Penang Cheshire Home

The Penang Cheshire Home was established in 1978 by Toh Puan Datuk Hajjah Sardiah (Consort of Tun Hj. Sardon Jubir, the then Governor of Penang) together with a group of volunteers, with the noble aim of housing the physically handicapped. Over the years, the Home became synonymous with the rehabilitation of the disabled.

The Home began in a humble way. Donations from a generous public enabled a wing of the former Po Leung Kuk Home to be renovated and refurbished to house the pioneer batch of six residents.

As for recreation and for maintaining a dynamic link with the outside world, the Cheshire Home Scout Troop was established with the specific aim of preparing the residents to become well-adjusted and useful citizens. Refreshing and motivational activities are planned for these “special scouts” (official terminology) enabling them to interact with regular scouts from schools. These include kite-flying, sandcastle-building, canoeing, backwoodsman cooking, flying-foxing, paint-balling and camping. This comprehensive scouting programme has thus far taken our special scouts to beaches, hill resorts and agoonorees (jamborees for special scouts) both locally as well as in other states and faraway countries.