West Midlands Regional Accommodation and Support Directory for Women

Accommodation and Support Services for Women Offenders

(VERSION 5)

INDEX

Page
3 / Introduction
4 / Useful Links
Accommodation and Support Services for Women Offenders
District
5-7 / Birmingham
8-11 / Coventry
11-13 / Dudley
13-14 / Walsall
15 / Wolverhampton
16-17 / Sandwell
17 / East Staffs Borough (Burton)
18 / Cannock
19 / Lichfield
19-20 / Stafford Borough
20-24 / Stoke on Trent Council
25 / Tamworth Borough
25-31 / Staffordshire
32-33 / Shropshire
33 / Herefordshire
33-34 / Telford and Wrekin
34-36 / Worcestershire
37-43 / Warwickshire
43-49 / Solihull

WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT DIRECTORY FOR WOMEN

INTRODUCTION

Baroness Corston's report of a Review of Vulnerable Women was published in March 2007. One of the key recommendations called for a more co-ordinated approach to tackling women's needs in the community, advocating an holistic approach to mental health, accommodation, education, employment, childcare, finance and debt and other issues contributing to women's social exclusion and offending behaviour. In order to achieve this it is imperative that agencies work in partnership to divert women from custody, and increase compliance rates by providing integrated packages of support that meet the needs of women and ensure they have access to specialist services and are integrated into mainstream services.

The objective of this electronic directory is to provide accurate and up to date information to Housing Support Workers to enable them to provide an effective resettlement service to women offenders, wherever they are located whilst serving their prison or community sentence. The risk assessment done by the provider at the point of referral will determine whether the referral is accepted.

The regional accommodation pathway group will take responsibility for ensuring information, is regularly reviewed and updated (minimum annual review).

30/3/2012

1. A TO Z of local Directgov Services (By Local Authority)

Select the link below and browse by alphabet letter. Includes the following information by subject heading, for example

Children, Young People and Families

Council Homes

Debt

Homeless People

Housing Association Homes

Kids Club

School Childcare

Support Groups

2. RS Finder is an online database, primarily for prison, probation and resettlement staff, containing information about services in England and Walesthat can help prisoners and others resettle. It provides information about organisations providing:

Advice
Drugs and Alcohol treatment
Education, Training and Employment
Housing
Mental and Physical Health treatment

For information about resettlement services, copy and paste the link below in internet explorer

3.Shelter

Website address is

Accommodation and Support Services for Women Offenders

Name of District: Birmingham

Name of provider
(Fry, Heantun, Adullam etc) / Nature of service
(e.g. accommodation, floating support, accom plus f/support etc) / Client group
(e.g. general offenders, mental health, drug users, all women etc) / Gender profile
(e.g. women only, mixed sex) / Contact point
(name, telephone, email address)
Adullam / Accomm/Support
Also provides Floating Support / Ex Offenders and HIV / Mixed / Adullam Homes Housing Association
9 Park Ave
Hockley
Birmingham
B18 5ND
Tel:0121 551 5030
Fax: 0121 445 8000
Esther Sinclair -

Referral to Adullam through Midland Heart (SPA4) 0345 6036166
Fry Housing
Stephen Springer House / Accomm/support / Ex Offenders / Takes Females on the odd occasion / Fry
Tel:0121 356 4476
Nacro Housing / Accomm/Support / Ex Offenders / Mixed / Nacro
Tel:0121 333 6795
Stonham / Accomm/Support / Ex Offenders / Mixed / Tel:0121 380 4926
Midland Heart
Helen Dixon House
(42 units) / Accomm/Support
Short term accommodation-28 days to maximum 4 months / Single Homeless Women aged 25+ / Female only / Tel:0121 449 3748
Midland Heart
Long Street
(12 units) / Accomm/Support
Short term accommodation-28 days to maximum 4 months / Single Homeless Females aged 25+ / Female only / Tel:0121 666 5555
St Basils / Accomm/Support/Floating Support/Assist in Finding Accommodation / Single Homeless aged 16-25 / Mixed / Tel:0121 233 1508
BirminghamYMCA
Aston
Erdington
Northfield / Accom/Floating Support
Accom/Support
Accom/Support / Single Homeless
Aged 18-65
Aged 16-25
Aged 18-65 / Mixed
Inc Parent & Baby / Tel:0121 477 4644
Midland Heart
Foyer
(80 units) / Accomm/Support
Short term accommodation-28 days to maximum 4 months / Single Homeless
Aged 16-25 / Mixed / Tel:0121 236 6298
Birmingham and Solihull
Women’s Aid / Accomm/Support / Women Escaping domestic violence / Females Only / Helpline 0800 0732 606 or 0121 685 8687.
Mind In Birmingham / Accomm/Support/Floating Support / Mental Health / Mixed / Tel:0121 608 8001
English Churches Housing Group
TownsendGardens / Accomm/Support / Single Homeless Women
Aged 16-25 / Females / Tel:0121 471 1462
Midland Heart Homeless Services Centre / Assistance in Finding Accommodation ,access to Floating Support, access to SPA 4 support services (Refugees, offenders& Substance use)Rough Sleepers Outreach Team and vulnerable persons assertive outreach team. / Single Homeless
Aged 16-65 / Mixed / Tel:0345 60 20 549
Midland Heart
Lozells Road
(22 units) / Accomm/Support
Short term accommodation-28 days to maximum 4 months / Single Homeless
Aged 25+ / Mixed / Tel: 0121 551 2811
Midland Heart
Muirhead House
(27 units) / Accomm/Support
Short term accommodation-28 days to maximum 4 months / Single Homeless
Aged 25+ / Mixed / Tel:0121 446 4022
Crowley House Approved Premises (Probation) / Probation Approved premises for female offenders. Only Approved premises in the West Midlands area for Females.
18 Beds. / All levels of risk / Women Only / 31 Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 9QA.
Tel: 0121 472 7111.
Fax: 0121 415 4072

