care to serving and ex-service individuals and their dependants.

The work comprises construction of two extensions, which will provide ten additional dementia care bedrooms to the home’s Poppy Lodge and a new community hub which will include a new day care facility, café and treatment rooms.

The project will begin in late November and is due to complete autumn 2019.

Pete Woods, director (commercial refurbishment) at J Tomlinson, said: “We are delighted to work with The Royal British Legion on this project, which will provide additional space for individuals requiring extra care.

“As a business, we are active supporters of the armed forces community, having recently been recognised as a Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Award winner after signing the armed forces covenant during early 2017.

“We look forward to working with the Legion as the project gets underway.”

Paul Gillam, head of property development at The Royal British Legion, added: “We are very excited about this new development, which will provide much-needed high quality facilities for our beneficiaries and a new hub that will serve residents, their families and friends, and also the wider community. We look forward to J Tomlinson joining the project team to finally bring this development to fruition.”