The Supporting People Commissioning Body for Nottinghamshire agreed an Investment Plan to assist the delivery of the local five year Supporting People strategy when it met on 29th July 2006. The Investment Plan, which will be subject to rolling review, gave approval for the following developments within existing Supporting People services:
Drug Interventions Programme (DIP)
Supported Accommodation - Broxtowe, Bassetlaw
The Kirkby Trust extension
Extension to current Refuge provision in South Nottinghamshire
Extension of Domestic Violence Floating Support in North Nottinghamshire
Teenage Pregnancy Support – Newark & Sherwood
Mental Health Supported Accommodation in Ashfield
Funding was also committed to the following developments which are already underway:
Drug Interventions Programme (DIP)
Supported Accommodation - Newark & Sherwood, Rushcliffe
Extra Care provision – Rushcliffe
Newark Quick Access Hostel
Quick Access accommodation with support in South Nottinghamshire
The Investment Plan also saw the commitment of funding to the following new developments. These developments are, in some cases, short term. They will be commissioned using a Supporting People-led competitive process unless otherwise indicated:
Pilot Prison Link Project*
Direct/Quick access supported accommodation in Bassetlaw
Countywide Domestic Violence Floating Support
Additional Refuge provision – South Nottinghamshire
Generic Vulnerable People Tenancy Sustainment
Extra Care Provision – countywide coverage
Dual Sensory Floating Support†
Community Outreach Advocates (Link Age Plus)†
Winter Night Shelters (Bassetlaw and/or Mansfield, with the need for this provision subject to annual review)
‡Floating Support for Offenders
* * Probation to act as service commissioners
†Service to be established in conjunction with Adult Social Care and Health
‡Service provider to be identified via local homeless forum
