Evaluating the extent of rough sleeping

Last updated: 
20/09/2011
Who should use this guidance?: 
Local authority homelessness officers
Summary: 

This toolkit is intended to help local authorities, in partnership with other local agencies, to evaluate the extent of rough sleeping. It is designed to support the Government guidance: “Evaluating the Extent of Rough Sleeping: a new approach” published in September 2010.

 This toolkit provides guidance on the following:

  •  The Government’s definition of rough sleeping
  • How local authorities can estimate the numbers of rough sleepers, including consulting and gathering information from local partners
  • If local authorities choose to conduct a count, how this should be carried out. 
This version is being published to support local authorities to estimate and count in autumn 2011.
 

Additional resources to support intelligence gathering around estimates can be found here.

Downloads: 
application/pdf iconIntroduction to the toolkit
application/pdf icon1 Consulting locally and estimating
application/pdf icon2 Ongoing monitoring of rough sleeping
application/pdf icon3 Carrying out a count
application/pdf icon4 Planning a count checklist
application/pdf icon5 Risk assessment
application/pdf icon6 Health & safety checklist
application/pdf icon7 Notes for counters
application/vnd.ms-excel icon8 Rough sleeping count form
application/msword iconGuidance for verifiers
application/pdf icon10 Code of conduct for verifiers
application/vnd.ms-excel icon11 Rough sleeping statistics form