Welcome to the Manchester Supporting People website
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What is Supporting People?
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people
the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment
which enables greater independence.
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Supporting People delivers high quality and strategically planned housing-related
services which are cost effective and reliable, and complement existing
care services. The planning and development of services are needs led.
Supporting People is a working partnership of local government, service
users and support agencies.
If you need housing related support
find out more
Manchester City Council's Supporting People programme was awarded
3 stars for an excellent service with
excellent prospects for improvement following inspection by the Audit
Commission in August 2004
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CLG Announcement - Supporting People Programme
Grant
On 26 November Communities and Local Government (CLG)
confirmed that councils in England are to receive Supporting People
Programme Grant funding as an unringfenced named grant.
Since it's launch in 2003 Supporting People had been paid as a
ringfenced fund for councils, to be spent according to specific rules.
However next year, for the first time, Supporting People will be
allocated to councils as a non-ringfenced named grant, paid seperately
to, but with the same financial flexibility as, Area Based Grants.
This removal of the ringfence provides councils with the opportunity
to come up with new and innovative ways to support vulnerable people
in a range of different situations. A package of
measures is being developed to support the sector during this period
of change. This includes a new financial modelling tool, to be
published next year, which will provide evidence at local level on the
financial. Guidance has also been published to assist councils
as they assess the need for housing-related support in their local
area (click
here for details) and discussions will continue with commissioners
and practitioners of Supporting People services to further develop the
transition package as they deliver housing related support with
increased flexibility. Supporting People funding will
be included in the Area Based Grant from 2010/11. 18
half day events hosted by Sitra and CLG designed to bring
commissioners and providers together to discuss these changes to SP
funding and what impact these may have at a regional level. Two
sessions are to be held in Manchester on 15 January. For more
information click here |
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Features currently available on the site include:
Future plans for this website are for providers to be able to download
payment notification documents and return adjustment notification schedules
via their secure provider area.
We hope you find this site informative and easy to use.
If you have any comments or queries, please contact us via our email address:
supporting.people@manchester.gov.uk
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