Christchurch House is a 38 bedroom (30 bedrooms and 8 ensuite rooms) hostel offering young people a package of temporary supported accommodation with individually tailored, outcome-based support plan.

The aim of the service is to support young people to gain some stability, work towards independent living and planned resettlement within the community. 

We offer our support using outcome star to assess young people's needs, journey of support to track support progress and Passport for independence to empower young people to grow and move towards independent living.

We work with a range of services and agencies to offer a holistic approach.

We are well located near to Ipswich town and opposite Christchurch Park.

Mulberry House is a unique Supported Housing Scheme set in the heart of the Suffolk countryside. Offering supported accommodation to single homeless between 18-65 years old. The Service aims to provide clients with a safe and flexible support package where residents are encouraged and enabled to address personal challenges with the “Outcome Star” support plan. Residents are supported to work towards independent living, gaining skills and confidence to live a more settled and happy life in the community. We offer a one-one key work approach that is resident led and fully empowering for the client.

We offer temporary accommodation for up to 18months for individual identified as having medium to high support needs in conjunction with a Support and Risk Management Package to people who have been entrenched homeless. Mulberry House works in partnership with a wide range of other services and agencies to offer a holistic approach with a view to address any underlying issues an individual may have causing a long term homelessness cycle. Mulberry House has 6 self contained flats in total.

Members of staff  are onsite during daytime weekdays and operate 24 hours a day out of hours on call to support individuals to make positive lifestyle changes and gain greater independence.

Eligibility Criteria

Allocation is on the basis of those in the position of greatest need and those most likely to benefit from the services offered.
The minimum requirements for acceptance on the waiting list are:

• Be aged over 18
• Have an identified support need and be prepared to accept support
• Have an identified housing need
• Be assessed as not presenting an unmanageable level of risk or threat to staff, other Mulberry House Clients or the project.

In accordance with the Orwell Equality and Diversity Policy, Mulberry House is committed to developing an organization which values people from all sections of the community