HOME SERVICES HERITAGE CORPORATE CONTACT The Northern Ireland Institute for the Disabled is celebrating 140 years of service. As part of that celebration the charity is rebranding. The new brand reflects the core desire of the charity to ensure people meet their potential, in particular to live independently. Please stay tuned, as we will be publishing a new website soon (hopefully before the end of January) using the new HarmonI URL (harmoni.org.uk). © 2016 NI Institute for the Disabled Site developed by Avec Solutions

HOME SERVICES HERITAGE CORPORATE CONTACT Contact Head Office and Stricklands Care Village HarmonI 39 Downshire Road Bangor BT20 3RD 02891465211 Utility Street Mens' Hostel Utility Street Belfast BT12 5JS 02890321132 © 2016 NI Institute for the Disabled Site developed by Avec Solutions

HOME SERVICES HERITAGE CORPORATE CONTACT Utility Street Men's Hostel NIID operate the Utility street mens hostel. It has accommodation for 58 single men and one disabled occupancy space suitable for service users with wheelchair needs. The unit was built in 1982 by Habinteg Housing Association who own the building to this day, with NIID being the only renter to date. The facility was modernised with a significant grant through DSD to Habinteg Housing association in 2013-2015, this has created a rejuvenated space for NIID to engage service users to a much more significant level. The service delivery has changed significantly over the years, today service users are accommodated for the period appropriate to them personally on their journey back to independent living. Our aim is to support the statutory bodies and agencies to accommodate service users in need of direct access accommodation. We aim to assist service users to grow their personal capacity to the point where they can leave Utility street and enter either statutory, Social Voluntary or community or private housing provision. Service users present with a multitude of support needs, while we today have a relatively high tolerance and low threshold, we cannot accommodate service users with a Conviction for arson or sex offence. The service users we can accommodate receive the support needs through a dedicated team of professional Support workers with support available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The overall support delivered by NIID is funded largely by Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Supporting People programme. © 2016 NI Institute for the Disabled Site developed by Avec Solutions