We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Because there is strength in numbers, Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces to become Age UK

The Argyle Street Housing Co-operative (ASH Co-op or, more commonly, The Co-op) is a housing co-operative in Cambridge offering shared accommodation for individuals who wish to have greater control over their housing situation than that offered by ordinary rented accommodation.

Information and advice for tenants, homeowners, landlords and homeless people in Cambridge: Finding accommodation; Advice for landlords and homeowners; Advice for tenants and residents; Home Aid; Contact our housing offices; Leasehold services; Home safety; Homeless people; Gypsies and Travellers; Housing strategy and research; Home energy efficiency.

Cambridge Cyrenians currently provides accommodation for over 60 homeless men and women. Set up with the aim of offering a real alternative to homelessness, Cambridge Cyrenians now provide a range of accommodation and support services for homeless people.

The Cambridge Federation helps people living in council housing areas to make a difference in their homes, streets and communities. They support Residents Associations, community groups and individuals in the Council's housing estates. It is an independent organization run for residents by residents.

We provide high quality, good value affordable housing together with support, care and community services to enable people to enhance their quality of life. We also provide information, advice and guidance to people in their own homes on training, education and employment.

Cambridge Link-Up, homeless NOT hopeless. We enable homeless people to offer as well as receive help. We believe that homeless people are a massively untapped resource of skills, creativity, knowledge and experience able to contribute positively to their community. Cambridge Link-Up is a fully constituted street community group led by homeless, ex-homeless and vulnerably housed people.

Our aim is to utilise the recovery model of support for people with mental health needs, providing them with homes or supporting them in their own homes, helping them to meet mutually agreed goals in their individual support plans, and enabling them to live independent lives as far as possible. The level of support will be flexible to meet the changing needs of our service-users.

A community re-use project, providing a positive social and environmental alternative for unwanted furniture, household appliances and other unwanted household goods enabling people on low incomes to furnish their homes. Unlike charity shops we are not open to the general public. Our focus is on helping individuals and families in need to furnish their homes and thereby improve their quality of life.

The group runs two houses for homeless women without dependents. Corona House is a six-bed hostel providing temporary accommodation with support and there is a 'move on' house, which provides permanent accommodation for two residents. Support is also provided for 40 ex-residents now living in the community and there is an informal drop-in service for ex-residents. Support during office hours and an emergency contact number at other times. Women can refer themselves, but referrals also come from other agencies.

Cambridgeshire County Council: Performing well for our communities. This website provides listings and information for the whole of Cambridgeshire on: Business, Children, young people and families, Community and living, Council and democracy, Education and learning, Environment, Housing, Jobs and careers, Leisure and culture, Policing and public safety, Social care and health, Transport and streets, and an A-Z of services.

Cam-mind is Cambridge's oldest mental health charity, providing support to people with mental health problems since 1908. Mental health problems can happen to anyone, and most people can and do recover. Cam-mind's services are designed to support mental health service users on their road to recovery. These services include supported housing, one-to-one befriending, and skills-building/social activities such as football, gardening, pottery and cookery.

Castle Young People's Service is a Supported Housing Service for people aged 16 to 25 who need supported accommodation in the community. Our range of housing options include several supported lodgings placements as well as a range of shared houses and flats with Link Residents dispersed around the City.

EAC helps elderly people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs. It was founded in 1984 and registered as a charity in 1985. Since its early days, it has striven to deliver a first class information and advice service directly to elderly people and their relatives and carers.

East Cambridgeshire District Council website provides information in the following areas Advice and benefits; Business; Community and living; Council and democracy; Education and learning; Environment and planning; Health and social care; Housing; Jobs and careers; Leisure and culture; Transport and streets.

The Emmaus project at Landbeach was the first to be established in the UK. Opened in 1992 by Terry Waite CBE, the Community is home to up to thirty people who were formerly homeless. The community is situated in the village of Landbeach, just north of Cambridge itself, and works closely with other organizations in the area to support those people who are homeless or trapped by poverty.

Fenland District Council provides a whole range of local services in the Cambridgeshire market towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech. We work together with other local organisations to improve the health, well-being and quality of life in the Fenland community.

FirstStop provides support and advice for seniors as well as an information service for carers covering care, housing, finance and rights both through this website and our telephone Advice Line. FirstStop's Advisors are available to discuss your own circumstances and offer guidance on the options available for meeting your care needs. They are experts in all aspects of accommodation, care and support for older people.

Granta Housing Society is a charitable housing association with over 2,600 homes in all six counties of the East Region. The Society is an Investor in People employer with 460 staff providing a wide range of services to residents. Granta builds affordable rented housing, low cost homes for sale and key worker accommodation for sale or rent.

Cambridge Home Aid is a Home Improvement Agency set up to assist people living in Cambridge City who are elderly or vulnerable, who have disability needs, or who are on a low income. Our aim is to help people repair, maintain or adapt their homes by providing practical or financial advice and support, to enable them to remain in their own homes in greater comfort and safety.