In Safe Hands Recovery Housing
Charity 1177125
Overview
Summary
In Safe Hands Recovery Housing appears to combine recovery accommodation with practical, day-to-day support intended to make abstinence sustainable. Its role seems broader than housing provision alone: it may act as a stabilising bridge between structured drug or alcohol recovery and independent, productive living. The inclusion of family and early-years activity suggests a potentially wider conception of recovery, though the available evidence does not show how integrated these strands are in practice.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission's current record states that the charity operates in Birmingham City and Solihull, supporting a footprint beyond a single Birmingham neighbourhood. It does not identify the Birmingham wards, accommodation properties or service-delivery locations involved.
- The registered address is identified as the charity's contact/registered-office address rather than confirming that recovery housing or support is delivered there.
- Ofsted identifies a separately registered childcare provider associated with the charity's registered address. This reinforces that the address should not be treated as a confirmed recovery-housing site without further evidence.
- No current, verifiable evidence was found identifying material delivery partnerships, referral partners, contract commissioners or operational sites within particular Birmingham wards. The Charity Commission reports substantial government-contract income for the year ended 31 March 2025, but does not name the contracting bodies or service locations.
- The published evidence supports an interpretation of a Birmingham-and-Solihull operational footprint, rather than a neighbourhood-based identity, but is insufficient to establish whether activity within Birmingham is genuinely citywide or concentrated in a smaller number of districts.
Additional evidence needed
- The latest trustees' annual report or service report identifying current recovery-housing properties, service bases or the wards in which accommodation is provided, subject to appropriate safeguarding controls.
- Current contract or commissioning information naming the two government contracts reported for the year ended 31 March 2025 and their geographic scope.
- An official organisation service directory, referral information or confirmed partner statement identifying where support and accommodation are presently delivered.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether its registered address is an operational service site, an administrative address, or both.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Housing appears to be the platform for sustained recovery
The organisation appears to use safe, secure accommodation as a foundation from which people can engage with a structured recovery programme and rebuild everyday stability.
Why it matters
This suggests its distinctive contribution may lie in connecting recovery support to a living environment, rather than treating accommodation as a separate emergency response.
Show evidence
“To promote the rehabilitation of people who need support to recover from addiction to drugs and alcohol by providing safe and secure accommodation while engaging in a structured recovery programme.”
Source:Charity Commission“Accommodation and support to stay off drugs and alcohol.”
Source:Organisation
Its support model extends into the routines of independent living
The available evidence suggests the organisation treats recovery as involving practical capabilities such as budgeting, food, healthcare access and maintaining a home, not solely abstinence or treatment participation.
Why it matters
This may position the charity as a connector between addiction recovery, tenancy readiness, health access and economic participation—areas often supported by different organisations.
Show evidence
“Activities include budgeting, shopping, healthy eating, registration with doctors, assistance to maintain a home, training and education.”
Source:Organisation“The charity works in education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, and accommodation/housing.”
Source:Charity Commission
There may be an underexplored family dimension
The reference to early-years care and families may indicate that the organisation recognises addiction recovery as affecting households and children as well as the individual in accommodation.
Why it matters
If this is an active service strand, it could create opportunities for collaboration with family support, early-years and safeguarding organisations; if not, the wording may obscure the charity's actual focus.
Show evidence
“Care and early education for early years, and families.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children/young people.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether residents receive recovery treatment directly or are supported to engage with external programmes.
- Whether early-years and family activity is a current core service or a broad charitable classification.
- The organisation's geographic reach, capacity, referral routes and partnerships.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on accommodation type, resident numbers, length of stay and move-on outcomes.
- Details of recovery-programme delivery, referral partners and links with treatment, health and family services.
- Annual reports or service evaluations showing who uses the charity's support and what changes result.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
In Safe Hands Recovery Housing charity offering those who suffer from addiction.Accommodation and support to stay off drugs and alcohol, enabling individuals to build a productive lifestyle by engaging in activities to help in budgeting, shopping, healthy eating, registration with doctors, assistance to maintain a home, training and education. Care and early education for early years, and families
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUPPORT TO RECOVER FROM ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, BY PROVIDING SAFE AND SECURE ACCOMMODATION FOR THEM TO LIVE WHILE ENGAGING IN A STRUCTURED DRUG AND OR ALCOHOL RECOVERY PROGRAMME.