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Transforming Lives

Salvation Army Housing Association

Partnership Excellence
 Winter 2012
xi Garden - braintree foyer
Picture from Braintree Foyer - Gardening Project 2011

 
In This Issue
New SAHA Homeless Service in Salford
New General Needs Flats Opened in Salford
Braintree Foyer - Awards Evening 2011
Great Success for SAHA in Homelessness Change Bids
West London Framework Agreement
SAHA KPI Information
Welcome to this Ninth Edition of SAHA's corporate
e-newsletter designed to keep our partners and stakeholders informed of our performance and the services we provide to people in need of support.  
 
If you would like any more information on our business activities, the work we undertake in your area, or developing a partnership with SAHA please visit our website www.saha.org.uk  email us on Partnership.Excellence@saha.org.uk  or call Alpita Patel or Peter Latham on 0800 970 6363. 

 

Thank you

Nigel Parrington

Chief Executive

New SAHA Homeless Service in Salford

Abbott Lodge
Pictures of Abbott Lodge from Earlier Planing Stage to The Final Result

Abbott Lodge is Salvation Army Housing Association's newest Homeless Hub recently opened in December 2011, this replaces James Street homeless hostel.

 

Abbott Lodge is a 20 bed scheme, which consists of a 10 bed direct access hub and 10 self contained moved on flats.

 

In partnership with Salford City Council and The Salvation Army, the hub is a landmark building offering a new approach to supporting homeless people to break the cycle of homelessness.

 

The project was funded though a £1.395 million grant bid to the Communities and Local Government's (CLG) Places of Change Programme in February 2008 by Salford City Council and partners SAHA.

 

Abbott Lodge will focus on stabilising residents at the point of access through multi-agency partnership assessments of health, welfare and housing needs and support to acquire basic life skills before appropriate move on to accommodation and support options that best meet the needs and wishes of the individual.

 

For further information on Abbott Lodge or any other SAHA Service please contact our Customer Service Centre on 0800 970 6363 or visit our website: www.saha.org.uk

New General Needs Flats Opened in Salford

 

Abbott Lodge - General Needs
SAHA General Needs Flats - Brindle Heath Road

In addition, to the New Homelessness Hub in Salford, SAHA supported by Salford City Council has also developed 16 one bedroom apartments on the site adjacent to Abbott Lodge.

 

The self-contained move-on flats located alongside the hub, will create an internal pathway giving residents the opportunity for developing independent living skills whilst still being able to take advantage of the hub's support and engagement activities, before moving on to live independently in the community.

 

For more information on the General Needs Flats or Abbott Lodge, please contact our Customer Service Centre on 0800 970 6363.

Braintree Foyer - Awards Evening 2011

Braintree Awards Evening 2011
Picture of Nigel Parington SAHA Chief Executive with Residents from Braintree Foyer

 

An awards evening was held on 21 December 2011, at Lords Golf and Country Club in White Notley, celebrating the achievements of our residents at both our Braintree Foyer and New Directions Lifehouse.

 

With almost 100 attendees, the awards ceremony began with a recognition of the many achievements of resident with over 60 Awards and Qualifications where presented on the night:

 

At New Directions lifehouse, the highlight was " Volunteer of the Year" which went to Terry O'Dell.

"Terry has been at New Directions Lifehouse for almost 2 years and has made a huge contribution to his community through gardening, painting and many other volunteer activities".

 

Over 60 Awards were presented to the residents at Braintree Foyer, which included awards for English, Maths and ICT qualifications, Essex Arts Awards and certificates for participation in Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award programme at Braintree Foyer.

 

There were also presentations of vocational awards from the Construction Industry. This training was provided free of charge by SAHA contractors Apollo.

 

Special musical performances where also held in the evening showcasing the talents of our young people, with a live performance by dance group Funky Feet. The dance they performed was created and choreographed by the young people at Braintree Foyer and their dance tutors.

"It was an exhilarating performance and was greeted by rapturous applause Mark Watson - Foyer Manager"

 

Funky Feet streetdance group were formed by Braintree Foyer to provide a positive creative outlet for young people in Braintree. It is extremely popular and continues to attract new recruits.

 

Colin Falconer - Foyer Federation Director of Innovation was kind enough to attend the event but was somewhat surprised by what he found, he wrote in his blog:

'There's no T (for talent) in their postcode,' was my favourite line from a young person having fun at the excellent Braintree Foyer/SAHA awards night. What mattered most though was seeing the young people enjoying the moment, celebrating their own achievements, supporting each other. These certainly were not the images from a disadvantaged thinking advert.

 

The Foyer magazine noted that, 'At Braintree Foyer we focus on inspiring our young people to develop their talents and aspire to great things. To do this we invest in challenging opportunities which will motivate and stretch our young people.' This is a service that has not just been touched by Open Talent, but is running with it.'

 

2011 was a great year for Braintree Foyer capped off by a wonderful evening of celebration but 2012 promises to be even better.....

 

For further information about Braintree Foyer or any other SAHA service please either visit our website: www.SAHA.org.uk or contact our Customer Service Centre on 0800 970 6363.

Great Success for SAHA in Homelessness Change Bid

 

SAHA is proud to announce that is has been successfully allocated £2.1millon pounds of funding from the Homes and Communities Agency, for the re-provision and modernisation of the Gilead House Lifehouse in Bolton. This was the 7th biggest allocation made as part of the Homelessness Change funding in the country.

 

We have also since been informed that Salisbury House Lifehouse in St Helens has received funding of £266,000 for a series of changes and improvements. This means in total we have received funding for approximately 80% of the bid we made, an excellent result considering the large demands for funding under the programme.

 

Both Gilead House and Salisbury House Lifehouses provide direct access supported accommodation to men aged 18 and over. Staff on site provide a 24 hour support service assisting residents with key life skills to help sustain independent living.

 

For more information on our Homelessness Change Programme please contact Tony Bacon Director of Asset Management email: tony.bacon@saha.org.uk  For information on our Lifehouses please contact our Customer Service Centre on 0800 970 6363.

West London Framework Agreement 

 

SAHA has been successfully shortlisted on to the West London Framework Agreement.

The framework will enable us to tender along with other selected providers for housing related support services.

 

The West London framework agreement is made up of Eight local authorities in London, which consist of:-

*  London Borough of Brent

*  London Borough of Ealing

*  London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

*  London Borough of Harrow

*  London Borough of Hillingdon

*  London Borough of Hounslow

*  London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

*  City of Westminster

 

In 2008, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham acted as principal authorities to establish a current framework agreement for Supporting People services; Harrow and Ealing are important secondary authorities.

 

For more information on the West London Framework Agreement, please click on the attached link West London Alliance

SAHA KPI's

 

For information on our Key Performance Indicators, please either visit our website or click on the following link www.saha.org.uk