1. Cambridgeshire Homelessness Trailblazer MoU workshop
16 May 2017

2. Quick summary of our Homelessness Trailblazer bid
Dan Horn
Head of Housing & Community Support
Fenland District Council

4. Homelessness partners & providers
Public Service Board
Homelessness partners & providers
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Commissioning Group
Department of Work & Pensions
(Job Centre+)
Voluntary, community & charitable network
Public Health
Housing Associations
& more future partners…
Building Better Opportunities
(4 projects)
2 x unitary authorities
Integrated Offender Management
6 x district housing authorities
Probation service
Police & Crime Commissioner

5. This “web” is made up of: Homelessness Prevention MOU
Public Service Board
Homelessness partners & providers
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Commissioning Group
Department of Work & Pensions
(Job Centre+)
Voluntary, community & charitable network
Public Health
This “web” is made up of:
Homelessness Prevention MOU
Housing Healthcheck
Widespread training for homeless awareness
Specialist skills training
Web resources for staff and customers (BBO)
Web resources to share stories, success & data
Added individual debt advice
Housing Associations
& more future partners…
Building Better Opportunities
(4 projects)
2 x unitary authorities
Integrated Offender Management
6 x district housing authorities
Probation service
Police & Crime Commissioner

6. Business Development Prevention & Liaison Rent Solutions
Work with lettings partnerships and extend coverage
Spotting early “warning signs” of homelessness, ensure people know how to get support
Business Development
Prevention & Liaison
Helping landlords resolve problems & avoid evictions
(e.g. help with universal credit issues)
Rent Solutions

7. Business Dev’t Prevent & Liaise Rent Solutions
Public Service Board
Homelessness partners & providers
Including temp accom & support
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Commissioning Group
Department of Work & Pensions
Job Centre Plus
Voluntary, community & charitable network
Public Health
Business Dev’t
Housing Associations building and managing homes
& more future partners…
Prevent & Liaise
Building Better Opportunities
4 projects across area
2 x unitary authorities including Early Help Hubs
Rent Solutions
Integrated Offender Management
6 x district housing authorities including housing advice & homelessness
Probation service
Police & Crime Commissioner

8. Workshop approach to MoU development
Result: local leaders evidently committed to prevention and reduction
Exercises
Why does homelessness matter?
What needs to be in place?
How can we achieve these objectives?
What do we want leaders to commit to?
Your input
If you’re not feeling able to contribute, start up new discussion/move!
Today’s output
Presentation for Public Service Board
Core principles
Homelessness is everyone’s business
Homelessness is bad for all of us, not just those experiencing it

9. Why does homelessness matter?
Outcome: leaders understand
How and why homelessness impacts on their particular interests
That committing to homeless prevention and reduction has value to them – it is worth the ‘investment’
Exercise one: what does your organisation exist to do, and who does it want to achieve this for?
Note organisation then mission/purpose/outcomes (one per post it)
Colour coded post its: children & families; young people; working age; ageing well; all populations
Colour coded pens: blue/black – for everyone (universal); red/green - for some populations (targeted and specific)
Exercise two (life course): how and why does homelessness (risk of becoming and actual) impact on organisation outcomes?
Flip chart statements – what would you say to leaders?
Burning platform!!
Sense check
Outcomes and populations – are any missing (who is not here?)
Thinking about your communities/service users, would they recognise what you’ve said?

10. Examples Child & families Young people Working age Ageing well
All populations
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Outcome
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11. What needs to be in place?
Outcome: leaders understand
What needs to be different and why
Broadly speaking, how they would know that they’re on track
Exercise – life course
Agree statements about what you want to see/what should be in place
Why? What are the primary reasons why this is important?
Thinking about outcomes for populations
Example
Members of the public understand the risks of becoming homeless, and impact, and make informed decisions to mitigate this
Why? Evidence of missed opportunities to prevent homelessness at earlier stage; some people may be able to meet own needs

12. How can we achieve these objectives?
Outcome: leaders understand opportunities to tackle homelessness (& wider outcomes)
Delivering through core business (the day job)
Other existing opportunities – plans/projects underway or committed to eg, DCLG £ outputs
What remains to be done ie, not within either of the above?
Exercise – for each objective:
What could be done through core business (may be doing things differently)?
What plans/projects underway that could contribute?
How could homeless prevention trailblazer outputs contribute?
What else needs doing? Who could contribute & what will they need?

13. What do you want leaders to commit to?
Outcomes:
Public Service Board leaders are
Clear what you’re asking of them & their organisations
Confident in making a statement of their commitment (they know what resources are needed/believe they’re available)
Other leaders are identified and supported to reach the same position
Exercises
Thinking about previous exercises, what should leaders commit to?
Statement of commitment relevant to all
Statement of commitments relevant to some populations and/or some leaders
Who’s missing, what commitments are needed, how will these be secured?
How would you expect commitment to be demonstrated in practice?

14. Next steps