What Is ANE’s Supported Housing?
ANE’s supported housing offers safe, structured accommodation for people who feel unable to live alone due to addiction, mental health conditions, learning difficulties, or homelessness. It’s a place where individuals rebuild stability, develop life skills, and begin to reconnect with themselves and others. Our approach is holistic – combining therapeutic support, routine, community, and practical help so individuals have the strongest possible foundation for long-term recovery. What makes ANE distinct is our deeply human approach: many of our team have lived experience of addiction, and that empathy sits at the heart of everything we do.
What Daily Life Looks Like
Daily life in ANE’s supported housing is built around structure, routine, and meaningful engagement. Individuals take part in a balanced programme that typically includes therapeutic sessions, 1-to-1 support, group work, breakfast and lunch clubs, practical life-skills support, and regular goal-setting with staff. Our team is present throughout the day to offer guidance, encouragement, and supervision, ensuring everyone has what they need to feel safe, supported, and motivated.
Individuals also receive help with budgeting, tenancy skills, accessing local services, and building healthy daily habits – all essential for long-term independence.
Who We Support
ANE supports adults who are committed to abstinence and want to begin or sustain their recovery in a safe and structured environment. Most individuals come to us in early recovery – at a point where they’re motivated to stabilise, build routine, and engage with therapeutic support. Entry typically begins with an assessment and a commitment to being free from mind-altering substances prior to admission.
Detailed referral criteria: we support people ready for abstinent, recovery-focused supported housing and who are willing to work with us towards positive change.
The Recovery Programme
Our recovery programme blends therapeutic structure, emotional support, and practical life development. Individuals take part in 1-to-1 keyworking sessions, facilitated group sessions, counselling, relapse-prevention work, and recovery-focused activities designed to help them rebuild confidence and coping skills. Practical support includes tenancy skills, budgeting, daily living guidance, signposting, help with form-filling, and support to access specialised medical or mental-health services.
The programme has evolved since 2004 with more emphasis on routine, accountability, community involvement, and structured group participation – all delivered by a team of staff who combine professional expertise with lived experience.
How to Access Supported Housing
There are now two clear routes into ANE’s supported housing: funded and private. Both access the same programme, same team, and same standard of care – the only difference is how you enter.
Funded Route
Most individuals access ANE through funded placements linked to benefits entitlement, local authority referral, or partner-agency referral. This route is suitable for people who meet supported accommodation criteria and who require housing benefit to cover their placement.
How it works:
- Initial Contact – Self-referral, agency referral, or enquiry via phone/email.
- Eligibility Check – We confirm benefits entitlement or referral pathway.
- Assessment – We complete a referral form, discuss needs, and confirm readiness for abstinent supported housing.
- Placement Offer – If suitable, individuals can often be admitted quickly (typically within 1 week Monday–Friday).
- Move-In – Support begins immediately with welcome, induction, and first recovery-programme steps.
Private Route
For individuals who want immediate access without waiting for benefits approval, a private placement is available.
Includes:
- Fully furnished supported accommodation
- Breakfast and lunch clubs
- Daily therapeutic routine
- Keyworking sessions
- Group sessions
- Support with life skills, budgeting, tenancy preparation, and emotional wellbeing
- Full access to the recovery programme and staff team
- 1:1 Workbook study
- Counselling & Therapy
Private placements offer the same support but with faster admission and no dependency on external funding processes.
Enquire about private supported housing – immediate access available.
Women-Only Housing
ANE also offers dedicated women-only housing, designed to provide a safe and supportive environment for women who may feel more comfortable recovering in a gender-specific space. This accommodation mirrors the main programme but offers added safety, stability, and privacy. A full overview is available on our Women-Only Housing page.
DayHab Programme
Alongside housing, individuals can also attend our DayHab Programme – a structured therapeutic daytime service running from 9am to 3pm. It includes group sessions, a cooked breakfast, lunch, and a full day of recovery-focused activity. DayHab is ideal for people who need intensive daytime structure without entering residential care, and many housing residents choose to attend as part of their overall recovery routine.