Partner with us

Most of us want to live independently in our own homes and the right adaptations can play a huge part in this, whether a customer is struggling with disability or age-related problems. That’s why we offer a range of services in this area which includes:

• Match-funded adaptations where this can provide a lifetime adapted home for a family or individual in need.
• Direct lets into existing adapted homes to support those who need adaptations and are happy and able to move.
• Technical solutions to support families and individuals in their home where physical adaptations are not needed.

We spend over a quarter of a million pounds a year in the Daventry area alone on adapting homes for people with support needs. We work closely with experts including occupational therapists (OTs) and specialist contractors to meet the needs of our customers. 

We fund minor adaptations such as grab and handrails without the need for an OT assessment through our own budgets. We also work closely with Amber Valley Borough Council on referrals for Disabled Facility Grant (DFG) funded adaptations in our homes which can include installing telecare and other technology-driven solutions.

Our Home Choices team works with OT’s in Derbyshire and the DFG team in Amber Valley to review and allocate any existing adapted homes that become available for letting. Offers of accommodation to those best-suited to each property are made outside of the normal waiting list as direct lets.

If no suitable homes are available we can adapt vacant properties where necessary to meet the needs of priority applicants on the housing register and reduce waiting times.

We’re keen to talk to other potential partners in this area. Please email partnerships@futureshg.co.uk to find out more about how we can help.

If you are a customer looking for how we can support you with home adaptions, click here.

We have a highly successful and well established employment support service for our customers (including former customers). You can find out more about the service, formerly known as Futures Gateways, here. 

In 2020-21 for example, we helped 14 customers to secure full-time job and ten more customers into part-time roles. Alongside this we delivered almost 350 job skills sessions and invested £683m into graduate and apprentice schemes.

We also work with Job Centre Plus to offer mentoring to both our customers and the wider community. These sessions include training on CVs, interview techniques and tracking down the right job opportunities. Other projects in this area include virtual work experience and we are currently working on a scheme to engage local businesses with schools in the Daventry area.

Futures jointly owns a Midlands-based training provider, Access Training, which provides high quality training, apprenticeships and recruitment support to businesses and individuals across the region.

Covid-19 and the economic disruption the pandemic caused together with the cost of living crisis are likely to create employment problems for many of our local communities for years to come so new partnerships to support people into work are more important now than ever. Drop us a line at partnerships@futureshg.co.uk to find out how we can work together to be part of the solution.

Few of us want to live in isolation – feeling part of a community is one of the things that makes us human. And here at Futures we invest in communities to help us achieve our vision of ‘Great places, great services; and great tomorrows.’

We do this in lots of ways. This includes:

• Joining networks and groups of organisations working both for an on-behalf of people across the East Midlands. You can find out about some of these partnerships on our 'Accreditations, memberships and awards' page.
• Improving the environment around our homes to create attractive, welcoming and well-cared for neighbourhoods. We work with other local agencies on projects like this – such as our plan to regenerate the Southbrook Estate in Daventry.
• Investing in the homes we own to make them more modern, comfortable and cheaper to live in - to the tune of over £10.7m in 2020-21 alone.
• Ensuring that we do more towards a carbon-neutral future with a renewed focus on the ‘green agenda’ in our new corporate plan. Read our sustainability strategy here. 
• Helping improve employment prospects for people in our communities through initiatives of our co-owned training provider, Access Training, or the East Midlands Ella Forum.
• Supporting and encouraging our staff to help local communities through charitable giving and our own match-funding scheme.

In 2022 we published our first ever ESG report setting out our positive impact on the environment and society as well as how we govern our organisations effectively. You can read and download it here. It explains how we deliver more than £150m in social value every year - equivalent to £15,000 for each of the 10,000+ homes we provide.

The East Midlands has faced many social and economic challenges, even before the Covid-19 pandemic and recent cost of living crisis. We want to play our part, not just in rebuilding after the pandemic, but in helping to address disadvantage and inequality across the region. To do this we want to forge new partnerships with other organisations that share our vision – including housing providers, local authorities and town councils, education and voluntary services and communities themselves.

To find our more about how we can join forces, please email partnerships@futureshg.co.uk.