Good Home Lincs is brought to you by the Lincolnshire Good Home Alliance.
The Alliance is a group of organisations and teams in Lincolnshire who are working together to help support residents to maintain, improve and adapt their home to help all people in the county be safe, warm and well in their homes.
The Alliance includes Lincolnshire County Council, Lincolnshire district councils and other organisations such as health services and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue.
Background
The Centre for Ageing Better, a national charity, identified the impact that poor quality, unsuitable and cold homes have on people’s health and wellbeing and outlined how services could help people with housing related problems.
The Centre for Ageing Better carried out some research, the Good Home Inquiry: The Good Home Inquiry | Centre for Ageing Better (ageing-better.org.uk) describing how services could help people with their homes.
Since the report was published, the Centre for Ageing Better have partnered with Lincolnshire to see how some of their recommendations could be put into practice.
Following some work with Lincolnshire residents and local services, one of the actions identified as helpful was to collect information and advice on home and housing related issues, and details about the services which could help into one place: Good Home Lincs.
If you need further information and support
Lincolnshire is a two-tier area, with Lincolnshire County Council responsible for some services, and the seven district councils which make up the county responsible for others. The Lincolnshire County Council area is made up of:
Lincolnshire District, Borough & City Councils
District, Borough and City councils are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing, planning and building control, and environmental health.
Boston Borough Council: Boston Borough Council - Boston Borough Council
City of Lincoln Council: Homepage – City of Lincoln Council
East Lindsey District Council: East Lindsey District Council - East Lindsey District Council (e-lindsey.gov.uk)
North Kesteven District Council: Welcome to North Kesteven District Council (n-kesteven.gov.uk)
South Holland District Council: South Holland District Council - South Holland District Council (sholland.gov.uk)
South Kesteven District Council: Welcome to South Kesteven District Council - Homepage | South Kesteven District Council
West Lindsey District Council: Welcome to West Lindsey District Council (west-lindsey.gov.uk)
Lincolnshire County Council
Lincolnshire County Council is responsible for services such as social care, schools and education, and roads and transport.
Lincolnshire County Council: Homepage – Lincolnshire County Council
If you are not sure which district you live in, you can use this district council finder: Find your local council - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
You will need your postcode to use this tool. If you are not sure of your postcode, you can check it here: Postcode Finder - Find an address | Royal Mail Group Ltd.
