he Singapore Cheshire Home was founded in 1957 with the aim to provide a "home" for the care of the seriously disabled having no or limited means and whose families, if any, are unable to provide adequate care.

This is a "home" in the truest practicable sense, for the care, rehabilitation, encouragement, stimulation and happiness of its residents and clients, all of whom are seriously disabled adults of both sexes and various races and creeds, and to give them the chance to live as normal lives as possible.
The Home was started, in 1956, by the late Group Captain Lord Leonard Cheshire, V.C., O.M., D.S.O., D.F.C. on a derelict gun-site beside the sea at Telok Paku, Changi. This was the first Home in the Far East region.

On 23rd December 1957, the first two residents were admitted and seven joined the Home the following year. Over the years, it expanded into a complex with a capacity for 76 residents. The Home was relocated to temporary premises at Changi Creek when the site at Telok Paku was acquired by the Government in 1976.

In 1984, the residents moved to the permanent custom-built Home at Serangoon Gardens within a conducive environment with a heated hydrotherapy pool, practical amenities for therapy, exercises, computer training, handicrafts and recreational facilities like karaoke and movies etc. as well as small-scale hydroponics cultivation of vegetables within its compound. The same complex also houses the Day Care Centre.