NHS, hospitals & councils
Sensory rooms procurement can tender and a charity can fund.
Independent, costed design for paediatric wards, A&E calm spaces, learning-disability wards and day centres. You see the finished room before you build it, and you receive a supplier-neutral specification your trust charity, League of Friends and procurement team can act on.
Three ways we design for NHS and council settings
Hospital and council spaces have to satisfy clinical, estates and procurement standards at once. We design the balance each service needs.
Paediatric & calming spaces
Low-arousal rooms for paediatric wards and A&E calm spaces, designed to settle distressed children and ease difficult procedures.
Learning-disability wards
Regulating environments for learning-disability and autism settings, designed to reduce distress and support safe, dignified care.
Day centres & therapy spaces
Multi-sensory rooms for day centres and council services, designed for structured therapeutic use across a range of service users.
What a sensory room does in a hospital setting
A sensory or multi-sensory room is a dedicated space that uses light, sound, texture and controlled stimulation to calm, regulate or gently engage patients. On a paediatric ward it can settle a frightened child before a procedure. In A&E a calm space can de-escalate distress. On a learning-disability ward it supports regulation and dignified care. The room only works when it is designed around your patients, your clinical standards and the way your staff will use it, which is exactly what an independent design gives you.
Independent by design
Most of this market is built around selling equipment, with the design offered free as part of that. We work a little differently, and alongside it: design is our only product, so the specification we hand you is supplier-neutral and yours to take to tender or to your framework.
Funders give more weight to a specification whose author does not also sell or install the room. Because we design only, ours is independent, which is exactly what helps release a budget and stands up at tender, and the costed schedule is yours to build with whoever you choose.
What you receive
A complete, costed design of your room. The killer benefit for NHS and council settings: an independent, costed specification procurement can tender and the funding charity can act on.
Photoreal renders
See the finished room before any commitment, and show your matron, estates team and the funding charity exactly what is planned.
3D walkthrough
Understand how the space feels and flows for patients, families and clinical staff, not just how it looks on a plan.
Layout & zoning plan
A clinically considered layout designed for infection control, sightlines, supervision and accessible, ligature-aware use.
Product specification
An itemised, supplier-neutral schedule procurement can take to tender or framework, with clear descriptions and quantities.
Socket & services plan
Power, fixing and services positions worked out in advance, so estates and the contractor get it right first time.
Presentation deck
A procurement-ready and charity-ready document the trust charity or League of Friends can act on, with costs laid out in full.
How we work
Considered, collaborative and led by your patients, your clinical standards and your estates requirements.
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Brief and clinical needs
We start with the service, the patients who will use the room and the clinical and estates requirements it has to meet.
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Sensory and safety goals
We agree the balance of calming, regulating and therapeutic use, alongside infection control, sightlines and supervision.
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Design and visualise
We design the room and bring it to life as renders and a walkthrough you can share with clinical leads, estates and the funding charity.
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Cost
Every element itemised and costed, supplier-neutral, ready for procurement to act on and for a charitable funding bid.
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Proposal
A complete specification and presentation deck, ready for the trust charity or League of Friends to fund and for estates to build.
NHS and council work
We are a new studio. Selected work and a sample design pack are available on request.
Your questions, answered
Our procurement runs on frameworks and tender. Can your specification go through that?
Yes. Because the specification is supplier-neutral and itemised with quantities and clear descriptions, procurement can take it to your framework or to competitive tender without being tied to one supplier.
Who usually pays for an NHS sensory room?
These rooms are rarely funded from core clinical budgets. They are typically paid for by the trust charity, a League of Friends or a charitable grant. All of them need a credible, independent, costed specification before they release funds, which is what we provide.
Will the design meet infection control and safety requirements?
We design for infection control, sightlines, supervision and accessible, ligature-aware use, and we work to your estates and clinical standards. The layout and specification are built around safe, cleanable, robust elements.
Do we have to buy the equipment from you?
No. We sell no equipment. The specification is supplier-neutral, so procurement buys each element from whichever supplier or framework you choose, at the best value.
How is the design costed for a charity bid?
Every element is itemised with quantities and clear descriptions, so the trust charity or League of Friends has a complete, costed schedule they can take to their trustees and act on.
Funding an NHS or council sensory room
These rooms are rarely paid for from core clinical budgets. They are usually funded by the trust charity, a League of Friends or a charitable grant. Every route needs a credible, independent, costed specification before money is released, which is what we provide.
Design a room your patients and clinical teams will value
Tell us about your service and the patients who will use the room. We will design it, visualise it and cost it in full, ready for procurement and the funding charity.