Housing Support

PRHA is one of many of the UK’s smaller housing associations that have a strong customer focus. It was committed members of the Portsmouth and Southsea Rotary Club that founded the Association. The connection to the Rotary Club remains with five Rotary members sitting on the Association’s Board of Management.

Portsmouth Water offers assistance to people struggling to pay their water bills.

Portsmouth City Council offers support to private tenants whose landlords are not doing enough to maintain their homes, or to home owners who cannot afford to bring their homes up to a decent standard.

We work in close partnership with Portsmouth City Council and other local providers to end homelessness in Portsmouth. Society of St James’ dedicated staff support rough sleepers through our Rough Sleeping Support Service.

This is the first point of contact for many people who have found themselves homeless in Portsmouth. Becoming homeless is a truly frightening experience and many people who come through our door are distressed and confused and simply don’t know where to turn. We aim to make people feel safe and welcome and then we start to build a relationship with them so that we can understand their circumstances and help them to find the support they need.

We provide breakfast, hot drinks, shower and laundry facilities, access to the internet, locker facilities for people to store their belongings and we can help people with clothing.

Our staff are always available to help people to sort out their immediate needs, including:

Sorting our welfare benefits
Registering with a GP
Help with substance misuse problems
Help in finding accommodation
Referring people for supported housing if they have more complex needs
We also offer a therapeutic programme of meaningful activities, including arts and craft workshops, educational sessions to help people improve their literacy and numeracy skills and life skills workshops.

We have regular visiting support from the Recovery Hub, from healthcare professionals and from Housing Options, the city council’s housing team, who can advise on accommodation options.

As one of southern England's largest housing associations, we provide more than 30,000 homes for over 77,000 people.
Whether it's traditional social housing, shared ownership, affordable rent, private market rent, or outright sales, we offer a range of services to communities across the south east of England.

We also work with our customers and in communities to provide activities, information, and advice that improve the neighbourhoods our customers live in and their individual lives.

We provide lifelong support to those who are serving or have served in the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the Royal Air Force, and to their families. Founded in 1885, we’re extremely proud of our long-standing heritage and of all the work we do with inspiring people from Hampshire, across the UK and around the world.

Our support covers both regulars and reserves in the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force and their families, including anyone who has completed National Service. They are all entitled to lifelong support from SSAFA, no matter how long they have served.

Located in the centre of Portsmouth the Roberts Centre is perfectly located to offer services that aim to be ‘Working Together to Improve the Lives of Children and Families.’
Services include;- Housing and Tenancy Support, Child Contact Services, Roberts Day Nursery and Support for Young People Leaving Care.
Charges: Nursery and Child Contact Services do have charges - please contact directly for more information.
The Roberts Centre is a child focused Charity in Portsmouth that offers services to families and individuals to support them in addressing their situation of homelessness or issues of family relationship breakdown.

We are an organisation with a reputation for developing innovative responses to people who are struggling to improve their family’s difficult circumstances whether from homelessness or family breakdown. We work with families, children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We work with people to identify and build their circle of support, which may be friends, family, colleagues, or supporters who form a group, supporting the person to make their own decisions about their life. YOU works in partnership with The EC Roberts Centre and HOPE Portsmouth to support people in crisis in our community.

The Project promotes independence, resilience and recovery from the impacts of COVID through developing Community Circles of Support. We have three Community Circles of Support Partners who help people through outreach, food banks, community larders/pantries and community meals across Portsmouth.

The Community Circles of Support Partners will undertake a holistic assessment identifying skills, potential, root causes of crisis, actions the clients want to take and identify strategies to help themselves for future situations.

The aim of Community Circles of Support Partners is to help people in hardship, including those with complex needs such as mental ill-health, domestic abuse and social isolation. They will benefit from improvements to their health, wellbeing, skills and independence and to understand how to take personal control of their situation.

Our Supported Living Teams work together with people across communities in supported accommodation or in their private homes, helping them to have control of their lives and a voice in shaping the service where they live. People live their lives the way they want and can request assistance whenever they feel it necessary. They have a say in recruitment, how support is delivered, celebrations, and social activities. Our support is personalised to their needs.