Supporting People

Supporting People is a national government initiative that commenced on 1 April 2003. The programme is designed to deliver support to vulnerable service users maintain their tenancies.

It can help older people, those with mental or physical health issues, those experiencing domestic abuse, care leavers and homeless people. It aims to enable these vulnerable people to live more independently within their own community by providing on-site or visiting support to prevent those problems that can often lead to a person being hospitalised, homeless, or placed into institutional care. The Supporting People programme can also help with the transition in to independent living for anyone leaving an institutional environment. To find out more about the programme, what support is available and how to access it, please click on the link below to the Supporting People Team based at Kent County Council.