Name of District: Coventry

Name of provider
(Fry, Heantun, Adullam etc) / Nature of service
(e.g. Accommodation, Floating Support, Accom plus f/Support etc) / Client group
(e.g. General Offenders, Mental Health, Drug Users, All Women etc) / Gender profile
(e.g. Women Only, Mixed Sex) / Contact point
(Name, Telephone, Email Address)
Anjuman / Accommodation, Finance, Employment Support / Medium risk Mental Health / Men and Women / 667 Foleshill Road
Foleshill
Coventry
CV6 5JQ
Tel: 02476 688 085
Fax:02476 666 796
Coventry Foyer / Accommodation, Employment, Training, Education / Applicants must demonstrate they are in housing need. / Men and women, aged between 16-24 / The Coventry Foyer
Holyhead Court
Lower Holyhead Road
CoventryCV1 3AX
Email:
Telephone: 02476 251 001
Fax: 02476 634 431
Coventry Haven / Domestic Violence Services / Women / Women Only / Tel: 02476 444 077
Cyrenians / Accommodation and advice / ALL / Men and Women / McRay House, 98-101 Far Gosford Street, Coventry, CV1 5EA.
Tel: 02476 520 028
Cyrenians Young Persons direct access / 14 bed spaces for 16-24 year olds Open 24/7 / ALL / Men and women / Tel: 02476 525 155
Fax: 02476 551 038
Fry Housing Trust / Accommodation 20 bed spaces / Ex-offenders / Male/Female / All referrals through the Accommodation SPOC
Tel: 02476 630 555
Harmony / Accommodation- 17 spaces across 3 properties / ALL / Females 16+. DSS accepted / or contact Sandy Mann on
Mobile: 07903 186 979.
Nacro Nce / Housing Related floating support / Ex offenders, / Men and women / Apollo House, Rounds Green Rd, Oldbury, B69 2DF
Tel. 0121 552 9589
Panahghar Asian Women’s Project / DV Safe house / ALL / Women Only / Tel: 02476 228952
Out of Hours Tel: 0116 270 5320.
Fax: 02476 230 886
E-mail – or
Solace Project / Afro Caribbean Domestic Abuse Project / ALL / Women only / Osaba Family centre, 23 Victoria Street, Hillfields, Coventry.
Tel 02476 221 816
(24 hour hotline) 02476 222 988.
Fax: 02476 631 236
Stonham Housing / Accommodation 26bed spaces / Ex-offenders / Male/Female / All referrals through the Accommodation SPOC
Tel: 02476 630 555
Valley House / Accommodation with Floating Support
Also run a Sanctuary Scheme offering security upgrades to accommodation and/or floating support for people who haveexperienced domestic abuse / All / Children and parents / 55-57 Bell Green RoadCoventryCV6 7GQ,
Tel:02476 266 290/0800 328 9084
E-mail –
Whitefriars Housing group / Accommodation via the Home Finder system / ALL / Men and women / 9 Little Park Street, Coventry, CV1 2UR.
Tel: 02476 767 111
Fax: 02476 767 200.
E-mail -

