Sponsored by
Consumer: Help for the elderly and disabled
Pictured from left to right, Bill Rollinson, director of Care & Repair, Samantha Latham, Housing Choices caseworker and Gordon Lee, treasurer of Care & Repair with the award in the House of Lords.
A Leeds charity which helps and supports elderly people in the city has picked up yet another award.
Leeds Care & Repair is a charitable Home Improvement Agency providing help and support to older people and disabled people to live independently in their own homes.
Last year it won the “Agency of the Year” award, and this year it won another award by Foundations for “Excellence in Delivering a Housing Options Service”.
This was presented in the House of Lords at an event hosted by Baroness Sally Greengross.
The Housing Options service provides advice and support for older people to either move to more appropriate accommodation for their needs or to receive extra help in their existing homes. Over 100 people receive this help every year and the service is funded by Leeds City Council.
The main aims of the service are to give older people as much information and advice as possible to allow them to make informed choices about their housing needs, and then to offer them the practical help and support to achieve this.
John Galvin, director of the Elderly Accommodation Council, presented the award and said: “I am particularly pleased to award this to one of the best agencies in the country and one we have worked closely with over many years.”
In addition to winning national awards for Leeds, the deirector, Bill Rollinson, was awarded an MBE in 2010 for “Services to Housing in Leeds”.
Care & Repair Leeds is 25-years-old this year and will be celebrating this event later in the year. It provides a range of 11 different services to over 7,000 people every year throughout Leeds.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Leeds
Saturday 26 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: East
Your view
Please sign in to be able to comment on this story.