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Progress Housing Group is a Lancashire housing association headquartered at Sumner House in Leyland. Registered as a society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, it marked its 30th anniversary in 2024 and describes itself as one of the North West's leading providers of affordable homes and housing for people over 55. The group is organised into several business streams, including the core housing association, RWP (supported living), Progress Lifeline (technology-enabled care), Progress Living (accommodation for health workers) and its charitable arm, Key Unlocking Futures.

Accommodation and support services

Homelessness and support work sits mainly within Key Unlocking Futures, the group's charity, which reports helping around 8,000 to 10,000 people a year across Lancashire. Key runs supported housing schemes in Preston for young care leavers and adults at risk of homelessness, housing advice for young people in South Ribble and Chorley, a family mediation and therapy project aimed at preventing youth homelessness, tenancy sustainment support for group tenants, women's refuges and outreach for people experiencing domestic abuse, an IDVA service, and The Base community centre in Leyland. RWP separately holds landlord responsibility for more than 4,000 supported living properties across the UK for people with learning disabilities, autism, brain injury or long-term mental health conditions.

• Supported housing for care leavers and adults at risk of homelessness
• Women's refuges and domestic abuse outreach
• Tenancy support and homelessness prevention advice
• Supported living accommodation (RWP)
• Community centre and school-based wellbeing support

Where they work and who they support

The group's homes are concentrated in Lancashire, particularly Leyland, Preston, Chorley and South Ribble, with supported living properties spread across the country and further offices in Pudsey and Lincoln. Key's services support young people leaving care, single people and families facing homelessness, women and children escaping domestic abuse, and tenants who need help to keep their homes.

Working here

Progress frames its offer around purpose, growth and belonging. Staff receive 26 days' annual leave rising to 31 after five years and 33 after ten, a paid birthday day off, the option to buy or sell up to five days' leave, a pension with employer contributions matched up to 7.5 per cent, occupational sick pay, a health cash plan with virtual GP, an employee assistance programme, paid volunteering time, a green car scheme and cycle-to-work. Flexible, hybrid and agile working is available depending on the role, and there is support for apprenticeships and professional qualifications. Vacancies span housing operations, administration, healthcare, learning and development and trades, and are advertised through a Vacancy Filler careers feed on the corporate website. Switchboard: 0333 320 4555.