Cresset House was formed in 1961 on a large property in Carlswald, Kyalami, as a school for children with intellectual disabilities.
During the 80’s came an increased demand for facilities offering care to adults with intellectual disabilities, and so Cresset House changed the focus of its facility from children to adults.
Today we have over 50 villagers living in 6 houses on the property who form part of our family, and together we live in on a property situated in Glen Austin, Midrand. In each house there is a house parent, a co-worker and a domestic and our community is home to villagers from a diversity of cultures and nationalities, making Cresset House a place of warmth, stimulation and nurture for those that call it home.
There is a workshop where the villagers work on contracts that we might get e.g. putting shower caps into boxes for the hotels and those who can’t manage that are part of a stimulation group where they colour or do puzzles under supervision and there is a woodworking area where villagers can make simple things e.g. bread boards.