	Supporting People Torbay Council Pearl Assurance House 101 - 107 Union Street Torquay TQ1 3DW
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The Spring edition of the newsletter is now available. It contains information on new services, Torbay Voice service user group, and winning at the Care Trust Blue Shield Awards !

The draft Learning Disability Commissioning Strategy 2009-2014 (includes easy read version with pictures) is out for consultation. Fill in the short questionnaire at the end of the strategy and tell us what you think about what we’re planning to do. You’ve got until the 31st of August 2009 to send us your views.

An updated directory of Supporting People services is in the related document section at the bottom of this page. Click here for information on accessing services.

What is Supporting People?

Supporting People services give support to help people live as independently as possible. Services include a hostel for the homeless, supported and sheltered housing, a women’s refuge and ‘floating support’ where workers visit people in their own homes.

Support provided can include help to:

Develop independent living skills such as cooking, cleaning and dealing with mail
Get in touch with other services such as doctors, social workers or community organisations
Access work and training
Deal with personal budgeting, completing benefit forms, debt counselling and welfare rights;
Make and maintain social contacts
Be aware of home security and safety

For the latest update on Supporting People locally please link to our newsletter.

The Housing Support Referral Hub is now operating. Everyone wanting a Supporting People service (except a sheltered housing service for older people) needs to contact the Hub, and the Hub will find people the service they need. This stops people having to apply to lots of different Supporting People services.

The National and Local Programme

Supporting People is a Government programme to develop and monitor housing support services. In Torbay, Supporting People is a partnership between Torbay Council, Devon and Cornwall Probation Service and Torbay Primary Care Trust. In Torbay the Supporting People grant is administered by Torbay Council and pays for support services.

Supporting People in Torbay is governed by the Commissioning Body.

Supporting People in Torbay is advised by the Strategy Sub Groups. These groups are made up of Torbay Council, Torbay Care Trust, voluntary services, people who use services, service providers, and other organisations who refer people to Supporting People services. There are six groups which focus on:

These produce and recommend plans for the development of housing and support services.

A 2008-09 quarter's 1 and 2 (1 April - 31 December 2008) performance and monitoring report for each sub group area can be downloaded from each Strategy Sub Group page, as well as an annual report for 2007-08.

Supporting People

What is Supporting People?

The National and Local Programme

Torbay Council working in partnership with Devon and Cornwall Probation and Torbay Care Trust

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