These establishments can only provide furnishings for properties
Coventry City Council / Provision of Domestic Items / ALL / Men and Women / 269 Sovereign Rd, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6LT.
Tel: 02476 691 433
CoventryCityMission Turnaround Project / Provision of Domestic Items / ALL / Men and Women / Unit C2, Little Heath Industrial Estate, Old Church Road, Little Heath, Coventry, CV6 7NB.
Tel:02476 661 400
EMMAUS / Provision of Domestic items / ALL / Men and Women / 70 Red Lane, Foleshill, Coventry, CV6 5EQ.
Tel: 02476 661 466

Name of District: Dudley

Name of provider
(Fry, Heantun, Adullam etc) / Nature of service
(e.g. accommodation, floating support, accom plus f/support etc) / Client group
(e.g. general offenders, mental health, drug users, all women etc) / Gender profile
(e.g. women only, mixed sex) / Contact point
(name, telephone, email address)
Dudley MBC / Accommodation-“Dudley at Home” Choice Based Lettings
This includes access to local authority and housing association accommodation / All / Mixed /
Tel: 0300 555 2345
Midland Heart – Gibbs Road, Lye / Accommodation/support / Single homeless / Mixed / Tel: 01384 423 771 – Please note that the women’s service is still run by Midland Heart but the accommodation used for women is no longer in Lye. It is now in the Blackheath area.
CHADD / Accommodation and Support / Households escaping DV / Mixed / Tel: 01384 456465

Humdard Project (Sandwell
Womens Aid ) / Accommodation and Support / Asian Women and children escaping DV / Women Only / Tel: 0845 607 6474
Heantun Housing / Accommodation with Floating Support
Also run a Sanctuary Scheme offering security upgrades to accommodation and/or floating support for people who haveexperienced domestic abuse / General offenders / Mixed / Referrals through SP Electronic Gateway

3 Wellington Road
Bilston
West Midlands
WV14 6AA
Telephone01902 571 100
01384 234838
Fax01902 571 202

Referrals through SP Electronic Gateway

Jephson House
Narrowboat Way
HurstBusinessPark
Brierley Hill
DY5 1UF

Jephson Housing / Accommodation and practical support / Vulnerable people / Mixed sex but also young people
Dudley Tenancy Sustainment / Floating Support / Vulnerable people / Mixed / Referrals through SP Electronic Gateway

0300 555 2345 (Dudley Council Plus)

Name of District: Walsall

Name of provider
(Fry, Heantun, Adullam etc) / Nature of service
(e.g. accommodation, floating support, accom plus f/support etc) / Client group
(e.g. general offenders, mental health, drug users, all women etc) / Gender profile
(e.g. women only, mixed sex) / Contact point
(name, telephone, email address)
Heantun / 29 units floating support to low/medium support and prolific offenders / General offenders / Mixed / Tina Davis

Tel: 01902 571150
Heantun Housing Assoc
No.3 Wellington Rd, Bilston
W’Mids, WV14 6AA
Joy Wright

Tel: 01922 571137
Nacro / Floating support for high risk, offenders referred through MAPPA process / High risk offenders / Mixed / Dave Morse,
Tel: 01922 625 060
Nacro
Bath House, Bath St, Walsall, WS1 3DB
Jessica Bennett

Tel:01922 625060
Caldmore Housing / Accommodation/Floating support
This would be picked up as a secondary need and are not specifically for offenders / Mental Health/young people at risk / Mixed / Central Office 18 Caldmore Green, Caldmore,Walsall WS1 3RL
Rod Brown – Head of Support MH/LD and Elders

Tel: 01922728230
Julie Blake – Head of Support Service – Young People, Women and Children

Tel: 01922728237
Midland Heart / Accommodation and floating support / Substance misuse/Sex Work/Offenders / Women 16+ / Michelle Goodall
Project Manager
Midland Heart
Walsall Women's Project, 334 Wednesbury Rd
Pleck, Walsall, WS2 9QW
Tel: 01922 623109

