Northamptonshire Community Housing Network

Housing Training Programme

18th October 2011

SESSION THREE

Our Rules for Today

1. Listening to & Respecting each other

2. Only one person to speak at a time

3. Put your hand up to speak

4. Be willing to have a go at all exercises

5. Come to the sessions ready to start by 6.30pm

Today we will look at……

Home work from last time

What we found out

Understanding Our Needs

• Housing needs & desires,

• Care / support needs and desires

SESSION 3 – 18th Oct 2011

Session 3 – will cover….

• What are your housing needs & desires• What are your support or care needs • How to get help with care / support• Building a big picture of housing need• how to work with Council’s & housing

providers to make housing we want

Thinking About a Place to Live

My Housing Needs

What are ‘Housing Needs’?

These are the ‘things’ you need in to be in your home so that you can live there happily

Housing Needs

You might need a certainnumber of bedrooms, or

You might need a downstairs bathroom

Housing NeedsYou might need some adaptations or equipment to help you to live in your home

Housing Needs

You might need to have a garden or to be near your work, college or family

Your Housing Desires

These are what you want your new home to be like.

Things you might dream of about your home

What do you need & want your home to be like?

Help to live in your home

After you’ve thought about what home you need

What support or care might you need so you can live there?

Support & Care to your Home

When you live in the community,you may rent or own your home.Support or care can come to you.

This helps you live where you want

Support & Care to your Home1. Floating Support2. Support Tenants3. Live in Carers4. Community Support Networks – Keyring5. Community Volunteers 6. Good Neighbour schemes7. Domiciliary care8. Family support9. Cleaner, cook, gardener, meal delivery10. Assistive Technology

What help do you think you will need to live as you wish?

Housing Needs the Big Picture

We need to understand the housing needs many disabled people have, so we can:-

1. Think how to best help each other2. Work with partners3. Create these homes together

Completing our Survey Form

Please complete the Survey form today

It will help us understand how people with disabilities want to live & how we can all work together to make this happen

Creating the Homes we want

We can do this with:-• Each other• Local Council’s• Housing providers & Landlords

Any Questions Any Thoughts

Thank you – see you next time

Homework this week

What home you need & want

Please complete the form I send out to you and bring it next time or email or post it to

me at Delos head office, Thank you

To join the Community Housing Network contact

Marion Turner on

01933 381467

or look at our website

www.myhomemysay.co.uk