SUPPORT IN THE UK
List of UK organisations who we recommend and have also supported our film.
Hoarding Disorders UK
Hoarding Disorders UK is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company.
They aim to provide practical hands-on support as well as expert advice to those affected by the varying levels of hoarding disorder, ranging from the chronically disorganised to those with extreme clutter.
Clouds End CIC
Clouds End CIC has been at the forefront of addressing hoarding issues in the UK since 2009.
Founded by Heather Matuozzo, a recognised expert in the field, their mission is to transform lives through compassionate support, evidence-based practices, and specialist training programmes.
Hoarding UK
Established in 2008, as a not-for-profit organisation, HoardingUK is the only UK National Charity solely focused on supporting people impacted by hoarding behaviour.
Holistic Hoarding
Wales
Holistic Hoarding provides a range of support & training services for individuals and organisations. Focusing on long-term well-being rather than short-term forced clearances.
UK Hoarding Partnership
The UK Hoarding Partnership brings together professionals, academics, and people with lived experience to improve understanding, support, and outcomes for those affected by hoarding disorder across the UK.
Providing signposting and tools for those with hoarding behaviours, their families and friends, professionals and researchers.
Hoarding Academy
Combining next-generation, evidence-based training with frontline experience to increase understanding and transform interventions for chronic disorganisation and hoarding.
USEFUL RESOURCES
We also recommend these free resources, charities and websites
The Hoarding Ice-Breaker Form
A useful tool which was created by Cherry Rudge, a Professional Hoarding Practitioner based in Surrey (UK), whose father had hoarding behaviours.
This simple form can be used to start a conversation with your doctor/GP, clinician or other trusted person/professional, so you can get practical advice, support and medical treatment to help make you feel better. The Form can also be used by family, friends, neighbours, etc if they feel anxious or worried about someone’s health and wellbeing.
'Understanding Hoarding' Jo Cooke
Jo Cooke is Director of one of the UK's leading support services for people affected by hoarding and clutter, and has written this sensitive and empathetic book to help anyone experiencing hoarding difficulties.
She gives insight into Hoarding Disorder - explaining what it is and, importantly, what it isn't - and what may trigger hoarding. There are strategies for how to assess the scale of situation and lay the groundwork to address it, and insights into who can help and how they can do it.
Hoarding.Support
Founded by Jasmine Harman, whose Mother has hoarding behaviours, this website provides information and advice for people who hoard and their loved ones.
Parents Who Hoard - Work Book
This free workbook is designed to help you think through the various challenges of helping a Parent Who Hoards, as well as the personal costs to the adult child, their partners, children, and others affected.
H.A.T.C.H
A free practical resource from 'Holistic Hoarding' designed to support professionals in identifying when hoarding behaviours may be impacting children’s safety and wellbeing in the home.
The Samaritans
Offer confidential, non-judgemental emotional support to anyone who is struggling or feeling overwhelmed with hoarding disorder.
Mind
A leading UK mental health charity that provides trusted information, advice, and support to people experiencing mental health problems.
Their hoarding resources help people understand what hoarding is, why it happens, and how it can affect daily life, while offering guidance on treatment options, legal rights, and ways to get support for yourself or someone you care about.
Young Minds
A UK charity dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Their hoarding content shares honest, lived-experience stories and practical advice to help young people and parents understand how hoarding can link to mental health neurodivergence, anxiety, and stigma, while signposting supportive ways to seek help without judgement.
Red Squirrel
Founded in 2019 and led by an experienced mental health occupational therapist, Red Squirrel OT CIC offers evidence-based, personalised services for individuals who hoard.
They provide trauma-informed, person-led, compassionate, practical and online support, alongside training and consultancy.
LOCAL SUPPORT
Did you know that local authorities can often provide practical and supportive help for people affected by hoarding?
Local social services may be able to offer assessments, advice, and referrals to appropriate support, while fire and rescue services can carry out home safety visits to help reduce fire risks and identify safer ways to manage clutter.
Reaching out early can help you access support that focuses on safety and wellbeing, not judgement.
HOARDING SUPPORT GROUPS
A Hoarding Support Group can be a great place to reach out and get help. Meeting others who are in a similar situation to you can help you feel less alone.
These organisations provide support groups online and in-person.
LIVED EXPERIENCE
When living with hoarding it is easy to feel like you are completely alone, but there are others out there just like you.
This a collection of content sharing honest stories of lived experience of hoarding.
That Hoarder Podcast
A podcast from a women based in the UK living with compulsive hoarding sharing her experiences and talking with others working in the hoarding sector and those with lived experience.
BBC Ideas
A short film from BBC Ideas sharing one womans experience of living with hoarding created in collaboration with HoardingUK.