Independent living firm passes landmark year

A pioneering independent living specialist which operates in Ayrshire is celebrating its 50th year of helping disabled and older people to live longer, healthier, independent lives.

Since 1972, Blackwood has been providing specialist homes and services aimed at maximising independent living – with innovation being a key driving force.

Now the firm, which has services across 28 local authority areas in Scotland, will be hosting a bumper calendar of activities, events and projects for staff, customers, stakeholder and the wider community during 2022.

Julie McDowell, Blackwood’s Board Chair, said: “As an organisation our purpose is to help people live independently and we invest in innovation to make sure we can help people to benefit from new technology developments so that they can have choice and control over how they live.

“To celebrate our remarkable half century, we’ll be looking back to see how far our service has actually transformed – which is going to be exciting - as well as providing a blueprint for Scotland for the next fifty years so that our population can live longer and more independently.”

Blackwood operates more than 1500 properties across 28 local authorities in Scotland.