Presentation to NHF and VSNW Round-Table

19th February 2014

Lynne Livsey

Health Partnership Coordinator

Housing associations, health and social care:

An overview of our sector

Our shared history

• From Middle Ages – charity and almshouses

• Victorian and Edwardian philanthropy

• 1920s new investment in social responsibility

• 1950s housing for migrant workers

A growing sector

• 1988 start of large-scale voluntary transfers with 2.3m councils homes transferred to HAs

• Now… housing associations annual turnover of £10b+ and provide 2.5m affordable homes for 5m people

• Still a force for social change and tackling poverty, inequality, poor housing and promoting health and wellbeing through community development.

The Housing Contribution

Housing Associations spent c£746m on community projects in 2010/11:

£74m on health and wellbeing for 345,000 people

£60m on initiatives promoting independence for 1m people

£100m on safer stronger communities

£257m creating better places £264m on better community

spaces £73m on learning and skills for

500,000 people £80m on jobs and training for

270,000 people

The Current Context

•Policy drive towards closer integration with social care and health

•Diminishing funding

•Rising demandFor affordable and modern accommodationFor specialist and adapted accommodationFor neighbourhood investmentFor housing support and community servicesThe impact of Welfare Reform on HA finances and health and wellbeing

Areas of Mutual Interest

• We are non-profit and invest for the long-term based on a good understanding of local needs

• We have a track record of responding flexibly to change and managing risk effectively

• We support choice and control and integrated care at home

• We are often dealing with the same people• We recognise the importance of ‘doing things

differently’.

Housing associations andhealth and social care

• Early intervention to manage demand

• Transform care pathways

• Risk reduction and management

• Better integration and co-ordination

• Make community connections

The Potential

• Prevention and early intervention• Supporting choice and control for people with long-

term conditions and complex needs• Promoting reablement and tailored support• Floating support, home adaptations, palliative care,

rapid response, discharge support, community services & employment opportunities

• Partnerships with voluntary/community sector• Working together to tackle health inequalities

The real competition?

versus The VCS?