Accommodation based support for Domestic Abuse

Tender description

This proposal is submitted by Tameside MBC on behalf of Tameside, Stockport and Oldham Councils. The proposal incorporates 2 elements, firstly enabling access to crisis support for one of the most excluded groups i.e. for women affected by domestic abuse and with no recourse to public funds, and secondly providing access direct into permanent homes for households experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage. This proposal describes an exciting opportunity to provide an effective service for those who are victims of domestic violence and abuse and coping with multiple disadvantage. This service will ensure we are directing services to establish lasting independence, housing victims of domestic violence and abuse and their families in a community, rather than a temporary refuge, and wrapping around specialist and intensive support which is not available in any of our boroughs on a housing first basis. The defined cohort places a high cost on criminal justice and health services. This is an approach that will bring transformational change to the way that we commission services to respond to domestic violence and abuse across the 3 authorities. Keywords: Housing First, Domestic Abuse, Support