Grove Court

    

Grove Court is a 24 bed housing project run in partnership with the York Road Project and Woking Borough Council. Grove Court opened in February 2011 and the brand new accommodation is arranged in 2 bedroom flats.

The project provides “transitional” housing for those who find themselves homeless and in need of accommodation while seeking a longer term solution to their homelessness. It caters for low support need clients.

Click here to read the Grove Court 2011 annual report.

Access

Access into the accommodation is through self referral as well as referring through other agencies. Clients who wish to access this service will be considered individually and undertake a full assessment of support needs to ensure that they meet our criteria of low support needs and that we are able to support the client appropriately.

Please CLICK HERE for a referral form.

What You Can Expect From Us:

  • 16-25yr old clients:
  • Will have access to skills training and accredited courses in health, fitness and music.
  • 2 Social workers and other support workers provided by Surrey County Council, with 2 emergency beds ring fenced.
  • Access to all facilities provided by Woking YMCA.
  • Option to take part in mentoring scheme specifically for young people ran by Woking Ypod.
  • Support to maintain or access education, training or employment.
  • PCSO support.

All Clients:

  • Will take part in a structured ISP (Individual Support Plan) which will be tailored to their needs around maintaining their license. Achievable goals will be set and monitored by client and staff regularly via their ISP.
  • Access to basic life skills training provided by project staff.
  • Access to license/tenancy sustainment training (provided by YRP).
  • Regular house meetings which will be firstly chaired by the project workers so that they can build up the skills and confidence to chair and manage their own meetings (with project workers attending in a supervisory/support role).
  • Housing Support - which will be a part of the clients ISP and will be geared up to support the clients into their own independent housing with the skills to manage this.
  • Regular training sessions will be available for all clients covering issues such as staying safe, economic wellbeing and confidence building.

There will be access to a project worker and an onsite caretaker who will respond to emergencies and will have access to an on call service.

"I pay tribute to Woking YMCA - and its partner organisations - for all their hard work and to the generosity of several local charities, including Woking Round Table, for helping to bring this initiative to fruition. The Big Society is well and truly alive here in Woking, and this successful project surely represents the Big Society in action.” Jonathon Lord, Woking MP

Our Clients say:

“Nice Flat! Great Help”!

“The facility is nice, people look out for you, its not just somewhere you live, people are there to help you”

“It’s nice and quiet, its changed my life, if I weren’t there I don’t know where I would be…”

“It’s helped me keep out of trouble, gain independence and do more for myself”