Offering a range of wellbeing and business services in the one location, Ararat’s Claridge House will celebrate its official opening on February 17.
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The redevelopment of the Vincent Street premises started in 2014, with the vision of creating a shared space for health and professional services to come together.
The major redevelopment now services the Rural City of Ararat area and beyond.
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The project, which is now completed, offers access to a wide range of experts.
In servicing people’s health and wellbeing, Claridge House offers:
- Physiotherapy
- Exercise physiology
- Remedial massage therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Podiatry
- Dental technician
- Psychology
- Personal training.
There are other professional services on offer, which include:
- Property valuation
- Financial advising
Ararat Physiotherapy and Health Services (APHS) uses Claridge House as a venue to offer a range of classes including yoga, pilates (as well as pregnancy pilates), tai chi and calm birthing classes.
Men’s strengthening class for the over 30s will be starting soon.
To celebrate its opening, the Claridge House team has invited the community to come along to an open day on Friday, February 17 from 4pm to 4.45pm.
All guests arriving between 4pm-4.45pm will receive a free class pass for yoga, tai chi, pilates (maternal and pregnancy) or men’s class to celebrate the opening.
Explore the facilities and see what is now on offer at Claridge House.
At 5pm, special guest Louise Staley, Member for Ripon, will officially open Claridge House with a special tribute to Dr Claridge.
Dr Claridge
A dedicated part of the Ararat community, Dr Eric James Carré Claridge built the original Claridge House in 1952.
Born in Wellington New Zealand in 1912, Dr Claridge graduated medicine from Sydney University. He met his wife Carmen working at The Alfred where she was a nurse and they married in 1938.
His first practice was in Minyip and he later took the opportunity to expand, taking up a bigger practice in Ararat.
Dr Claridge was called up to the medical Corp at the start of World War II, serving in New Guinea, before returning to the Ararat community with the end of the war. He built Claridge House in 1952 and was the first doctor in Ararat to have his own X-ray machine and developing room.
Dr Claridge was well known within the Ararat community as a strong force in Legacy and a dedicated member of the RSL and the local golf club
He retired in 1981.
