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The future of sheltered housing in Nottingham

In January, the government announced cuts to the 'Supporting People' fund.

Supporting People pays for services for elderly and vulnerable people and we get money from Nottingham City Council (which decides how to spend the budget) to help fund your sheltered housing service.

This service, along with others, will be affected by the significant cuts. We don't expect this to be an easy time, but it is important not to panic. We are, however, committed to providing as effective a service as we possibly can.

The city council manages the Supporting People fund for all of Nottingham. It decides how services should be financed, based on an individual's specific needs and what they require, to help them lead as independent a life as possible.

We're guaranteed enough money to maintain the existing service until September. In the meantime, the council is developing proposals to get the best from the reduced budget for the whole of the city.

We will work closely with the city council to do whatever we can to get the best service for you from a difficult situation.

We will keep all our sheltered housing tenants informed with developments over the next few months, and consult with you over any changes. If you have any questions, please talk to your scheme manager.

Join us and tackle the issues that matter to you!

Homes4Us forum

The Homes4Us forum is for disabled tenants, leaseholders and their carers. It aims to:

• Examine how Nottingham City Homes can improve its service to disabled customers and carers
• Get more disabled people involved in the work of Nottingham City Homes

The next meeting is taking place from 12noon till 2pm on 27th June in the Tenant Resource Centre at 14 Hounds Gate, Nottingham, NG1 7BA.

The sheltered housing and telecare users forum

The sheltered housing and telecare users forum is open to:

• Anyone living in sheltered housing
• Someone who uses the Nottingham On Call alarm service

It helps us develop services for older and more vulnerable tenants and leaseholders.

All meetings are held in the Board Room at 14 Hounds Gate, from 2pm to 4pm. Refreshments are provided. The next meeting is scheduled for 19th July.

To join any of our forums contact the Involvement team: Tel: 0115 915 7380 Text: INVOLVE to 80800 followed by your name, address and phone number. We will call you back (calls charged at standard network rates) E-mail: gettinginvolved@nottinghamcityhomes.org.uk

Why not come along and help shape the services we provide?

(Wednesday 25 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT)

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