Grunden consulting, making a difference, bringing housing and disability together

 

Offering a specialist service

  • disability impact assessments of adaptations and lettings policy and practice, using a social model of disability approach

  • access to the latest developments in disability housing registers

  • tailor made training in sound practice with respect to better meeting disabled people's housing needs at the same time as complying with the latest legislation and Government guidance

  • whole systems approach to assessing the need for funding for adaptations, incorporating lettings policies and future modelling

Latest Commissions & Events

2006 Walsall Adapted Housing Service
2006 Delivering housing adaptations in Preston

2006 Specialist Advisor on the Social Model for the London Accessible Housing Register

2006 Project for Elevate East Lancashire (Market Renewal Pathfinder)

2005 disability impact assessment for Bedford Borough Council

View further details about these commissions

Click here to download a PDF Promo Leaflet

 

Publications

From the author of a suite of good practice guides funded by the Housing Corporation - Ways and Means (Virginia [Ginnie] Shaw).

 

A Perfect Match?

Needs first guide

 Better Ways guide

A Perfect Match?
Guide to disability housing registers now in its second edition

Needs first
Guide to prioritising tenants' needs for adaptations

Better ways
Guide to lettings policy and practice

 

Ken Whittingham, Project Co-ordinator of Walsall Deaf People's Centre about the Adapted Housing Service: “I am sure it is going to be a very useful asset for the community and I am so pleased we found you and have been able to set up something sensible and practical."

GP Housing Research and Strategy Officer for RBC on their disability impact assessment "All the contents are correct, and I am really impressed with some of the recommendations, especially the one for setting up a working group and inviting a local group that represent disabled peoples needs."

TW, Senior Housing Officer (Strategy) at Bedford said: “I have been going through the disability impact assessment and am very pleased with the outcomes”

Policy & Support Team Leader in the Strategic Housing Services Department, Preston: "Ginnie Shaw of Grunden consulting has been involved in a review of adaptations policy for Preston City Council looking to equalise access to adaptations across all housing tenures. An attempt to assess overall demand was a key component of this work & it revealed a considerable funding gap and identified a number of policy options for further consideration"

Grunden consulting
Making a difference...bringing housing and disability together
E-mail ginnie@grundenconsulting.co.uk | View Ginnie Shaw's CV (PDF) | View recent commissions