Sheltered housing
Sheltered accommodation is available to anybody over 55 who wants to continue to live an independent life but would benefit from the support offered by an area warden.
Housing Connections Partnership works with the city council's two housing organisations, City West Housing Trust and Salix Homes, to provide a 24-hour warden service throughout every scheme in Salford.
Sheltered housing can provide support, security and opportunities for social activities, as tenants are able to mix with others and feel part of a wide community within the scheme, if they wish to do so. Regular coffee mornings, games sessions, craft classes, exercise classes and annual events parties are held at many of the schemes. Area wardens support tenants in arranging these activities along with fundraising events and trips out.
The facilities within schemes differ and may include a communal lounge, laundry and gardens.
Sheltered housing is allocated to those on the Salford Home Search register, and includes a simple assessment carried out by staff from the service.
There are other providers of sheltered housing in Salford, the details of which can be found in a downloadable leaflet at the foot of this page.
The service is managed via 3 teams of staff, each headed by an area service co-ordinator
Eccles, Swinton and Irlam (New Prospect and Housing Connections Partnership)
Area Service Co-ordinator - Stephen Moyse
College Croft
Enfield House
Kemball House
Shepway Court
The De Traffords
The Lawrence Lowry Court
Sindsley Court
Worsley, Walkden and Little Hulton (New Prospect and Housing Connections Partnership)
Area Service Co-ordinator - Elaine Hulme
Queens Drive
Whittlebrook House
Russell Court
Tyne Court
Pennington Close
Streetgate
Hulton/Westwood Avenue
Central Salford (Salix Homes and Housing Connections Partnership)
Area Service Co-ordinator - Maria Gaffney
Alexander Gardens
Broomedge
Heraldic Court
Lombardy Court
Longbow Court
Muirhead Court
Queen Alexandra Close
Rialto Gardens
Springbank
We actively encourage tenants to get involved in the process of managing their homes and the services provided within them. We carry a customer survey annually. We also have a suggestion box at each scheme where tenants can post their suggestions and comments confidentially regarding the warden service.
We also have a forum specifically for representatives of sheltered housing and where issues relevant to sheltered tenants can be discussed. If you are a tenants in sheltered housing ask your warden to find out if space is available at the next meeting, or how to put your name down.
Downloadable documents
- Sheltered housing for older people in Salford (Adobe PDF format, 480kb)
- About sheltered housing (Adobe PDF format, 1.19mb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
This page was last updated on 30 October 2008
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