Clanmil Housing and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust recently approached pupils at St Joseph’s Primary School and members of the West Belfast 50+ Forum in search of an original name for a new supported housing development for older people living with dementia. Work is well underway on the construction of the new scheme on the site of the former Grovetree House residential home on Cullingtree Road, just off the Grosvenor Road. The project is a partnership between Clanmil Housing and the Belfast Trust and will provide 30 contemporary, high quality self-contained apartments for older people living with dementia in a supported living environment. ...After much deliberation a judging panel made up of representatives from Clanmil, the Trust, and the local community have decided that when completed this Autumn the new housing scheme will be called Cullingtree Meadows, bringing together ideas suggested by Caragh McBride and Caitlin Albarando. Caragh and Caitlin who are in P7 at St Joseph’s were presented with gift vouchers at a special school assembly on 7 June by Elma Greer from Age Friendly Belfast who kindly sponsored the competition prizes. Runner up Conor Dougan, also a pupil at the school, received a prize too. (Press Release 7 June 2017).
Cullingtree Place features in the 1850 edition of Henderson’s Belfast Street Directory.