Hoarding Disorders UK CIC is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company. We provide expert advice, raining and consultancy- via phone and online consultations, listening spaces, workshops and peer support groups - for people affected by the full range of hoarding behaviours, from chronic disorganisation to extreme clutter, as well as for the families, friends and professionals connected to them. During the financial year, our activities continued to focus on advice, training, partnership work and peer support across the UK and Ireland. Partnerships and Research We worked closely with Anglia Ruskin University as part of the Hoarding and Possessions Collective, contributing to a research project exploring children's experiences of growing up in full and hoarded homes - work that is helping to build the evidence base for trauma-informed, child-centred practice in this area. We also provided ongoing input to the UK Hoarding Steering Group, helping to shape national thinking on hoarding support. Advice and Guidance Throughout the year we provided advice and guidance to professionals across the UK and Ireland as well as overseas on individual cases, best practice, and how to secure trauma-informed support for people experiencing hoarding difficulties. We provided support to housing associations, contributed to local infrastructure work including input into the local Hoarding Forums and protocols, and engaged with Community Connector and Social Prescriber networks. We also delivered a significant number of 1:1 support calls and email advice sessions to individuals seeking help directly. Training, Presentations and Webinars We delivered training, talks and webinars to a range of audiences, including Dora Brown, a Suffolk-based charity supporting families who are struggling to manage their home environments, as well as local Health and Wellbeing Networks in Bourne and Stamford, Social Prescriber and Community Connector networks, and a session for Care Knowledge on hoarding behaviours and children. We took an active role in Hoarding Awareness Week 2025, raising awareness with a particular focus on executive dysfunction. We contributed pro bono input to the development of a bespoke e-learning module, and delivered CPD-style training to a range of professional groups, including staff in the NHS, housing, and social care sectors. Resource Development We developed new guidance materials for families and friends of people affected by hoarding, to help those closest to someone struggling to offer more informed and compassionate support. Support Group Spaces and Programmes We ran a number of regular support spaces during the year, including in-person monthly sessions in Bracknell, a telephone group monthly and also virtual group monthly. Plus a monthly on line group for family and friends. Press, Radio and Blog Coverage. Our work was featured in national media during the year both on Devon radio, and in the Guardian newspaper. Summary of Impact Taken together, these activities have widened access to trauma-informed, non-judgemental support for people affected by hoarding and clutter; strengthened professional and multi-agency understanding of hoarding as a complex, often trauma and neurodivergence-linked issue; and helped reduce stigma through public-facing awareness work, consistent with the company's founding objective of benefiting people with hoarding disorder, and those affected by hoarding behaviours, extreme clutter and chronic disorganisation, across the UK.

Who our stakeholders are Our stakeholders are broad and include: Training delegates from a wide range of disciplines, including Local Authority teams (Social Care, Environmental Health, Family Support); NHS staff (Occupational Therapists, Therapeutic Leads); Social Prescribers; Fire & Rescue Services; community services and other not-for-profit organisations; Housing Associations; Public Health; and independent clutter and hoarding practitioners. Enquiries by email and telephone We arranged for clients to provide feedback on all enquiries, and provided the necessary support and signposting. We know that the guidance we offer - and sometimes simply the option of having a space to talk through their circumstances - has been a significant benefit and relief to many. This includes the increasing number of families reaching out to us about signs of potential hoarding difficulties they believe they are seeing in their own children.

Directors remuneration amounted to £22,634

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