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How to improve support and services for destitute migrants: summary
- Authors:
- PETCH Heather, PERRY John, LUKES Sue
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 15
- Place of publication:
- York
This Solutions summary offers practical steps to address the issues facing destitute migrants and overcome obstacles to providing accommodation, services and support. It includes learning from existing projects, and legal advice. The paper, which uses a number of case studies to illustrate key points, sets out the ways forward, focusing on: better data; accommodation; better immigration advice and legal representation; addressing subsistence needs; addressing support needs; strategic alliances and joint working; and gaining official ownership of the problem, convincing central and local government to take ownership of the problem and providing evidence to enable them to take on the roles they need to play. (Edited publisher abstract)
Telling the story of Hartfields: a new retirement village for the twenty-first century
- Authors:
- CROUCHER Karen, BEVAN Mark
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 40p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
In 2004, the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, Hartlepool Borough Council, and other local partners started working together to develop Hartfields, a new retirement village in Hartlepool, with funding from the Department of Health's Extra Care Housing Fund and the Housing Corporation. Opened in 2008, Hartfields is a mixed tenure development with 242 units of one and two bedroom accommodation, intended to be an independent living setting but with the capacity to accommodate people with high levels of need for care and support, and primarily for people aged over 60 with a strong connection to Hartlepool. This evaluation study aimed to track major decisions and developments in the planning and implementation of Hartfields, to describe and analyse challenges and constraints encountered and strategies used to overcome these, and to explore ideas and expectations on housing with care for older people. Data was collected through documents and plans, semistructured interviews with key staff in the partner agencies, and focus groups and interviews with residents. The report covers the strategic context and housing needs and provision in Hartlepool, the key decisions and challenges and working in partnership, the early life of Hartfields as a new community, and key learning points and future challenges, concluding that Hartfields is a successful scheme.
Telling the story of Hartfields: a new retirement village for the twenty-first century
- Authors:
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK, CENTRE FOR HOUSING POLICY
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This brief findings report describes key points from an evaluation study of Hartfields, a new retirement village in Hartlepool developed by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, Hartlepool Borough Council, and other local partners. Opened in 2008, Hartfields is a mixed tenure development with 242 units of one and two bedroom accommodation, intended to be an independent living setting but with the capacity to accommodate people with high levels of need for care and support, and primarily for people aged over 60 with a strong connection to Hartlepool. The evaluation study tracked and analysed major decisions and developments in the planning and implementation of Hartfields, described challenges and constraints encountered and strategies used to overcome these, and explored ideas and expectations on housing with care for older people. The study found that Hartfields is a successful scheme, designed and built within budget and on schedule, with contributory factors including a clear strategic view of the housing and support needs of older people, local planners proactively identifying suitable sites, funding from the Department of Health's Extra Care Housing Fund, an effective partnership committee, and community consultation.
Creating a stronger information, advice and advocacy system for older people
- Author:
- HORTON Claire
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The information, advice and advocacy services older people need to remain independent are often limited, come without adequate support, and fail to take their experiences and ideas into account. This report describes an initiative by the Quality of Life Partnership in Newcastle to develop services for older people based on the principles of choice and control. The report identifies the importance of: investing in processes so that older people have a variety of ways of sharing their views and experiences; persuading local partners that information and advice is not simply an add-on to the day job; understanding that partnership working is much more difficult, complex and time-consuming than working in isolation; and, realising that some issues may need to be addressed across all age groups.
Designing citizen-centred governance
- Authors:
- BARNES Marian, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 87p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
The expansion in opportunities for citizen participation and of partnerships as a means of making policy and delivering services has created a wide range of different ways in which public services are governed. This can result in confusion about who is responsible for what and how people can get involved in decision making. This study investigated different models of citizen-centred governance and the principles on which this is based.
Communities caring and developing: lessons from Hull
- Author:
- QUILGARS Deborah
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This research evaluated a demonstration model of community care development which was established in two deprived areas of Hull by the City Council and the voluntary agency, Hull Developing Our Communities. The aim of the research is to test the effectiveness of the model in developing community participation in the delivery of low intensity support services. The research had four objectives: to document the extent and nature of new service development; evaluate how far the services met the needs of vulnerable community members; assess the extent and nature of community involvement, particularly the participation of vulnerable users, and; assess the impact on broader community care policy. The research placed a particular emphasis on the participation of community group members in the research process. Groups were consulted about the most effective method of recording their account of community development. The researcher also conducted a series of focus groups with community groups and interviewed key players from formal statutory and voluntary sector community care providers. Finally, a monitoring system recorded the measurable activities and outcomes of the service
The experience of the Community Links Social Enterprise Zone
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The UK's first Social Enterprise Zone (SEZ), based in Newham, east London, was established in 1998. It built on the Business Enterprise Zone model, where designated areas are freed from a range of statutory regulations obstructing local economic growth, and applied this principle to community services. The SEZ is a test bed for new policies and services tackling regeneration in deprived areas. Users of public services and front-line workers generate all the ideas. In this study, those involved in running the SEZ report on the lessons from its first years. The SEZ developed a tool called 'what if...?' to gather ideas from users of public services and front-line workers. This has involved over 1,000 local people. Participants have attended meetings with officials from public sector agencies and central government, been involved in designing and carrying out research and helped deliver pilots testing SEZ proposals. The SEZ made extensive use of Public Service Agreements in order to establish how ideas could help government meet its own objectives. About 60 ideas were developed, each with a connection to a Public Service Agreement objective. It was believed at the start of the project that ideas would largely focus on policy changes. In fact most new proposals were for services or rules which turned out to be unimplemented elements of existing policy, and therefore not known about locally, or for better ways of delivering local services. The SEZ has established partnerships with local public sector agencies to test ideas. SEZ has had to fund or co-ordinate these pilots itself because of the complexity of accessing funds for testing innovation and the lack of financial and human resources in local agencies to test ideas developed at the local level. Feeding into policy at the central level has been the most challenging activity, even at a time when policy-makers have been inviting evidence from outside government. The SEZ has adopted a range of approaches to deal with this, including evidence-based policy contributions, building networks in government and building networks of practitioner organisations. However, the SEZ co-ordinators conclude that, as long as policy design remains tightly controlled by central government, government will not make best use of evidence from local experience.
