Training Houses
The Purfleet Trust have established Training Houses for people experiencing homelessness in King’s Lynn.
Our Training Houses provide accommodation and support to people who want to make changes in their lives. The Training Houses are ideal for those that require more intensive tenancy support to maintain stable accommodation. The goal of this project is to support people as they prepare to move on and break the cycle of homelessness.
Why our Training Houses are important
Our Training Houses have been designed to prepare people for living in self-contained or shared accommodation of their own in the future. Demonstrating that you can be a good tenant in one of the Training Houses improves your chances of being offered a more secure housing option.
The tenants have their own bedroom and the use of a shared bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen and a reception room – alongside a dedicated support worker. Tenants will be supported by their support worker as they navigate Homechoice and bid for private rented accommodation.
The Purfleet Trust work in collaboration with Freebridge Community Housing to provide our Training House project.
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number of people in our training houses
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Supported to gain new life skills
The Training House project is a combination of structured support to encourage engagement and good quality, suitable, fully furnished temporary accommodation that demonstrates to the individual that they are valued.
Tenants are helped to move on to more permanent accommodation options when they have gained the skills and confidence and demonstrated their reliability to take on their own tenancies.
Giving our clients the chance to grow
Through our Training Houses, our clients learn to become independent whilst also having us as a safety net to fall back on. They learn vital, everyday living skills that can translate into their future accommodation. This allows our clients to thrive and grow in confidence.
Our Training House Support Workers
Every tenant has a support worker who will provide and co-ordinate advice and practical support with establishing good budgeting practices, gaining household skills. They also aim to get the client engaging in meaningful activities and training, aimed at working towards employment as well as developing the long term ability to sustain an independent tenancy.