Your Own Place CIC

What Your Own Place CIC does

Your Own Place CIC is a Norwich-headquartered Community Interest Company founded in 2013, registered in England and Wales (company number 08751344), and led since 2024 by CEO Zoe Webb following founder Rebecca White's transition. It operates as a non-profit social enterprise delivering homelessness prevention services across Greater Norwich, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, and selectively into Colchester, serving housing associations, local authorities, VCSE organisations, and care-experienced or refugee young people aged 16-25. Its mission is to prevent homelessness through innovation, collaboration, and a belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive.

The portfolio is organised around three core services and two flagship programmes. Core services comprise (i) Tenancy Skills, a modular 24-module curriculum across Housing, Money, and Employment topics delivered as group or 1-2-1 workshops with optional AQA certification; (ii) Working in the Community, a place-based offer embedding facilitators in food banks, libraries, and community hubs with drop-ins, small-group workshops and 1-2-1 coaching; (iii) Engagement & Participation, an inclusive co-production workshop line in modular one-day, half-day, or two-hour formats. Flagship programmes are 'A Job and A Home' (bespoke coaching, peer workshops, AQA certification, and Aviva and John Lewis work-experience placements for care-experienced, UASC, and refugee young people) and 'Inspiring Change' (National Lottery-funded Money Skills and Employability delivery across Norwich, Thetford, and Great Yarmouth). The 'underlying technology' is human-delivered trauma-informed, asset-based facilitation using visual tools and dual coding, with optional AQA accreditation, and free translation tools for accessibility.

Revenue is generated through three streams: commissioned contracts with housing associations, local authorities, and VCSE organisations; grant funding from foundations including Aviva, John Lewis Partnership, National Lottery Community Fund, Norfolk Community Foundation, Norwich Consolidated Charities, and Anguish Educational Foundation; and open-enrolment training fees of £95 per person for three-hour professional development workshops (with multi-workshop discounts and a five-participant minimum). Go-to-market is hybrid sales-led and community-led, relying on referral networks, partnership referrals, sector events, and embedded community presence rather than paid acquisition. The organisation is currently led by a small team of approximately 7-8 facilitators and operational staff, with reported outcomes of 2,332+ people supported since 2013 and self-reported trainee confidence gains in the 74-100% range across multiple metrics.

Name

Your Own Place CIC

Legal name

Your Own Place CIC

Website

https://yourownplace.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Your Own Place CIC is a Norwich-based social enterprise, founded in 2013, that delivers trauma-informed workshops and coaching in money, housing, tenancy, and employability skills to prevent homelessness across the East of England, serving housing associations, local authorities, and care-experienced young people.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homelessness Prevention Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Homelessness prevention services
• Tenancy skills training
• Money management workshops
• Community-based support
• Social enterprise services

Headquarters

HQ city

Norwich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commissioned Contracts: Delivering services under contract to housing associations, local authorities, criminal justice, education, and third sector organisations who commission workshops and training for their tenants, staff, or service users.
2. Grant Funding: Funded by charitable foundations including Aviva Foundation, John Lewis Partnership Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, Norfolk Community Foundation, Norwich Consolidated Charities, and Anguish Educational Foundation for specific programmes like 'A Job and A Home' and 'Inspiring Change'.
3. Training Workshop Fees: Charges £95 per person for open-enrolment professional development workshops in values-led approaches. Discounts available for booking multiple workshops.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Your Own Place CIC delivers modular group workshops, 1-2-1 coaching, and community-embedded support covering housing, tenancy, money management, and employability skills to prevent homelessness. Services are delivered primarily through commissioned contracts with housing associations, local authorities, and VCSE organisations, supplemented by grant-funded programmes (A Job and A Home; Inspiring Change) and paid open-enrolment training for VCSE professionals. Workshops can include optional AQA-accredited modules and are co-produced with a Lived Experience Advisory Board using trauma-informed, asset-based, and restorative practice methods.

