Social and Financial Inclusion

My Great Start – delivered in partnership with local third-sector organisations and supported by the Foundation – provides the support new tenants need to make a real go of their tenancy.

In 2021-22, our dedicated money advice service supported over 2000 households with vital financial and money advice, helping secure £856,429 of financial gain for customers.

We can help tenants with budgeting advice, help to claim benefits and fuel advice, good value credit, and banking options.

The service can also support new tenants with heating their home, registering for local services such as a GP or even connecting with local community groups, helping them stay in their home for years to come.

During the global Covid-19 pandemic the Eat Well programme became a lifeline to many tenants. Food parcels, and later vouchers, were issued to tenants who were experiencing real hardship during the crisis – and for those who couldn’t leave their homes due to self-isolating and illness.

EatWell supported Wheatley households experiencing significant hardship and delivered almost 7000 supermarket vouchers in 2021-22.

Supermarket vouchers only are now provided. This allows tenants to have more choice around what is included in their weekly shop. Tenants have the choice of Asda, Tesco, Morrisons or Sainsbury's.

Eat Well also supports tenants who are going through a period of financial difficulty. Our expert money, debt and budgeting support is available to help tenants in the months and years ahead.

Click to read the Eat Well privacy notice.

Making a house feel like a home can be expensive. Our Home Comforts programme helps tenants make their new house a home by providing them with free furniture that they otherwise may have not been able to afford.

We take donated pieces of furniture, clean them, and make them as good as new through upcycling. We’ll then pass them to our tenants who need it most. Items available include sofas, beds, cookers, and wardrobes.

During 2021-22 our Home Comforts project supported 759 households with 2136 items of furniture, white goods, and electrical items.

Click to read the Home Comforts privacy notice.

Forget Me Notes is a music programme based within sheltered complexes in the East. It supports older people with dementia take part in a small choir and various musical performances.

For more information please contact foundation@wheatley-group.com