Housing Justice Conference Night Shelters: Now is the Time The Local Authority/Sub Regional Perspective Margaret Williams East London Housing Partnership

Barking and Dagenham City of London Hackney Havering Newham Redbridge Tower hamlets Waltham Forest Registered Providers Non statutory sector

Growing Needs and Shrinking Budgets In the year to 31 st March 2013 rough sleeping in the East London sub region rose by 20% * 2011/ / (683 new) Figure for whole of London for the same period was 6959 *People seen sleeping rough in the east sub region

Meeting Local Needs Local authority provision Charity/voluntary sector Faith groups Community groups Winter provision 2012/13 Faith groups access to range of accommodation Base of volunteers Extended provision available for longer Local organisations and faith groups provided 57% of total bed nights in London

East Sub Region Position ELHP Rough Sleeping Strategy Local authority rough sleeping strategies East London Delivery Board Partnership working on coordination of winter provision modelling good practice

What Works - Collaboration before projects are set up/opened Agreed protocols and processes Consistent service offer message Joint training Signposting to local authority for assessment Working in partnership with other services – MH/D&A/DV/GPs Non discriminatory services Sharing information and best practice Sharing language services/staff Reconnection

ESHP Partnership Example Partnership of 8 local authorities and 6 non statutory services Working together for 2½ years Agreed goals Round table meetings Solutions focused Regular contact between meetings Respecting areas of expertise Attending each others meetings Joint presentations to raise awareness Service user input Took time to get here…..

Questions? Margaret Williams East London Housing Partnership