CCG Presentation: The Social Housing Offer Introduction Noel - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

17/01/2013 CCG Presentation: The Social Housing Offer

Introduction Noel Sharpe Executive Director for Customer Services Halton Housing Trust Donna Kelly Director – Housing & Support Team Liverpool Housing Trust

Background  Date back to the nineteenth century : growth in philanthropic and voluntary organisations  Early examples Guinness and Peabody Trusts  Set up to address issues of poor housing, sanitation and disease

Context  Grew in the 1970s due to the changes in Council Housing:  Inability to cross subsidise  New build grants for HAs  RTB  Budget cuts  More favourable HB terms for HAs  Development of LSVTs

Picture Today  Non-profit making  Affordable - rent/ownership  Good quality  Any trading surplus re-invested into existing or new build stock  Independent but regulated by the state –HCA  Now the major provider of housing for rent  13,000+ homes in Halton

What do we offer?  General needs  Supported:  Extra care for the elderly  Homeless  Mental Health  Substance misuse  Learning disabilities  Mother and Baby  Young people  Ex-offenders  Domestic abuse

Services on Offer  Housing management  Lettings-CBL  Void management  Repairs, Gas servicing and Improvements  Adaptations  Handyperson/assisted gardening and decorating  Grounds maintenance  Estate services

Housing Plus  Debt and money advice  “New Shoots”  IT Training  Job “readiness” schemes  Apprenticeships/training  Affordable warmth  Customer involvement/wellbeing activities  Floating support

Inside Housing Article ‘Working with NHS can save thousands’

Wellbeing and Health Initiatives Liverpool Community Health Four Lifestyle Programmes being delivered:  Quit smoking  Enable parents to make healthier lifestyle choices  Liveability Service  Support older people to increase wellbeing

Sheltered Housing  Flu vaccinations  Chair-based exercises  Tai Chi  Year of Action – Dementia - Dementia Friendly Communities

Projects Liverpool Housing Trust Initiatives High Impact Medium Impact Low Impact Investment Outcomes Initiatives Purpose Strategic Fit Cohort Five Ways to wellbeing Core protective factors Roots Project Combine Healthy General physical communities needs activity with population growing older healthy eating people and – Impacts on young health in many people ways

Projects Liverpool Housing Trust Initiatives High Impact Medium Impact Low Impact Investment Outcomes Initiatives Purpose Strategic Fit Cohort Five Ways to wellbeing Core protective factors LHT working Positive Healthy General with joint mental health communities needs partners outcomes by population including, in a promoting the joint initiative 5 ways to in the wellbeing Kensington Ward, promoting LCC’s Health & Wellbeing Decade promoted, a summer event included healthy eating

Projects Liverpool Housing Trust Initiatives High Impact Medium Impact Low Impact Investment Outcomes Initiatives Purpose Strategic Fit Cohort Five Ways to wellbeing Core protective factors 45 seconds To increase Healthy Young and counting, awareness of communities, people mental health mental health community awareness issues cohesion project in Schools, (Parklands in South Liverpool Lighthouse youth Centre).

Projects Liverpool Housing Trust Initiatives High Impact Medium Impact Low Impact Investment Outcomes Initiatives Purpose Strategic Fit Cohort Five Ways to wellbeing Core protective factors Information Promote Healthy Sheltered regarding Wii social communities scheme League sent to all networks population Sheltered and Scheme physical Managers to activity promote to their tenants. Tenants from other housing associations in Liverpool take part of the League. Helps to keep tenants active and prevent social isolation

Projects Liverpool Housing Trust Initiatives High Impact Medium Impact Low Impact Investment Outcomes Initiatives Purpose Strategic Fit Cohort Five Ways to wellbeing Core protective factors Beat the chill Identify fuel Financial Older event for the poverty and Inclusion people, elderly respond to General debt and needs financial population issues

Projects Liverpool Housing Trust Initiatives High Impact Medium Impact Low Impact Investment Outcomes Initiatives Purpose Strategic Fit Cohort Five Ways to wellbeing Core protective factors Fully trained Increased Sustainable ‘At risk’ tenancy capacity for neighbourhoods, households support staff to be healthy within the officers who able to communities. general can refer identify a needs services broader population. (mental range of health, drugs, issues and domestic signpost violence, debt households and benefit to services. issues)

Questions Name : Noel Sharpe - Halton Housing Trust Tel : 0151 510 5102/07944 343834 Email : noel.sharpe@haltonhousing.org Name : Donna Kelly – Liverpool Housing Trust Tel : 0151 708 2474 / 07770 734593 Email : dkelly@lht.co.uk