{"id":95333,"date":"2018-09-05T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a10ad955cd4b8bdefbe15cadb0477624"},"modified":"2018-09-05T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T14:01:06","slug":"press-release-funding-allocated-for-councils-to-help-rough-sleepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=95333","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Funding allocated for councils to help rough sleepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Rough sleepers will receive further support after the government set out plans to fund 83 areas with the highest numbers of people at risk over the next 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from the launch of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-rough-sleeping-strategy\">Rough Sleeping Strategy<\/a> last month, the government has today (5 September 2018) announced provisional allocations of a \u00a334 million fund to provide local support for those living on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Councils across England with the highest numbers of rough sleepers will receive a share of the funding to back on-going initiatives in their area, such as dedicated support teams and securing additional bed spaces.<\/p>\n<p>It will be allocated for council spending over the next 2 years and is an extension of the \u00a330 million that we provided to councils in June through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/james-brokenshire-announces-30-million-immediate-support-for-rough-sleepers\">Rough Sleeping Initiative Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the projects benefitting from the initial \u00a330 million are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Sheffield \u2013 allocated \u00a3363,000 to expand \u2018housing led\u2019 services and increased emergency accommodation provision. The fund also provided a specialist support worker to assist a 64-year-old with mobility and addiction problems from sleeping rough to settle into permanent accommodation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Thanet \u2013 allocated \u00a3367,000 to fund a rough sleeping coordinator, mental health specialist outreach worker and substance misuse worker. The council now undertakes regular multi-agency case management meeting reviews of rough sleepers with complex needs and provides individual care plans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Bournemouth \u2013 allocated \u00a3387,000 to employ a dedicated rough sleeping coordinator, 4 specialised outreach workers focused on engagement with those on the streets, specialised psychological support to enable work with those who have experienced complex trauma and an initiative to help increase access to private rented sector for those seeking accommodation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our Rough Sleeping Strategy set out the blueprint to end rough sleeping by 2027. Now, we are vigorously taking the steps to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>The funding through our Rough Sleeping Initiative is already making a real difference in helping support those off the streets into services and accommodation this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">But there is still work to do and that\u2019s why we are supporting these areas with further funding to ensure progress continues to be made and vulnerable people are supported into services and accommodation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The government\u2019s expert Rough Sleeping Initiative Team has closely monitored the progress of the schemes developed from the first \u00a330 million.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the \u00a334 million allocated today, the government has set aside a further \u00a311 million for spending on additional areas and projects to those supported by the Rough Sleeping Initiative and will announce further details in due course.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p>As outlined in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-rough-sleeping-strategy\">Rough Sleeping Strategy<\/a> government will provide \u00a345 million into the Rough Sleeping Initiative Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The provisional \u00a334 million allocated towards the 83 authorities today will be for spending in the 2019 to 2020 year. Finalised allocations will be dependent on progress in delivering programmes and services. These will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"attachment_2920176\" class=\"attachment-inline\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/738313\/Provisional_Allocations.pdf\">Provisional allocations<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">35.3KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">4 pages<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If an authority has not fully spent their 2018 to 2019 allocation, we will subtract the unspent amount from the 2019 to 2020 allocation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to funding from the Rough Sleeping Initiative in 2019 to 2020, elements of local authorities\u2019 original proposals, including those from London authorities, may be taken forward as part of the work resulting from the Rough Sleeping Strategy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you are a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              0303 444 1209\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_3149\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Social media &#8211; MHCLG<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"comments\">Twitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhclg\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhclg<\/a><br \/>Flickr &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mhclg\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mhclg<\/a><br \/>LinkedIn &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mhclg\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mhclg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government sets out plans to fund 83 areas with the highest numbers of people at risk over the next 2 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}