Product overview

Your Own Place CIC operates as a social enterprise offering a portfolio of human-delivered services organized around homelessness prevention. The core service lineup includes Tenancy Skills (modular workshops with AQA certification), Working in the Community (place-based outreach), Engagement & Participation (co-production workshops), and Training & Development Opportunities (professional workshops for sector workers). Two flagship programmes target specific populations: the A Job and A Home Programme provides intensive support for care-experienced young people including coaching, peer workshops, and work experience pathways; the Inspiring Change Project offers financial resilience support to individuals and families affected by poverty across Norfolk communities. All services are delivered in-person or online by trained facilitators and can include optional AQA-certified modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tenancy Skills
• Working in the Community
• Engagement & Participation
• Training & Development Opportunities
• A Job and A Home Programme
• Inspiring Change Project

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% of trainees reported increased confidence after working with Your Own Place
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Broadland Housing AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing commissioning partner for tenancy skills workshops. Worked with Adam Clark who previously held Director roles at Broadland Housing.
• Sanctuary Supported LivingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioning partner for tenant engagement workshops. Partnership supporting residents on their journey to independent living through interactive workshops.
• Norwich FoodbankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmbedded Your Own Place facilitators in six distribution centres across Norwich. Foodbank clients access money skills and employability support in a trusted community setting.
• Saffron Housing TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership delivering community-based support in Diss and Wymondham Food Hubs. Workshops supporting Saffron Housing tenants in the community.
• Freebridge Community HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioning partner for customer engagement and participation facilitation. Your Own Place delivered workshops influencing key strategic decisions.
• Colchester Borough HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovative strategic partnership embedding a facilitator to strengthen relationships and engagement. Delivered housing and money workshops in Colchester.
• ShelterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShelter staff attended values-led training. Shelter acknowledges the importance of approaches that explore agency and self-advocacy with people experiencing homelessness.
• Y.E.S (Youth Enquiry Service) ColchesterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivered series of housing and money workshops in Colchester Institute for young people.
• Norfolk Virtual SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing delivery provider for interactive workshops supporting care-experienced young people. Chosen for the interactive and engaging nature of sessions.
• North Norfolk District CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeputy Leader Wendy Fredericks serves as Non-Executive Director. Council staff have referred clients and attended workshops.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Homeless Link: National membership body for homelessness charities and housing-related service providers in England. Comparable as a sector infrastructure and training provider that competes for some of the same training, policy influence, and grant funding pools as Your Own Place.

Direct peers

• St Mungo's: UK charity providing housing, health, and recovery support for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Comparable in mission to prevent homelessness through practical support and skills-building, though focused on rough sleeping and recovery in urban settings.
• Centrepoint: UK charity focused on youth homelessness for 16-25 year olds, providing housing, support, and employability services. Directly comparable to Your Own Place's 'A Job and A Home' programme serving care-experienced young people in the same age bracket with similar coaching, peer workshops, and work-experience pathways.
• Shelter: National UK homelessness charity providing advice, support, and training. Directly comparable as a homelessness prevention organisation; Shelter staff have attended Your Own Place's values-led training, confirming overlap in training product and beneficiary population.
• Crisis: National homelessness charity delivering housing, education, and training to end homelessness. Comparable in mission and service mix (housing, money, employability), though operating at significantly larger national scale.

Broad incumbents

• Colchester Borough Homes: Arm's-length management organisation for Colchester City Council housing stock and a strategic partner embedding a Your Own Place facilitator. Comparable as a local housing provider delivering tenant engagement and participation services.
• Sanctuary Supported Living: National supported living provider and commissioning partner for Your Own Place tenant engagement workshops. Comparable in providing housing-related support to vulnerable people transitioning to independent living.
• Freebridge Community Housing: Norfolk-based housing association commissioning customer engagement and participation services from Your Own Place. Comparable as a regional social housing provider with overlapping tenant support and customer engagement mission.
• Broadland Housing Association: Norfolk-based housing association that is both a long-standing commissioning partner and a comparable regional housing provider. Operates in the same core geography and delivers related tenant support services at significantly larger scale.
• Saffron Housing Trust: East of England housing association and commissioning partner for Your Own Place workshops in Diss and Wymondham Food Hubs. Comparable as a larger regional housing provider with overlapping tenant support and community engagement mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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