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GIPSIL primarily works with vulnerable young people (16-24) providing housing-related support, welfare advice and support to access and sustain employment, education and training. We are commissioned by Leeds City Council to house and support 225 care leavers, young offenders, young parents and those who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness.
Our services
Flagship: Housing-related support service (accommodation-based and floating support) to 157 young people in East Leeds. We are the Lead Agency in a consortium delivering services city-wide to 405 young people.
Leaving Care Team: city-wide service to 68 Care Leavers.
GIPSIL owns, leases or manages 70 properties.
Welfare rights and housing advice services (Advice Quality Marked).
Domestic Violence Peer Support Groups.
Elevate – a social enterprise delivering our maintenance, Empty Homes & Decent Homes programmes.
Both GIPSIL & Elevate offer volunteering,work placement,trainee and apprenticeship opportunities
Our services
Flagship: Housing-related support service (accommodation-based and floating support) to 157 young people in East Leeds. We are the Lead Agency in a consortium delivering services city-wide to 405 young people.
Leaving Care Team: city-wide service to 68 Care Leavers.
GIPSIL owns, leases or manages 70 properties.
Welfare rights and housing advice services (Advice Quality Marked).
Domestic Violence Peer Support Groups.
Elevate – a social enterprise delivering our maintenance, Empty Homes & Decent Homes programmes.
Both GIPSIL & Elevate offer volunteering,work placement,trainee and apprenticeship opportunities
Contact
Address
The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach,
Gipton,
West Yorkshire,
LS9 6NL,
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
01132 481 301
paul.belbin@gipsil.org.uk
Website
In Brief
No. of Paid Staff
35
No. of Volunteers
6
Does the organisation involve volunteers with experience of the criminal justice system?
Yes
Primary Field of Work
Housing & homelessness
Custody or Community
Community
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Regions
Yorkshire and the Humber
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy | Domestic & sexual violence | Employment | Family support | Finance, benefits & debt | Housing & homelessness | Mentoring & befriending | Peer support | Resettlement | Restorative justice | Lived experience involvement | Training | Volunteering
People you work with
Families | Young people
Probation Areas
West Yorkshire