About Us

Pinehirst supported Accommodation is a Non-Profit Organisation that provides supported housing for vulnerable adults within the community. Pinehirst operate 113 beds in over 38 privately leased housing units in the city of Liverpool and St Helens. Pinehirst staff is trained to provide support for the following:

  • Drug and Alcohol dependants

  • The homeless

  • Mental illness

  • Ex-offenders

Pinehirst has an educational department funded through the Skills Funding Agency to deliver accredited courses to vulnerable people who have had a poor start in their education through various issues. We deliver  qualifications accredited by Open Wards in the following areas:

  • Employability.

  • Independent Living Skills.

  • Skills in the Land Based Industries.

  • GCSE English and Maths.

  • Functional Skills English and Maths.

Pinehirst promotes understanding and knowledge for Service Users, which permits them to make choices in their lives, increase their opportunities, encourage independence and empower their rights as individual human beings.

“In the embrace of supported accommodation, we find not just shelter, but a sanctuary of strength, where resilience is nurtured, and dreams take root in the fertile soil of compassion and community.”
— Paul Morton

What is Supported Accommodation?

In supported housing, you get a place to stay and help, but you have to live in a specific place to get the help. Usually, the company in charge of the place helps you, but sometimes it's another Company. Your place could be a room in a shared house or hostel with staff around, a private room or apartment in a big building with staff, or it could be scattered - like your own apartment or house with staff visiting. The staff might work only during certain hours, or they might be on duty 24/7, or they work during the day and stay overnight.

Most of the time, supported housing is not for a long time, maybe up to 3 months or, more commonly, up to 2 years. But it can also be permanent, especially for people dealing with serious mental health issues, learning disabilities, or long-term health problems. Usually, it's for single people, but some places help a person and their family.

Supported housing often gives people a place to live if they were homeless, but it can also be a special place for those who need help and maybe some training to avoid becoming homeless in the future.