Supporting People

On 1 April 2003 the Supporting People programme was launched.

The programme is committed to providing a better quality of life for vulnerable people to live more independently and maintain their tenancies. The programme provides housing related support to prevent problems that can often lead to hospitalisation, institutional care or homelessness and can help the smooth transition to independent living for those leaving an institutionalised environment.

The Supporting People programme provides housing related support services to over 1.2 million vulnerable people. The programme is delivered locally by 150 Administering Authorities, over 6,000 providers of housing related support, and an estimated 37,000 individual contracts.

Our objectives are:

• a programme that delivers quality of life and promotes independence
• services that are of a high quality, strategically planned, cost effective and complement existing care services
• the planning and development of services is led by needs
• a working partnership of local government, probation, health, voluntary sector organisations, housing associations, support agencies and service users

Links to the external Supporting People website and the Supporting People team can be found to the right under "External Links".

Associated documents:

  An introduction to Supporting People  (0.18 MB)
Link 11  ( MB)