Housing, Care and Support: Volume 12 Issue 3

Learn ahead of the curve

Gary Lashko

The recession: its impact on third sector organisations

Terry Scragg

This article describes the response to a survey of third sector organisations and their experience of the impact of the current economic climate. The findings from a small range…

Delivering public sector transformation: building the strategic relationship between housing, health and care

Sarah Davis, Jeremy Porteus

This article looks at the challenges for delivering personalisation across public services, the key for transformation of those services. Based on a recent publication, Housing…

The effectiveness of the Supporting People programme — a look at the recent Audit Commission review

Bernadette Scott

The Audit Commission has produced a review of the Supporting People programme covering the period 2005‐2009. This article summarises the review, which covers the impact of the…

Off the radar and at risk: children on the streets in the UK

Emilie Smeaton

Recent research has shown that children and young people are living on the streets in the UK with no support from family or other institutions and very few options for legitimate…

Support workers and people with learning disabilities: participative and life history research

Valerie Monaghan, Stuart Cumella

Support workers have more day‐to‐day contact with people with a learning disability than any other group of staff, but a high proportion are unqualified and untrained, and there…

Personalisation and housing: connections, challenges and opportunities

Jon Head

This article refers to common values and principles underlying personalisation and housing, and the importance of personalisation for providers like Hanover (a leading provider of…