Supporting People is a central government programme, introduced in April 2003 to fund, monitor and review and improve housing-related support services. This is done in partnership with local housing authorities, social care services, health, probation, registered social landlords users and their carers and the voluntary and private sectors.
What is housing-related support?
Our helpful leaflet explains in detail (234kb).
The housing-related support services that Supporting People pay for are aimed at helping people live independently in their homes and include things such as:
- Assisting people with the security of their homes.
- Assisting people with personal safety in their homes.
- Enabling people to undertake minor repairs and organise the servicing of their own equipment.
- Life skills training, such as support to acquire domestic skills.
- Helping people with social skills, such as motivational support and preventing loneliness and social isolation.
- Assisting people with dealing with other people such as landlords, other tenants and a range of professionals.
- Assisting people with personal budgeting.
- Supporting people with neighbour disputes.
- Support with moving to more independent accommodation.
Floating Support Framework Agreement
On 21st May 2009 the Supporting People Programme in Cambridgeshire held a Provider Event to set out the plans for commissioning Floating Support Services, using a Framework Agreement.
Below are the presentations from the day. Notes from the event will follow in the next 2 weeks.
Framework Agreement and Floating Support Service Specification Development (178Kb)
Floating Support Framework Agreement Event (288Kb)
The key stages will be: (dates subject to change)
Consultation on the Service Specification
Details of the consultation are within the above presentation - 'Floating Support Framework Agreement Event'
Feedback deadline - 31st July 2009
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) published -Friday 12 June 2009
The procurement process for the above has now started. You can find details in the links section on the right of the page and the external links section for the advert.
PQQ submission deadline - Monday 20 July 2009, 4pm.
Invitation to Tender (ITT) for Framework Agreement published October 2009
A Bidder's Event is being planned to go over the ITT with providers.
ITT submission deadline - December 2009
Results of ITT - February 2010
Client Involvement and Empowerment Strategy
As part of developing our Client Involvement and Empowerment strategy, we would like to consult with as many people as possible.
The three documents that we would like your feedback on are the Client Involvement and Empowerment Strategy (91kb), the Client Involvement and Empowerment Action Plan (93kb) and the "Critical Friend" role description (45kb).
In relation to the Client Involvement Strategy itself, whilst we would like feedback on the document as a whole we would particularly welcome your comments on sections 7, 8, and 9.
Your feedback matters to us a great deal, so please take time to consider these documents and respond. We want the final document to reflect everybody's feedback.
You may email your feedback to: supporting.people@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or contact Zorica Louis-Fernand (lead Supporting People Officer on Client Involvement) on 01480 375480.
The deadline for responses is 17th July 2009.