Homes to help people live independently

The cause

Norton Housing & Support provides supported accommodation for adults with mental health needs or learning disabilities. Located in the Leicester area, its schemes provide high quality homes, with a warm and friendly atmosphere, designed to enhance residents’ lives.

Proud of their person-centred approach, service users are at the heart of everything they do.

Our support

Following requests by residents of its supported living schemes, the charity set up a pilot project offering high-quality, one bedroom flats. Designed for use as move-on accommodation, the project’s aim was to help residents exercise daily-living skills and build self-confidence, while having access to a supportive social network.

The pilot’s success encouraged Norton Housing & Support to meet the demand for independent flats, by rolling out the scheme to other locations. With a loan facility from CAF Bank, the charity acquired and refurbished two buildings to provide ten one-person flats.

A further CAF Bank loan enabled the charity to purchase and refurbish another property to provide group living accommodation with en-suite facilities, for seven people.

The pilot was tremendously successful, enabling people who had developed daily-living skills to move to their own tenancy, with support on hand if needed

Sue Cowling
Norton