Advance Housing provide a range of housing options for people with disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, and age related needs. From shared homes to shared ownership, supported living to state of the art developments, Advance Housing have expertise in providing high quality homes that meet their customers' individual…

The development provides one and two bedroom apartments for rent and shared ownership alongside on-site care and support services.  Designed with immediate and longer-term needs in mind, Alice Bye Court offers independent living with the benefit of the use of the schemes extensive communal facilities To apply for a rental apartment…

Grants available to people in financial hardship who need essential equipment, such as a wheelchair, or help to get over a short term hurdle, such as an illness. Support & Advice:  Friendly and non-judgemental support and advice on a wide variety of issues given to anyone who…

Social housing association across the Thames Valley area.

Reading Citizens Advice delivers free, impartial, independent and confidential advice. Advisers will talk with you to find out what you need help with and then decide with you what should happen next.  

Free, confidential, impartial and independent advice.  Help to sort out debt worries, benefits claims, housing and employment problems, or deal with queries about consumer or tax issues.  They can advise on legal matters, answer questions about immigration, and have experience on family, personal and personal…

Help with housing Call Shelter's free Housing Advice Helpline on 0808 800 4444. It is open from 8am-8pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm on weekends. There is also a lot of information about housing on Shelter England's website  Looking for private rented accommodation Start…

The Dementia Care Advisor will support anyone affected by any type of dementia and offer signposting on such topics as: Benefits, welfare, Department for Work and Pensions: including Attendance Allowance to support care costs (everyone is entitled to apply for this and it is not means…

First Stop Advice is an independent, free service offering advice and impartial information for older people, their families and carers about housing and care options in later life. It is led by the charity Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) working in partnership with other national and…

Haig Housing offers a wide range of housing assistance and options ranging from general needs rental housing for ex-Service people and their familes in housing need, through to specially adapted housing, available through a shared ownership scheme or special purchase for Service and ex-Service people…

If you’re homeless, living in a hostel or have difficulties accessing mainstream health services, you can visit clinics in Reading and speak to a member of the Health Outreach Liaison Team (HOLT). If the team is unable to help you they will ensure you are referred to…

If you have a long-term disability, the HOLD scheme in England could help you buy any home for sale on a shared ownership basis (part-rent/part-buy). You could buy a share of your home (between 25% and 75% of the home’s value) and pay rent on the…

HomechoiceWB is the Choice Based Lettings Scheme for West Berkshire. HomechoiceWB gives you more choice about where you want to live. In the past, West Berkshire Council selected a property for you. With the new system, you can decide which properties you would like to…

Advice, help and prevention if you're at risk of becoming homeless If you are homeless, or think you might become homeless in the future, you should tell us as soon as you can.  We'll talk about your situation with you and give some advice to you…

Information and advice to help you think about the type of housing most suited to your needs. Downloadable Housing options factsheet.

Loose Ends is a drop-centre in Newbury serving food to the homeless and vulnerable. The preparation and serving of healthy, hot meals is the group's main function but groceries, tins, toiletries and clean clothes are also offered to all those in need. The volunteers strive…

VOLUNTEERING If you would like to find out more about being a volunteer please contact via Volunteer Centre West Berkshire, Bolton Place, Northbrook St, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1AJ or email recruitment@looseendsnewbury.org Loose Ends is a drop-centre in Newbury serving food to the homeless and vulnerable. The…

The MEAM Approach West Berkshire is a multi-agency partnership approach to working with people with multiple complex needs and complicating factors around homelessness including substance misuse, contact with the criminal justice system and mental health needs. The approach works by creating a partnership of systems…

Mulberry Court is a Retirement Living scheme in the centre of Newbury and consists of 23 flats (19 two-bedroom flats and four one-bedroom flats) which are located on three floors with lift access.  Flats benefit from their own entrance accessed via an internal corridor for…