About Supporting People
The Supporting People programme is a national
grant funded programme launched on 1st April 2003 to fund housing related support
services.
Housing related support seeks to enable
vulnerable people to maintain and increase their independence and
capacity to remain in their own home.
The programme aims to deliver housing related
support services that are:
- High quality
- Strategically relevant
- Cost effective
- Complementary to existing care services
Supporting People in Wales
In Wales the Supporting People programme is
delivered by the Welsh Government and Local Authorities through two
separate funding streams:
Supporting People Grant (SPG)
Is administered by local government and is
used to fund chargeable support services, such as sheltered
schemes, community alarms and community care projects.
Supporting People Revenue Grant (SPRG)
Is administered by the Welsh Assembly
Government to fund Accredited Support Providers (ASPs), who may
then commission another service provider to deliver the
service.
The Ethos of the SP Programme
“Supporting People provides a holistic, citizen centred approach
to help people become independent and move out of disadvantage.
Many of the people accessing the services have multiple needs which
are being met by health or social services. However, many
individuals have additional needs that would not be met by other
services. The services provided should be designed to help people
develop the skills and confidence necessary to live independently
without support, or to maintain independent living with ongoing
support.
Supporting People is about individualized care targeted at
improving the life of that person whilst developing essential
personal, social and financial skills for keeping the home they are
in. Regular visits from district nurses and social workers may help
in many ways but Supporting People helps with the payment of the
bills, managing money and engaging with the other services. This
leads to the development of confidence and resilience in client
groups”
(The Supporting People Programme in Wales: Final Report,
2010)
The Welsh Government and Supporting People
The Welsh Government leads the Supporting
People Programme at a national level; they issue guidance on how
the programme should be run locally, oversee commissioning
decisions and have recently reviewed the programme.
For more information about the Supporting
People visit the Welsh Assembly Government website:
Welsh Government - Supporting People