An Insight into Grosvenor Hart Homes

Initiated by the Duke of Westminster and established in 2022, Grosvenor Hart Homes is a new social enterprise with a mission to improve the life chances of vulnerable young people, children and families, such as care leavers and families living in temporary accommodation. Addressing three critical foundations, we provide highquality affordable homes paired with employment and wellbeing support programmes, tailored around the needs of individuals and designed to empower them to overcome disadvantage and achieve better outcomes in life.

We feel it’s important to avoid the ‘one size fits all’ approach of larger providers, so instead we focus on providing a high quality and tailored approach ensuring that our tenants receive personalised support and guidance that gives them the best chances to thrive. The different elements of our approach:

Affordable Homes

We are providing much-needed highquality affordable homes for families with children and vulnerable young people requiring support in their transition to adulthood, helping to address local housing pressures. We have begun with a small number of homes in the Chester area, with the ambition of scaling to 750 homes across the north-west of England and central London in 10 years.

Family Assistant

The Family Assistant Service plays a key role in the referral, onboarding, and goal setting process with our vulnerable tenants, and will actively signpost and guide them to connect to a range of support services. Importantly, they continue to support tenants throughout their time with us to ensure they reach their goals.

Life Skills Training

A structured training programme designed to build skills for independent living and parenting support. Created for Grosvenor Hart Homes tenants who have particular vulnerabilities, this is key to helping them thrive in their home and wider life scenarios.

Mental Health

Supporting tenants to engage with relevant and appropriate communitybased services, helping them to better manage their mental health needs and build resilience, leading to a more stable and fulfilling life. Also creating pathways for timely assessments and specialist treatment at times of crisis.

Business Incubator

The Business Incubator, due to start later in 2024, aims to provide our tenants and other entrepreneurs with access to a comprehensive suite of services, resources, tools, and mentorship to help them to build the skills, confidence and connections needed to launch and grow their business successfully. We will be looking for industry specialists to deliver talks and workshops, and volunteer career mentors to help support participants in their start-up journey. Interested parties can contact us below.

Flexible Workspace

Grosvenor Hart Hub; a high-quality, contemporary, co-working space in the centre of Chester. With meeting rooms, training rooms, event spaces and desk space, this is a welcoming and vibrant community where tenants and local business users can work and collaborate in a supportive environment. We are keen to grow our community, particularly with people and organisations who align with our aims of helping young people, families, and small businesses. Make contact below for a tour or to enquire about desk, room or event space.

Job Brokerage

Providing tenants with access to a network of employers and job opportunities, we aim to help them overcome barriers to employment and secure meaningful, sustainable employment opportunities. The service focuses on improving confidence, skills and employability, in order to achieve financial stability and independence. Partner businesses receive support from Grosvenor Hart Homes during onboarding and employees have access to ongoing mentoring from volunteer mentors. If you are interested in providing work opportunities for this scheme, or in being a career mentor to employees taking part, please let us know.

For more information on the above or any of Grosvenor Hart Homes’ projects please contact us on hello@grosvenorhart.com