About Us

Our ethos

Sunfield Home Howick believes that people with intellectual impairments deserve to be provided for in a protected environment for life, where they are encouraged to extend their abilities and achieve a life of fulfillment.

We care for and develop people with intellectual impairments in a protected and stimulating home-from-home environment.

Vision:

Sunfield empowers people with an intellectual disability to reach their full potential in a dignified, sustainable and nurturing environment.

Values:

 Integrity:      Always interacting with the highest level of authenticity, and honesty.

Caring:  Delivering best practise care, where residents of all abilities belong, are accepted, and are empowered throughout their lives, in an inclusive, respectful, and progressive environment.

Collaboration:  Sustaining a unified community that supports our residents’ diverse needs with growing mutual respect.

Our Residents

We have adult residents of all races living in our 5 houses and accept adults from 18 years onwards. We can accommodate a wide range of intellectual impairments and we place each individual according to their specific needs and abilities.

We offer extra care in our assisted living Combrinck House, where the staff to resident ratio is much higher than in other houses.

The Home has a full-time Occupational Therapist who plans and supervises all activities and the residents also enjoy normal leisure time.

We are committed to our multi-racial, loving and caring environment, which has made us a leading Home for intellectually impaired adults in South Africa.

Our People

We have a large complement of permanent staff at Sunfield Home. Our residents are well cared for by an experienced team of carers, supervised by House parents and their assistants.
Don Tully
General Manager - Business
Tania Darch
Head of Department - OT & Residents' Welfare
Sister Bev Wheeler
Head of Department - Medical
Chef Graham Bellis
Graham Bellis
Head of Department - Catering
Londi Mjwara
Shana Reddy
Mar-Louise Pretorius

Our medical Team

This team of health care professionals provide a range of services that include, but are not limited to:

  • Daily clinics for any resident feeling unwell
  • Daily issuing of prescription medication
  • Daily liaison with housemothers on residents’ conditions/concerns
  • Weekly doctor’s consultations for sick residents and repeat chronic prescriptions
  • Weekly weight monitoring and BMI calculations
  • Monthly blood pressure and sugar monitoring
  • Liaison with parents concerning their resident’s health
  • 24 hour on call for after-hours emergencies onsite, or by providing telephonic advice for staff.

Sponsors & Donors

As a non-profit organization we require the generosity of others to assist us in maintaining our financial stability.

Unfortunately, many of our residents outlive their primary caregivers and become dependent on our home as a safe haven in which to live out their remaining days.

We are a reliable and trustworthy recipient of donations, social responsibility funds and sponsorship opportunities, for individuals and companies.

Sunfield Board 2024-25

The Board of Directors is responsible for formulating and upholding principles and policies at our home. It comprises a group of dedicated parents and volunteers, who freely give of their time, expertise and services.

We value each one of them and are grateful to have their professionalism guiding us.

David Worrall
Chairman & Fund Raising
Dianne Perrett
Vice Chairman; Strategic Planning & Marketing
Barbara Higgins
Board Secretary & FoSH Liaison
John Ade
Finance
Buzz Goeman
Resident & Staff Wellness
Howard Christie
Capital Projects & Finance
Myles van Deventer
Estate & Finance
Barbara Taljard
Policies & Procedures

Supporters of Sunfield

Our History

Sunfield traces its roots back to the Magaliesburg Children’s Home for the intellectually impaired, which was established near Hartebeespoort Dam in August 1953.

In 1955 a group of parents purchased the 22 ha Greendale farm just to the west of the little village of Howick in Natal.

Mr and Mrs Schafer, and eleven children, moved down and Sunfield Home Howick was born.

The following year the parents formed an association called Sunfield Homes, a Section 21 company, with seven of the founding members as Directors.

Over the years, thanks to the vision, dedication and tireless work of the Directors, the association established Homes near Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal (1970), in Johannesburg, Gauteng (1986), in the Cape at Wellington (1989) and at Balfour in the Free State (1991).

This created a network of dedicated Homes where the intellectually impaired could receive appropriate care. Sunfield Homes was eventually dissolved as each Home became individual Section 21 companies, each with their own Board of Directors.

Enquire about our home

Chat to Don

Have any questions? Call or email our General Manager, Don Tully.

gm@sunfield.co.za
082 801 5931