Name of District: Wolverhampton

Name of provider
(Fry, Heantun, Adullam etc) / Nature of service
(e.g. accommodation, floating support, accom plus f/support etc) / Client group
(e.g. general offenders, mental health, drug users, all women etc) / Gender profile
(e.g. women only, mixed sex) / Contact point
(name, telephone, email address)
The Haven / Accommodation and
Floating support available / All women / Female only / PO Box 105
W’ton
Tel 01902 713 001 for referrals
Jericho House / Accommodation / 16 plus - women / Female only / 75 Albert Road, W’ton. Tel. 01902 421 732 for referrals
YMCA / Foyer service Accommodation / 16-25 year olds / Mixed / Badger Court Foyer, Cannock Road, W’ton.
Tel. 01902 870 382 for referrals
Navjeevan / Accommodation / 18-65 South Asian women with medium/high mental health issues / Female only / Navjeevan Project. Tel. 01902 312 234 for referrals
Platform 51
Crysalis Project / Floating Support / All women / Female only / Nicola Salt
Tel: 01902 357070 / 07801 310583
BILSTON YWCA
Midland Heart
Bushbury Lane Hostel
First Avenue Hostel / Accommodation / 16-25 year olds / Mixed / Bushbury Lane:
Tel: 01902 425087
First Avenue :
Tel: 01902 736772
Fernbank Care in the Community / Accommodation / 18 plus, complex needs / Mixed / Tel: 01902 568240

WolverhamptonCity Council Tenancy Sustainment / Floating Support / 16+ / Mixed / Tel:01902 551043

Name of District: Sandwell

Name of provider
(Fry, Heantun, Adullam etc) / Nature of service
(e.g. accommodation, floating support, accom plus f/support etc) / Client group
(e.g. general offenders, mental health, drug users, all women etc) / Gender profile
(e.g. women only, mixed sex) / Contact point
(name, telephone, email address)
Fry House Trust – Chapter House / Accommodation Base / Offenders/Single Homeless / Mixed / Tracey Garbett

0121 500 6490
Sandwell MBC Persistent Priority Offenders / Floating Support / High Risk Offenders / Mixed / Andy Craven

0121 569 5228
Sandwell Youth Offender Team / Floating Support / 16-19 Yrs Offenders / Mixed / Kate Duffy

0121 557 8804
Black country Housing Tenancy Support / Floating Support / Generic / Mixed / Ian Stuart

0121 561 1969
Sandwell Tenancy Support Service / Floating Support / Generic / Mixed / Vicky Moses

0121 596 5358
SHARP Floating Support / Floating Support / Generic / Mixed / Mike Martin

0121 544 0542
P3 – Cooperage Court / Accommodation and Support.Also provides Floating Support based
on the ACE model. / People who are serially excluded with complex
and challenging
behaviour – including offending behaviour. / Mixed / P3
Tel:0121 522 4161
Fax:0121 522 4763

P3 Women’s Service / Accommodation with Housing Related
Support. / Women experiencing a
range of social exclusion issues, including mental
ill health. / Women Only / P3
Tel:0121 525 6880
Fax:0121 525 6002

6. Staffordshire Probation Area

Name of District: East Staffs Borough (Burton)

Name of District: Cannock

Home visiting and individual support for families with a variety of needs.
Family Support Workers and Social Workers link with other professionals to provide information and support for parents of young children both practically and emotionally.

/ Vulnerable young families
Hard to reach families / Eve Fisher

01543 467 274
07976 191 108

Name of District: Lichfield

Name of District: Stafford Borough

Name of District: Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Name of provider / Nature of service
(e.g. accommodation, floating support, accom plus f/support etc) / Client group
(e.g. general offenders, mental health, drug users, all women etc) / Gender profile
(e.g. women only, mixed sex) / Contact point
(name, telephone, email address)
Arch (North Staffs) Ltd – Ashwood Service / Accommodation based plus resettlement support / General Offenders or those at risk of offending / Mixed / Kerry Riach - Tel: 01782 683755

Canalside, Pelham Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3LL
Brighter Futures – 90 Hope Street / Accommodation based plus resettlement support / Single Homeless with Support (primary need)
general offenders would be included within this / Mixed / Mandy Green, Tel:01782 279 234

90 Hope Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5BY
Brighter Futures –
Smartmoves / Floating Support – low level / Generic (primary need) general offenders would be included within this / Mixed / Janet Rouse
Tel: 01782 202980,

5 Whittle Court, Town Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 2QE
Brighter Futures Chepstow House
Stoke on Trent & North Staffs / Chepstow House offers support and
information to women who are at
risk of offending or re-offending / Female offenders 18+ / Women only / Emma Stazaker
Tel: 01782 208200,

Unit One
Upper Floor Offices
Bryan Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffs
ST1 5AJ
Crime Reduction Initiatives – Eastgate service / Accommodation Based plus resettlement support / People with Drug problems (Primary need) General offenders and those at risk of offending (secondary need) / Mixed / Sandra Eden – CRI Services Manager
Tel: 01782 212800

