Homelessness personalisation pilots

Exeter and North Devon councils individual budget pilot
Northampton personalisation pilot with socially excluded groups
City of London personalisation pilot
Nottingham City Council and Framework HA pilot
Look Ahead - Personalising homelessness support
Thames Reach's organisational response to personalisation

Personalisation Pilots - Individual budgets for entrenched rough sleepers

Throughout the last year personalisation pilots funded by the CLG have been taking place with entrenched rough sleepers around the country. Individual budgets (IB) have been allocated to work with entrenched rough sleepers to try and find new and creative solutions to thier long term homelessness. These individual budgets are being utilised with entrenched rough sleepers in a variety of ways to help resettle individuals with complex needs. To find out more about the individual pilots:

Exeter and North Devon
Northampton
London
Nottingham

PERSONALISATION IN ACCOMMODATION AND FLOATING SUPPORT SERVICES

Some homelessness service providers have the led the way, by putting personalisation into practice without extra funding. For innovative examples of accommodation and floating support providers that are putting personalisation into practice see:

Thames Reach
Look Ahead

Examples of what Individual Budgets have been used for to support entrenched rough sleepers around the country:

  • Extra floating support services

    "What is working is spending quality time with each client, workers not having to dash off to meet other commitments, but being able to sit with a client and take the time to listen to what they say."

  • Modification to private rented accommodation, such as hand rails
  • B&B accommodation
  • Furniture - including soft furnishing to make things more homely
  • Electrical goods
  • Clothes
  • Alcohol detox
  • FE college courses
  • Caravan accommodation