Social Housing

Viridian have around 16,000 homes for more than 30,000 people. They work in partnership with local authorities, organisations and residents to create safe, sustainable communities.  They aim to support their residents and help them to make the most of opportunities in their lives. They provide rented family housing, homes for shared ownership, care and supported homes for older and vulnerable people, assisted living, hostel accommodation and student accommodation.

Look Ahead provides vulnerable people with high quality accommodation and the care and support services they need to live independently.

For the last 30 years they have worked in partnership with local authorities and primary care trusts to support thousands of people every year.

Making Space works with people affected by mental health conditions, and with their carers, to help them shape their lives based on their own personal aspirations and circumstances.

Established in 1990 avante partnership is a charitable company and one of the largest social care providers in the South East. Through their residential care homes and community support services, avante partnership provide support for more than 4,000 people a year.

Metropolitan Support Trust, are a specialist care and support organisation, committed to supporting people to live independent lives.  They support a wide range of people with multiple needs, including: learning disabilities; mental ill-health; young people ; older people; people with drug and alcohol dependencies; refugees and asylum seekers.

Their services range from 1-2-1support such as floating support, accommodation based support services, extra care and employment services.

Turning Point is the UK's leading social care organisation.

Their expertise across a broad range of areas means they can provide services directly to people with multiple issues that other organisations can find difficult to support.

Their work across substance misuse, mental health, learning disability, employment and young people's support has led us to develop approaches that tackle people's whole needs. We pride ourselves on addressing wider issues of health and social disadvantage.

Autism Initiatives UK was first established in 1972.  The charity grew from the work of Pat Minshull who was concerned about the lack of specialised help available for her son Peter, who has autism.    A successful fundraising campaign resulted in the establishment of Peterhouse School in Southport.