Open Doors (NIHE Sustaining Tenancies) Programme

Vineyard Compassion have launched a programme (funded by NIHE) to meet the needs of NIHE housing tenants in order to help sustain tenancies. It aims to:

Support NIHE tenants with their mental health, tackle isolation & improve the skills & tools they have to manage their daily lives – resulting in sustained tenancies.

Tenants can be supported through any one of the services:

If you would like to engage with any of the services, click one the graphics above to see how to receive support.

Donation Based Counselling – talking therapy & mental health support (in person / video call / phone). Helps build resilience & learn new ways of coping with difficult emotions & situations. Based on suggested donations from £3 to a maximum of £40 a session depending on the persons income & is entirely voluntary.

CAP Money Management (budgeting) course – 2 session course that explains basic money skills & how to take control over personal finances. Helps people gain a better understanding of what they earn & spend, how to set up a manageable budget, get their accounts in order & learn to save.

CAP Money Matters - 1:1 budgeting session: This is a 1:1 ‘learn how to budget’ session which takes place during the Open Door sessions the first week of the month.

Open Door drop in café – This relaxed café environment puts people at ease, where with a befriender over a coffee, people can receive support tailored to their unique needs.  It reduces loneliness, builds community & offer links to other places of support. Emergency provisions such as food, clothing or household essentials can be accessed.
Sessions: Tues, Wed, Fri 1130am-1pm & Thurs 7-8pm.

RESET Social Supermarket - Helps reset the priorities of food, finance and future stability by providing members with the opportunity to shop in our reduced cost online food shop (30% of RRP) for 6 months alongside engaging in our wraparound support projects. It is a membership programme where members pay a weekly membership subscription to shop for a variety of fresh, frozen & store cupboard food products.

For more information - call 028 7022 0005 or email info@vineyardcompassion.co.uk