Community Capacity- Connecting with Communities

HOUSING – THINKING LOCAL AND ACTING PERSONALLY

Wednesday 13th July 2011Alicia Wood

What is important about where you live?

Community & housing for people with learning disabilities

Polly & Katharine

How do we get people more connected to their communities

through housing? (1)• More focus on getting ordinary housing• Keeping people near families and support

networks• Natural & community supports• Really supporting people to develop skills to rely

less on paid support• Personal budgets not having significant impact on

people volunteering and helping their local community, choosing where they live and who they live with and relationships with friends (source: TLAP National Personal Budget Survey June 2011)

How do we get people more connected to their communities

through housing? (2)• Commissioning and contracting for community

outcomes and incentivise use of natural & community supports

• Making money work-personal budgets, individual service funds & community development funding

• Stop the silo mentality of housing based services and develop a wider community role

• Work out a way for tenants to contribute to and improve their communities

• Pay attention to people getting social networks

Supported Living Network

Timebanking

Reach outcomes• I take part in community life• I can access work opportunities• I can access education and learning• I have the social life that I choose• I can manage my health• I feel safe• I choose who I live with• I choose where I live• I have my own home• I choose how I am supported• I choose who supports me• I get good quality support• I have the same rights and responsibilities as other citizens• I get help to make changes in my life• (I get support to continue in my caring role)

• Source www.paradigm-uk.org

Community Connections planning tool

Providers•Our organisation and the way we co-ordinate things ensures that people can make the most efficient use of their social capital

•Our organisation fully includes older and disabled people and we support them to participate in and contribute to activities •Our organisation actively works with all local people to increase the ability of older and disabled people to get out and about and experience positive interactions

The economic case• befriending schemes cost around £80

per older person but could save around £35 in the first year of the scheme alone

• - the cost per member of a timebank would average less than £450 and could result in savings of over £1,300 per member, and

• - community navigators could cost under £300 with further savings of £900 per person in the first year due to reduced GP visits.