A one day national conference aimed at providing delegates
with guidance on how to promote, improve and mainstream diversity in the
housing sector.
Foundations, the national co-ordinating body for Home Improvement
Agencies are hosting a series of one day seminars exploring the provision of
client centred advice and support and housing options.
National Housing Federation Event - 18 November 2008
Supporting Older People Conference
Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, London
A one day national conference discussing the impact of an ageing society
and the future challenges facing housing associations in delivering key
services for older people.
For further information, including booking details, visit
http://www.housing.org.uk/
Pavilion Event - 5 November 2008
Personalisation and Socially Excluded Groups
ORT House Conference Centre, London
This conference will look at personalisation and how to engage the
socially excluded in local communities and prisons in order to address
people's most complex needs. It will consider how the whole needs of
the community can be met, integrating health, housing and social care in the
most deprived communities as well as looking at commissioning, Local Area
Agreements and individual budgets.
For further information, including booking details, visit
http://www.pavpub.com
SupportActionNet Event - 5 November 2008
Delivering Life-Enhancing Service for Vulnerable People
Central London
This conference aims to inspire and motivate senior managers from
supported housing and related care to develop new, aspirational services
that deliver added value and person-centred outcomes - essential elements of
success and survival within a competitive commissioning environment.
For further information, including booking details, visit
http://www.lemosandcrane.co.uk/
Care. Support. Independence.
Government Green Paper on the Reform of the Care and Support System
The care and support system needs to change - have your say
Earlier this year the Government published 'Care. Support. Independence.'
This document sets out the case for a new care and support system for
England. It outlines what is meant by care and support, who provides
these services (including the role of families) and how they are currently
funded.
The paper then goes on to explain why a new care and support service is
needed. Essentially there are two main reasons:
- we are living much longer than we used to and;
- our expectations have changed. People want more choice and
services that are flexible and personalised to their needs.
These two factors mean that the cost of care and support will increase
and the current system will not be able to meet the demands of the future.
The Government believe that changing the system is an opportunity to make
the system fairer, to make sure that people's demands are met and to help
people to plan for their future care and support needs.
It also identifies three key principles that the Government feel should
underpin a new care and support system. The new system must:
- give people independence, choice and control
- make sure that everyone can get the care and support they need but
that funding is targeted at those most in need and;
- be affordable for the Government, individuals and families in the long
term.
The Government believes that everybody should be able to have their say
about how a new system should work as every adult in England will be
affected by these changes.
To download a copy of "Care. Support. Independence." and give your views
on the key issues visit
http://www.careandsupport.direct.gov.uk/
You can also register for updates on the consultation process and news of
regional stakeholder events which will be taking place between now and
November, when the public debate is expected to close.
Sitra Support Benchmarking 2008
Now in it's fourth year, this is the only national benchmarking service
for support providers. Run by Sitra in partnership with HouseMark and the
National Housing Federation it has been developed through extensive
consultation with service providers. This year's service will be open
for data submission from 16 June to 3 November 2008.
For further information visit
http://www.sitra.org.uk/
GoldStar Exemplar Programme
The Goldstar Exemplar Programme is a national initiative designed to
encourage and enable voluntary organisations and projects throughout England
to realise the potential of volunteers, mentors and befrienders from
socially excluded or disadvantaged groups. The aim of the programme is
to promote and share good practices used in engaging people from these
groups and giving them the opportunity to enrich their own and other
peoples' lives.
Full details can be found at
www.goldstar.org.uk
Lemos & Crane
In addition to conferences and seminars, independent researchers Lemos &
Crane also produce a number of online projects, which include amongst
others:
- SupportActionNet - a knowledge management system on supporting
the social and emotional aspirations of vulnerable people.
- BlueSalmon - an online self-assessment and portable planning tool that
helps people to think about their lives and decide their goals for the
future.
- BMEspark - a knowledge management system for commissioners and
providers of Supporting People services for black and minority ethnic
vulnerable people
For further information visit
http://www.lemosandcrane.co.uk/
Online Housing & Support Sector Forum: launched 7 August 2006
Following the launch of the Housing & Support Sector Briefing in July, Support
Solutions is pleased to announce that the Housing & Support Discussion & Resource
Forum is now online. It's FREE!
On The Forum you can:
- browse resources
- ask questions
- join in with discussions and debates
- network
- learn
- contribute
Please join in and participate. The SPKWEB Discussion Forum has now gone.
This forum wants to pick up where the SPKWEB left off and broaden the scope
beyond Supporting People. The more people who join the forum, the better it
will be.
You can find the forum at:
www.supportsolutions.co.uk/forum.
Please send comments, requests or questions to
forum@supportsolutions.co.uk.
Are you a provider organisation with a Supporting People query?
SITRA has revamped it’s Supporting People Helpline service which has now
been renamed the SITRA Helpline. Members can email their queries on all
matters concerning housing, care and support including:
- Supporting
People
- Housing
and housing management
- Community
Care
- Floating
Support
- Quality
& Monitoring
All emails will be responded to within four days. You can send your queries
to sitrahelpline@sitra.org
For information about SITRA training courses and conferences see the
Sitra website
HACT (The Housing Association's Charitable Trust)
For more details of Hact grants and events see Hact's 'news and events' page
at www.hact.org.uk
National Housing Federation
Find out about
National
Housing Federation conferences, events and training from their website
at www.housing.org.uk
If your organisation has an event it would like to publicise on this
page please email details to Manchester Supporting People. When sending details
of an event you want to publicise here, please include the date, time, venue,
cost, a summary of the event and contact details.
Email to: r.helen@manchester.gov.uk
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