In 2018, the OCMW and the City of Lier opened Het Schoppeke local service centre on the site of a former residential care centre. In addition, about 100 adapted homes for the elderly were built at the site: 35 adapted homes for the elderly for the social housing company and 90 for the private market. In the nearby Beguinage, there is a high concentration of housing units for socially vulnerable people. A number of educational institutions, including the technical Sint-Ursula Institute, and a number of other organisations, such as TEJO Lier and Gasthuisgemeenschap De Brug Vzw, are located near the site. It means the OCMW and the City of Lier are shaping the development of a care campus with the local service centre as the offline neighbourhood hub.

This care campus focuses on informal care. Here, care is based on the informal support of the wider community in the neighbourhood. The care campus utilises the intergenerational potential of the proximity of the elderly and students. Students are employed to meet the care needs of the neighbourhood through community work or internship assignments. This is facilitated by the educational institutes. The right target groups are guided to this informal care network through home visits by the local service centre. A digital platform provides virtual support for the neighbourhood network’s operations.

The City of Lier's social policy team is responsible for managing the care campus as part of the local social policy. The team works with the OCMW in order to promote the cohesion of the care campus.