Registered Address
John Dobson House
49 New Bridge Street West
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8AN
Get in Touch
General Enquiries – info@regenpartner.com
Direct | Mark Gowdridge – mgowdridge@regenpartner.com
Our model
Local authorities today face a difficult balancing act: continuing to invest in vital community infrastructure – schools, leisure centres, health and wellbeing facilities – while responding to growing social pressures such as the housing crisis, an ageing population and rising demand on NHS and care services following the pandemic.
Our model addresses both challenges at once. By using government-backed housing nominations to deliver extra care, temporary accommodation and other affordable housing typologies, we help relieve pressure on housing and health services while unlocking investment to deliver the community infrastructure places need.
At the same time, the approach unlocks the value of underused land, generating funding for wider capital projects such as leisure centres, health facilities and community hubs, without exposing local authority partners to planning or development risk.
Just as importantly, these integrated developments create welcoming, multi-generational places where people can live, meet and stay active. That, in essence, is what a Healthy Living Hub is designed to achieve.
Our role
We work alongside you to structure a delivery model that aligns with your financial and governance requirements from the outset.
First, we work on your behalf to secure the right institutional fund, appoint the Registered Provider and assemble a compliant professional team, agreeing nominations and funding assumptions early to provide clarity around income and risk. Our role is to ensure the scheme is investable, deliverable and aligned to your strategic objectives.
As the project progresses, we then act as development manager on your behalf – coordinating consultants, overseeing programme and procurement, managing risk and maintaining quality. We stay focused on protecting your financial position while ensuring successful delivery.
Our Partners
We access a wide range of institutional funders and structure each scheme around the right capital partner for your required rates and transparency standards – securing competitive pricing and long-term stability aligned to your risk profile.
We also bring a trusted network of architectural practices, consultants, contractors and Registered Providers, supported by compliant procurement routes.
Benefits to you
- One of the most distinctive aspects of the Healthy Living Hub model is its financial independence. Councils face no capital exposure.
- The developments are fully backed by council nominations and void guarantees
- Void pots are created through trickle funds into ESROW via housing benefits
- The model uses the Exempt Rent route, meaning Housing Benefit covers rent, management, and eligible communal services – avoiding the need for public grant funding.
- Land can be sold or leased
- We remove any risk around delivery of the development, including planning costs
- We create attractive land values, providing finance for wider capital project delivery
- Reduce health inequalities by embedding health and wellbeing services within communities, allowing hard to reach cohorts to access leisure and wellbeing
- Strengthen social connections and reduce loneliness.