Supporting People
Supporting People is a former national Government Programme
which has now ended. However, Bedford Borough Council have
kept their Supporting People Programme in place to continue to
provide good quality housing related
support to vulnerable people, to help them live
as independently as possible within their community.
Housing related support is help that you may
need to set up or maintain your own home. This might include:
- help to claim benefits,
complete forms or manage debts
- help to develop your domestic
skills like budgeting and cooking
- help to move into independent
accommodation or to somewhere with less support
- the services of a sheltered
housing Warden or Scheme Manager
- help to identify and contact
other people, groups or organisations you may need assistance from.
For example, housing departments, social services, colleges and
training centres, housing associations, specialist advice
agencies
Bedfordshire Supporting People fund services for a range of
different people as shown below:
- people who are homeless or at
risk of homelessness;
- offenders or those at risk of
Offending;
- teenage Parents;
- young people who are
vulnerable;
- people with drug and alcohol
problems;
- people suffering from or fleeing
domestic violence;
For further information on Domestic Violence please click on the
following links:
Bedfordshire Domestic Violence Partnership
Domestic
Abuse Accommodation Fact Sheet
Bedford Borough
Council Domestic Violence Web Pages
- older people;
- people with physical and sensory
disabilities;
- people with learning
difficulties;
- people with mental health
problems;
- travellers and gypsies;
and
- refugees and asylum
seekers
How
does Supporting People work?
Information for Service Providers and
Partners
If you need this information in Braille or large
print, on audio-cassette or in a language other than English
(including British Sign Language), please contact the Supporting
People Team