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Ford House

Older people


Springboard offers a variety of supported housing services for older people that are designed to meet various needs.

These services range from housing with very little support and low staffing levels, to high levels of support with experienced teams of staff.


Here are some examples of the housing and services we can provide:

Housing with emergency call centre responses

This is also known as Category 1 accommodation.

  • these properties have the added protection of being connected directly to our emergency call centre
  • in the event of an emergency, the call centre can give you verbal assistance and contact the emergency services, family and/or friends on your behalf
  • our call centre operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Housing with emergency call centre responses and staff are on site approximately four hours per day


This is also known as Category 2 or sheltered accommodation.

  • each of these schemes has its own dedicated senior member of staff who works at the scheme from Monday to Friday
  • they mainly deal with any tenancy matters as well as any housing related support issues
  • on Saturdays and Sundays, staff are on site for an hour
  • outside of working hours our emergency call centre can provide assistance

This can also be known as frail elderly, extra care, very sheltered or Category 2.5 accommodation.

  • these schemes offer housing plus, the benefits of a midday meal cooked on-site daily
  • most schemes also offer a shopping service for breakfast and tea, the cost of which is included in the service charge
  • many of these schemes are staffed 24 hours a day with nights covered by staff that sleep in the scheme
  • some schemes have a period between 4-8 pm in which a member of staff is on call

Contact us

Our staff are happy to offer you advice about any of these schemes. We can also give you information on housing services, benefits, social activities, local amenities, domiciliary/care providers, day centres, local shops, etc.


If you would like more information about any of these types of accommodation, please contact a member of our Support Administration team on 020 8548 2518.