Welcome Supported Living
Charity 1124286
Overview
Summary
Welcome Supported Living appears to occupy a focused but potentially broad role at the intersection of disability, housing insecurity and practical advocacy. Its stated purpose suggests that accommodation is intended to sit alongside support, counselling and benefits advice, rather than operate as a standalone housing offer. The organisation also frames its work through rights, equality and anti-discrimination, indicating an understanding that hardship for disabled adults may be shaped by both immediate needs and structural exclusion.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the place where the charity operates, but do not identify any current service locations, accommodation schemes, neighbourhoods or wards.
- The registered contact address is not confirmed evidence of a service-delivery or accommodation site. The Charity Commission also records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- There is no accessible organisational website, current annual report, project information or official partner evidence identifying where services are presently delivered.
- The latest financial data shown by the Charity Commission are for the year ended 31 March 2022, with nil income and expenditure, and subsequent reporting is overdue. This substantially limits confidence that the recorded Birmingham-wide operation reflects current active delivery.
- No material partnerships extending the organisation's geographic reach were identified in the available authoritative evidence.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual return, trustees' report or directly confirmed statement describing active services and the areas in which they are delivered.
- Confirmation of whether the registered contact address is an operational supported-living or advice site, rather than correspondence-only accommodation.
- A current list of accommodation, support, counselling or benefits-advice delivery locations, with any safeguarding-sensitive locations appropriately withheld.
- Evidence from Birmingham City Council, commissioners, regulators or named delivery partners of any current contracts, referrals or service arrangements.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Disability
Who they help
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- 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 part of an integrated support model
The available evidence suggests the organisation sees accommodation as one element of stabilising people facing disability-related hardship, alongside counselling, support and help accessing benefits.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a simple housing provider. Its potential value may lie in connecting practical security with the advice and emotional support needed to sustain it.
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“To relieve homelessness hardship among persons with a physical or mental disability and to offer accommodation and support and counselling.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Benefits advice may be a key bridge between crisis and independence
The organisation may recognise that financial exclusion and difficulty navigating welfare systems can worsen housing insecurity for disabled adults.
Why it matters
This points to a possible operating role beyond direct care: reducing hardship by helping people secure entitlements that may make housing and support more sustainable.
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“To offer relief of financial hardship by offering advice on completing forms and advice of benefits available that they would otherwise be unable to obtain.”
Source:Charity Commission“People With Disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation frames support as a rights and equality issue
Its objects suggest that the organisation may understand disability-related hardship not only as an individual welfare need, but also as connected to discrimination, human rights and unequal access to support.
Why it matters
This could make the organisation a potential partner for advocacy, inclusion and rights-awareness work, not only accommodation and support provision.
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“To promote human rights as set out in the Human Rights Act 1998.”
Source:Charity Commission“To promote equality and diversity and help element discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religion.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether accommodation is directly owned, managed, commissioned or only signposted.
- Which disabled adults are reached, and whether homelessness prevention or crisis response is the main focus.
- Whether counselling, benefits advice and rights work are active services or broad charitable powers.
Remaining uncertainties
- Current service descriptions, referral routes and accommodation capacity.
- Annual reports or impact data showing services delivered and beneficiary outcomes.
- Information on partnerships with housing, health, disability and benefits-advice organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To relieve homeleness hardship among persons with a physical or mental disability and offering accomodation and support.
Charity objects
TO RELIEVE HOMELESSNESS HARDSHIP AMONG PERSONS WITH A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY AND TO OFFER ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE TRAINED TO OFFER SUPPORT. TO OFFER RELIEF TO THE ADULT WITH PHYSICAL AND OR MENTAL SICKNESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT. TO OFFER RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY OFFERING ADVICE ON COMPLETING FORMS AND ADVICE ON COMPLETING FORMS AND ADVICE OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AS SET OUT IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES MONITORING ANY ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND HELP ELEMENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION