A Welsh substance abuse charity has opened a new detox facility after buying the building from another charity.
Adferiad moved into the building in Llandudno this week and said the new site would create “70 high-quality jobs”.
The building, which has been renamed Parkland Place Llandudno, contains 40 beds that will support people affected by drug- and alcohol-related harms, the charity said.
Adferiad purchased the building from Blind Veterans UK in a “£1.5m deal”, according to Bathgate Business Finance, the independent finance provider that brokered the deal.
But the charity said £1.5m was value of the mortgage on the property, not the purchase price. It declined to reveal the cost of the building.
A spokesperson for Adferiad said the move would “create 70 high-quality jobs, with at least 30 being new local opportunities”.
They said: “Adferiad can confirm that our services previously delivered from Hafan Wen in Wrexham have now transitioned to Parkland Place Llandudno.
“The move follows the closure of Hafan Wen in Wrexham and forms part of our plans to develop and expand specialist detoxification services from a larger, purpose-designed facility.”
Twenty staff have transferred to the new location, the charity said.
“Parkland Place Llandudno provides increased capacity and enhanced, state-of-the-art facilities, enabling us to support more people from across north Wales and beyond.”
Adferiad had “worked hard” to minimise the impact of the move on staff, the spokesperson said.
“All employees were given the opportunity to transfer to Parkland Place Llandudno, and the larger facility has created additional employment opportunities across north Wales, with many staff choosing to move to the new site, others taking up new local roles, and no redundancies have occurred as a result of this change,” they said.
“Our focus remains on ensuring that people affected by substance use can continue to access high-quality detoxification treatment and recovery support when they need it.”