Sheltered Housing

The aim of sheltered housing is to provide accommodation suitable for older and/or disabled people and support them to live as independently and comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible.

The Trust has 63 sheltered housing schemes in Bath and North East Somerset. They are all served by a Sheltered Housing Officer trained to provide a quality support service to residents. These schemes range from clusters of individual properties to larger developments of flats and bungalows with communal facilities, such as community rooms, laundries and guest rooms. We also have schemes where all the flats are under one roof. All of our accommodation is self-contained.

The Sheltered Housing Officers belong to one of four neighbourhood teams, which operate from offices at:

  • Hillcrest, Peasedown St John
  • Park House, Moorfields, Bath
  • St Nicholas Court, Bathampton
  • Stirling Way, Keynsham

All of our sheltered homes are fitted with a speech alarm system, with pull cords connected to Invicta Lifeline’s control centre (Invicta) which provides 24-hour cover every day. Three of our sheltered schemes are linked to ‘Extra Care’ schemes managed by Bath & North East Somerset Council (the Council) Social Services. Extra Care provides a high level of support and personal care and a care team is on site 24 hours a day.

Sheltered Housing Handbook

We have a handbook full of useful information, which is given to residents when they move into their sheltered home. The first few pages are specific to each scheme and you can download these by following the links on the right. The remainder of the handbook contains general information and can be downloaded here:

Sheltered Housing Handbook - main pages

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