Transcript Northamptonshire Community Housing Network Helping people with Disability find a place to live.

Northamptonshire Community
Housing Network
Helping people with
Disability find a place to live
The Network Aims to help people….
1. Have choice about where they live
& find a home
2. Settle in and live happily as part of
our communities
3. Find work and gain confidence by
helping to run the Housing
Network
How it works
• We are community led
• We cover the County
• Anyone can join people and
organisations
• Every one is equal – ‘Total
Coproduction’ approach
How it works
• We have ‘Members’ not staff or
customers
• We use Timebanking and mixture
of funding to sustain ourselves
• Works on the belief that, we all
have needs and skills, so lets
share
Helping people on their Housing
Journey
Expanding
our options
Living Happily
in my new
home
What’s
possible for
me
Making a
decision &
moving
Timebanking
• For every hour given to help others you
receive 1 time credit
• And for every hour of help received you pay 1
time credit
How we run the Network
• The Shadow Board manages day to day work
• The Steering Group directs the Shadow Board
• The Coordinator and Members do the work
Who makes up Shadow Board
8 members of the Network
6 have disabilities
We must have at least 50% disabled people on the
Board
Our Objectives in 2011- 2012
Our objectives in our pilot year
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Set up the organisation
Work with people to explore their housing options
Produce accessible housing guides and tools
Help set up housing try out opportunities
Help councils improve their services for people with
disabilities
Work with Housing Providers to start creating more
housing options
Help to build a better picture of housing need
Promote the Housing Networks approach
Setting Up the Network
• The Network is close to being a
new company
• Most of our board have a
disability (75%)
• We made an Easier read set of
Articles that all board members
understand
• We have over 60 members
Helping People with Housing
• We have had 55 requests for help
and advice
• We have provided long term help to
10 people, of which:• 3 people we supported through the
whole process to move
• 2 people, we are helping
keep and manage their
home
• 3 people, we are helping
with planning a move
• 1 person, we are helping
with neighbour problems
Progress Creating Services
• Made the Housing Training
Programme, and Teaching
Programme, to help young people
and adults
• 17 people were on the first Housing
Training Programme and more want
to join further courses
• We are producing the Living and
Work skills Programme
Creating Accessible Information
• Have produced a Housing Guide from the
Housing Training Programme information
• Produced Teaching Programme with key
learning outcomes for young people
• Produced an Easy read Choice based
lettings guide with Housing Options
• Produced a Guide to Keyways for LD
customers and families
Believing its Possible
• 7 people visited Camphill Community
in Milton Keynes to see what its like
living there
• 8 Members have shared their housing
stories with each other about different
ways of living
• Nobody has yet been able to try out
other accommodation to see what
they think
Improving Service Access
• 6 of us worked with Kettering
Borough Council in Spring 2011 and
• 9 people with disabilities are working
on a review at Northampton Council
• 2 people from Black and Minority
Ethnic communities (BME) are
helping, we are looking for more
people
Building a Picture of Need
• We started collecting information
about people’s housing needs and
desires through the Housing Training
Programme.
• However, more help is needed by
local Council’s and other Housing
Partners to make a clearer picture of
the housing people need
Our Resources this year..
• Members will have given over 1200
hrs in time to run the Network
(equal to about £14,400)
• We received over £40,000 in
income, (inc £15,000 for particular
projects)
• Will receive about £2,000 in Kind
help
Total value of all about - £56,400
% of Time credits and in kind = 29%
We have learnt so much… such as
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How capable people are
Big gaps in the help people need
The skills we need to grow a work force
How to work with others
The things that work in the Training
Programme
• What services to offer in future
The Magic in what’s happening
• Members are enjoying
helping and sharing
• They are growing in
confidence
• People with disabilities are
getting help with housing
and work
The Magic in what’s happening
• People who have not
worked for a long time
are helping to run the
Network
• Some are about to
become Directors of our
Company
To see some of the work of the Community
Housing Network (CHN) this
year in pictures, please go to….
www.vimeo.com/31730861 and
www.vimeo.com/35952618
Our Plans for the Future
• Recruit 2 – 3 Trainer / Facilitators to
set up the main services areas in
year 1
• They will develop Network members
to learn to run each service area (5 10)
• All members (people and Orgs) will
give some time to help run it
Our Main Future Services
The Services CHN are Planning to offer…
• The Housing Training Programme for young
people, adults and organisations
The Services CHN are Planning to offer…
• A Living and Working Skills Programme – for
young people, adults and organisations to use
Help to Make It Happen
Planning a move and making it happen
• 1 to 1 support or group support for people and
organisations
Expert by Experience Service
• Provide services to Local Councils, Housing
and Care providers to make their services to
people with disabilities better
Possible Sources of Income
in year 1
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Membership Income
Sales Income
Time Income
Grant Income
Donations
Any Questions
If you want to join in
Speak to
Marion Turner
TODAY
Or look at our website
www.myhomemysay.co.uk
01933 381467