Hoarding Disorders UK CIC
A UK not-for-profit organisation providing specialist information, training and practical support relating to hoarding behaviours and chronic disorganisation.
Visit Hoarding Disorders UK (opens their website in a new tab)Information
Hoarding, chronic disorganisation and practical support
Understanding what is happening can make it easier to identify the right kind of help.
Hoarding behaviours, chronic disorganisation and overwhelming property conditions are not all the same. Each person's circumstances, belongings, health, home and support needs are different.
This page provides general information and links to established organisations. It does not provide a diagnosis, therapy, medical advice, legal advice or regulated care.
Understanding
Understanding hoarding behaviours
Hoarding disorder is a recognised mental health condition involving persistent difficulty discarding possessions, regardless of their apparent value. The resulting accumulation can restrict the use of rooms and affect health, safety and everyday life.
Not everyone living in an overwhelming property has hoarding disorder. Only an appropriately qualified healthcare professional can assess or diagnose a mental health condition.
Practical property support may help restore access, improve safety and make spaces usable, but it does not replace appropriate clinical or therapeutic support.
Understanding
Understanding chronic disorganisation
Chronic disorganisation describes persistent difficulty organising time, belongings, paperwork or everyday tasks. It may affect quality of life, continue over a long period and return despite repeated attempts to become organised.
A chronically disorganised home may sometimes look similar to a property affected by hoarding, but the reasons, emotional attachment to belongings and appropriate forms of support may be different.
Chronic disorganisation may exist alongside ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, trauma, physical illness, brain injury or hoarding behaviours. None of these conditions automatically causes it.
You can also read more about how we work in hoarding support and in our Practical Guides.
Practical support
What practical property support can provide
Practical support can focus on restoring essential rooms and access routes, sorting belongings, cleaning, managing waste lawfully and developing straightforward ways to maintain progress.
Some people need a one-off property reset. Others may benefit from several visits or longer-term practical support.
Outdoor Indoor Cleaning Co Ltd provides practical property support. We do not diagnose conditions, provide therapy, offer regulated personal care or replace health, housing, social-care or safeguarding professionals.
Independent organisations
Independent information and support
These organisations are independent of Outdoor Indoor Cleaning Co Ltd. Each link opens their own website in a new tab.
Hoarding Disorders UK support groups
Information about confidential support groups and events for people affected by hoarding behaviours, including relatives, friends and advocates.
View support groups (opens their website in a new tab)Helping a loved one
Guidance from Hoarding Disorders UK about listening, showing respect and supporting someone without forcing the pace of decisions.
Read family guidance (opens their website in a new tab)NHS information about hoarding disorder
NHS information about hoarding disorder, possible signs, seeking professional help and urgent mental-health support.
Read NHS information (opens their website in a new tab)HoardingUK
A UK charity supporting people affected by hoarding behaviour, including individuals, families and professionals.
Visit HoardingUK (opens their website in a new tab)HoardingUK helpline
A confidential support service offering understanding and guidance to people affected by hoarding behaviour.
View helpline information (opens their website in a new tab)Mind information about treatment and support
Information about speaking to a GP, talking therapies and other forms of mental-health support.
Read Mind's guidance (opens their website in a new tab)Institute for Challenging Disorganization
An international specialist organisation explaining chronic disorganisation and how it can affect daily life.
Learn about chronic disorganisation (opens their website in a new tab)NHS information about adult ADHD
NHS information about ADHD in adults, diagnosis, support and management.
Read NHS ADHD information (opens their website in a new tab)National Autistic Society
Information, advice and support for autistic people, families and professionals.
Visit the National Autistic Society (opens their website in a new tab)External organisations control their own information and services. A link does not imply endorsement, partnership or responsibility for external content. Links were last checked on 22 September 2026.
Training
Hoarding-awareness training
Richard Parkinson has completed Stage 1 and Stage 2 virtual hoarding-awareness training with Hoarding Disorders UK CIC.
Outdoor Indoor Cleaning Co Ltd is an independent company and is not presented as being employed, approved or endorsed by any organisation linked from this page.
When practical support is not enough
Urgent or crisis support
Outdoor Indoor Cleaning Co Ltd is not an emergency, crisis or clinical service.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999. For urgent mental-health help, use the Support and Urgent Help page for current NHS and crisis-support information.