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Bield Housing & Care Annual Review 2025/26

Bield Housing & Care's Annual Review 2025/26 covers the year it launched A Roadmap for Independent Living. With more than 4,600 homes and over 680 colleagues, Bield delivered 161,125 hours of care, provided 350,356 meals, answered over 1 million BR24 calls providing reassurance and rapid support, raised 20,813 repair orders, received 4,649 housing applications and welcomed 681 new tenancies. Its Income Advice Officers secured £1.3m of additional benefits for tenants, and 189 Stage 3 adaptations were completed.

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About

Bield Housing & Care is a Scottish charity and housing provider supporting older people and others to live independently, safely and with confidence. It provides homes designed for life, care and support services, community connections and its BR24 telecare and alarm response service.

Key Metrics

161,125 hours of care delivered in 2025/26
350,356 meals provided to tenants
1 million+ BR24 calls answered providing reassurance and rapid support

Key Outcomes

  • £1.3m of additional benefits secured for tenants by Income Advice Officers
  • 681 new tenancies commenced
  • 189 Stage 3 adaptations completed to help people stay independent at home

Geography

Scotland

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Provided education, advice and support to 14,972 young people in 2025/26, including educating 13,786 young people in schools and community settings
Key Metric 2
Under 16s mediation service supported 94 families; 95% of young people were able to return to or remain at home and 88% reported less...
Key Metric 3
Overall 2022-26 strategy target was 40,000 young people reached; the final total was 49,244
87% of evictions from permanent social housing were successfully avoided through Outreach support
Impact Snapshot
Safe accommodation
138 people found safety in the charity's supported accommodation this year.
Into work or learning
69 people moved into education, training or employment.
Older people supported
53 people were supported through the Older Homeless Service.
People experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Cambridge gained a safe, stable place to live and support to rebuild their lives.