No, we have helped people from as far away as Plymouth, but we only have flats in Newcastle at the moment, so you have to be prepared to live here if you need a flat.

Up to 18 months if you need to, but your support worker will help you to learn how to live independently and will help you with the process of finding and moving on into your own tenancy, so you’ll not be left wondering where to go next.

We have 8 bedsits and they are in Bewick Court right in the centre of Newcastle next to the Library. We are hoping to have more flats in the future, and will update our website when we have news on this.

We don’t offer emergency accommodation and because we only have 8 bedsits, it would be unlikely that we would be able to help you straight away. We would help you find emergency accommodation and offer you what we call “floating support” until we can help you with a flat, or help you find somewhere else safe to live. It’s called “floating support” because you wouldn’t have a flat with us at that time, but you would still be helped by the same Project Worker.

We operate what we call a “Pool” of people who are waiting for a flat. When a flat becomes available our Project Workers who assess who is in greatest need of a flat at that time. So just because you are new to the pool, doesn’t mean that you would go to the bottom of a list. It depends on your individual circumstances at the time.

Basically, you will not sharing any facilities with anyone else.
This means that each flat has everything you need including its own front door, kitchen, bathroom, living room and bed area.

You will have a Project Worker who will work with you to help identify where you need support. They will help you do things that you might not have had to do before, like register with a GP, or apply for housing benefit. They will ask you if you have any particular goals you want to achieve, such as getting back into education, or learning how to cook. Some things you will need to find out straight away, other things you might want to plan ahead to achieve. Whatever you need, you will have the opportunity to talk it through, and your Project Worker will help you get there!

Unfortunately not, we only have bedsits at the moment and they are only for one person.

If you are homeless, for example because your family have rejected you, you will be able to claim certain benefits to help you live independently. Your Project Worker will work through this process with you to make sure you get the financial support that is available to you, including housing benefit.

Your flat will be fully furnished so you will have all the basic furniture, bedding, cooking items and bathroom items that you need to move straight in. We will also provide you with your first week’s basic shop (we will take you to do this) so you have food, cleaning products and toiletries to get you started. Your Project Worker will you with learning how to budget and knowing what you need to buy, so don’t worry.