Key facts

• Advance is the trading name of Advance Housing and Support Ltd
• We are a Registered Provider of Social Housing with the Homes & Communities Agency
• We are a charitable organisation (specifically, an Industrial & Provident Society)
• We provide housing and support for adults with learning disabilities or mental health conditions
• Our head office is in Witney. Our principal offices are in Leicester, London, Cornwall and Dorset
• We are a founder member of the Association for Supported Living and the Mental Health Providers Forum, and are signatories of the Driving Up Quality Code

Accreditations

• We achieved 'Disability Confident 'Leader' status in 2018
• We were successfully re-accredited with ISO9001 in 2021
• We are accredited with Supporting People and CQC (Care Quality Commission), and are an approved Prime Contractor for the Department for Work and Pensions
• We have retained the Investor in People award continuously since 1995, achieving Silver status in 2019

Recent Awards

• In September 2018 we won the 'Most Innovative Home Ownership Solution' Award at the National Housing Awards as well as being awarded 'Overall winner.' 
• We won Best Supported Housing Scheme at the National Learning Disability and Autism Awards 2016