BHPA are a leading provider and developer of affordable homes – for rent, sheltered, residential care and shared ownership – in central, southern and eastern England. Their goal is to create places where everyone feels proud to live.

The Sheltered Housing Team at Stroud Council support individuals living in sheltered housing schemes across the area. Each caseworker covers four schemes, dealing with around 50 clients a week. Their roles include travelling across the region to meet with clients at different schemes.

Riverside is one of the largest providers of social and affordable housing; owning and managing over 53,000 homes.

Its Money Advice teams offer a free welfare benefits advice service to tenants, designed to help them make sure they are claiming the benefits they are entitled to and, as a result, increasing their ability to pay their rent.