3 Canal Arm, FestivalPark, Canalside, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5UR
NACRO Community Enterprises Ltd / Accommodation based support / General Offenders / Mixed / Dale Nicholson Tel: 01332 273 703
1 Hastings Street, Normanton, Derby, DE23 6QQ
Brighter Futures – Street Services / Outreach & Drop-in sessions / Women in or at risk of prostitution, women vulnerable to sexual exploitation, rough sleepers, offenders, mental health & drug users / Mixed ( but do have street services specifically for women) / Jane Hulme Tel:01782 286 862
Rough Sleeper’s Team FREEPHONE 0800 9702304

Potteries Women’s Refuge – The Bluebell / Accommodation based with resettlement support / Women fleeing Domestic Violence (primary need) may include women offenders / Women only / Kim Bennett, 01782 822885

The Bluebell,111 Waterloo Road,
Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent,ST6 2EN
NOTE: Scheduled to close end of March 2012 – replaced by Arch Women’s Refuge – Julia House from April1st.
Stoke-on-Trent & District Gingerbread Centre Ltd – Rothesay Court / Accommodation based with resettlement support / Homeless Families with Support (primary need) may include women offenders / Mixed / Jean Lawton, Tel:01782 344 740,
Rothesay Court, Furnace Road, Longton
Stoke-on-Trent,ST3 4LY
Refuge – Asian women’s project / Accommodation based with resettlement support / Women at risk of Domestic Violence / Women only / Jane Keeper - Tel: 01332 200 027,
PO Box 647, Derby, DE1 9PB
Heantun Housing Association – Floating Support service for High Risk Offenders / Floating Support / High risk offenders / Mixed / Val Morris - Tel: 01785 713785

First Floor Offices,
Staffordshire House,
Clay Street, Penkridge, ST19 5AF
Stoke-on-Trent & District Gingerbread Centre Ltd - Young Mother’s Unit / Accommodation based with resettlement support / Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers / Women only / Wendy Lubacz
Tel: 01782 215656

30 – 44 Eastfield Drive, Off Clifford Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DJ
Arch (North Staffs) Ltd – Supported Housing / Shared or self contained accommodation / Single Homeless People / Mixed / Lisa Pedley
Tel: 01782 204479

Canalside, Pelham Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3LL
Brighter Futures – Community Housing / Shared or self contained accommodation / Single Homeless People / Mixed / Kevin Beech
Tel: 01782 406000

5 Whittle Court, Town Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 2QE
Arch (North Staffs) Ltd – Women’s Refuge (Julia House)
. / . Accommodation based with resettlement support / . Women fleeing domestic abuse (primary need) may include women offenders / . Women only / To be confirmed
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire YMCA – Edinburgh House / Foyer / Young People / Mixed / Duncan Maydew
Tel: 01782 222376

Edinburgh House, Harding Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3AE
Staffordshire Housing Association – BlueMountain / Supported Housing and resettlement / Refugees / Mixed / Ben Emmanuel
Tel: 01782 5772288

2-4 Woodhouse Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire, ST4 1EJ
Brighter Futures – Housing and Social Care / Supported Housing / People with mental health problems / Mixed / Mandie Deakes
Tel: 01782 406000

5 Whittle Court, Town Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 2QE
Brighter Futures – Resettlement and Recovery / Supported Housing / People with mental health problems / Mixed / Mandie Deakes
Tel: 01782 406000

5 Whittle Court, Town Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 2QE
North Staffs Mind / Supported Housing / People with mental health problems / Mixed / Deborah Key
Tel: 01782 824529

74 Newcastle Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 3QH
Rethink – Millicent House and Millicent House Housing / Supported Housing / People with mental health problems / Mixed / Tina Bridger
Tel: 01543 466604

Avalon House, Horton Close, Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 5EY
The Salvation Army – Vale Street Hostel / Accommodation based with resettlement / Single Homeless(offenders may be included) / Mixed(women not allowed in the hostel) / Gary Thomas
Tel: 01782 744374

Vale Street Hostel, Vale Street, Stoke, ST4
Brighter Futures – Learning Disability Service / Floating Support / People with learning disabilities / Mixed / Mandie Deakes
Tel: 01782 406000

5 Whittle Court, Town Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 2QE
Brighter Futures – Hopwood House / Accommodation based with resettlement / People with alcohol problems / Mixed / John Bowie
Tel: 01782 271014

5 Whittle Court, Town Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 2QE
Staffordshire Buddies / Floating Support / People with HIV / Aids / Mixed / Toni Montinaro
Tel: 01782 201251

PO Box 474, Hanley, ST1 3HX

Name of District: Tamworth Borough