Developing direct payments in the North East of England
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study explored the range of practice and experience in the delivery of direct payments in three local authorities in the North East of England. It was prompted by evidence that implementation of direct payments is, on average, slower in this region than in others. Some authorities in the region played a leading role in implementing direct payments. Within these authorities, direct payments 'champions' provided focus and inspiration for the work. Such champions emphasised how direct payments helped local authorities to increase user involvement and to meet other multi-agency policy objectives. Direct payments worked best in local authorities where a supportive local authority infrastructure is combined with both an understanding of the principles of independent living and a commitment to partnership with users. Some authorities in the region were slow to implement direct payments. Based on project work in these areas, the study encountered a range of strategic and operational issues that affect the implementation of direct payments. The study also identified practical ways of overcoming these barriers. The region has fewer centres of independent living and user-led disability organisations than other parts of the country. This leads to less 'bottom up' pressure on authorities to implement direct payments. Where direct payments are most successful, local authorities fund user-led support services as part of mainstream care provision. The project developed a nine-stage planning tool to help local authorities work with users to develop such services. The study identified various reasons for the slower implementation of direct payments in the North East. None are in themselves blocks to good practice; nor are they unique to the region. These included difficulties with: internal communication; reaching users when there are no user-led groups; promoting and publicising direct payments; achieving sufficient flexibility to implement direct payments; and dealing with pay and recruitment difficulties.
Community care development: a new concept
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Hull Community Care Development Project was a three-year pilot initiative to develop the capacity of local communities to respond to their own support and 'community care' needs. Community members, and some non-community care agencies, interpreted community care very broadly, most particularly as developing a 'caring' community. As the project was community-led, these definitions influenced and shaped the project, its remit becoming broader than originally envisaged. Following the selection of project areas, the process of community care development identified unmet care and support needs, built up relationships and partnerships through networking and community lunches, supported existing groups and helped to establish new community groups and activities, and liaised at city-wide level to influence strategic policy development. The project had a considerable impact at local level. New community facilities were opened up. Direct support led to an increase in community groups and activities. These activities provided opportunities for low-level mutual support. Community networks were established that led to increased community participation. New models of working were developed, and the project supported groups to increase their capacity and resources. Challenges were experienced. A shortage of volunteers meant that some activities were unable to be set up or sustained. New community spaces were sometimes contested, and community politics meant that networks were not always able to represent all parts of the community. Community groups generally found it difficult to reach more vulnerable groups in the population. Agencies and the community often had different approaches that needed careful negotiation. Overall, the project was most successful in addressing broad community development issues, with communities prioritising issues such as community facilities and provision for young people. Whilst some low-level health and social care benefits were achieved, it proved more difficult to develop specific care and support initiatives.
A study of visible security patrols in residential areas
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The provision of local policing no longer resides solely with the police but has become increasingly fragmented and multi-tiered. Those involved in policing activities now include sworn police officers, special constables, community support officers, neighbourhood wardens, private security guards and active citizens. Over half the housing agencies surveyed said that they had become a lot more concerned with crime and disorder issues in recent years. Three-quarters agreed that the police need to co-ordinate better and accredit the work of other providers of security and patrols. Two-thirds of police divisional Commanders and finance directors in the region said that generating income through the provision of additional policing was important. In a national survey, manned private security companies identified 'residential areas' as the area of greatest potential growth across the sector over the next five years. However, the division of labour within this mixed economy of policing is neither well-organised nor effectively co-ordinated. Developments have largely been ad hoc and driven by local markets. Relations between different providers vary considerably, ranging from effective co-production and co-ordination to indifference, competition and hostility. The boundaries between the diverse providers, their respective responsibilities, roles and limitations are often unclear. This can leave the public uncertain about what can legitimately be expected of them. The initiatives studied all highlighted the importance of engaging with local residents, exploiting their knowledge about local crime and disorder problems and providing them with a stake in their own community policing efforts. The researchers conclude that, given the uneven co-ordination, weak accountability and segmented regulation of policing, oversight arrangements are needed that incorporate all security providers at both local and regional levels, to ensure fair competition, appropriate standards and safeguard the public interest as well as more effective joint working.