Getir Highfields

Providing a comprehensive, individualised approach to homelessness. providing sustenance and advocacy. providing enrichment, encouragement and empowerment, enabling service users to progress and sustain progression in the form of independent , indoor living. create partnerships for ongoing support networks.

Norton House, as it was then known, was established in 1984 as a charity and company limited by guarantee. The charity is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association incorporated on the 11th December 1984, updated in October 2014 and again in 2018, to reflect the intention to develop services for other disadvantaged groups. In the event of the charity being wound up the liability of the members is limited to £1. The primary objective of the charity is the provision of accommodation and/ or support for people with ongoing mental health issues or from another disadvantaged group. As of 31st March 2019, Norton Housing and Support provided the following services: • 46 places in seven supported group homes, for people with ongoing mental health issues and/or a learning disability. Six properties owned by Housing Associations and one by Norton Housing and Support. From June 2019, this will be reduced to 38 places in six schemes • 7 places in a supported group home, owned by PA Housing, for vulnerable young women and their babies • 13 supported one bedroomed flats in three properties owned by Norton Housing and Support, for people with mental health issues • 1 supported one bedroomed flat owned by PA Housing • Personal assistant service for people in either the group homes, or their own tenancy Norton Housing and Support became a Registered Provider of Social Housing and Landlord in 2011. We now manage 7 properties and own 4 of our own.

Alice Hawkins Community Projects are working with local people to enable change within the community, providing support for those on the poverty line and from less privileged backgrounds so they can focus on improving their lives, accessing opportunities and developing the community they belong to. As a community interest company we run a number of initiatives and projects supported by public donations and funding, run by volunteers and our members. Our first and ongoing project, setup in the pandemic and previously known as ‘Woodgate Community Food; our food bank offers support for those in need living in the Fosse and Westcotes wards of Leicester city. We provide top up food parcels for over 100 households a week and are always in need of additional funds for this ongoing project. The cost of living has increased and this especially true in the Winter months for the most vulnerable in our community. In 2022 we embarked on a electric blanket campaign to support those most affected with the high prices of fuel by providing an alternative cheaper way of localised heating. We now have a Community Garden which we started in 2023 after being awarded The National Grid’s Community Green Spaces Fund to start a community container garden at the Annexe.