Local authority based pilot sites
The project operates within eight local authority based pilot sites:
- Devon
- Gateshead
- Gloucestershire
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Nottinghamshire
- Salford
- Tower Hamlets
Pilot activity will be funded by DWP until October 2008.
Common Pilot Themes
Each pilot is different in emphasis, but the following common themes recur across the programme:
- volunteers or paid ‘mentors’ who support vulnerable people to access and negotiate their way around available services
- outreach activity to take services out to people who would not otherwise access services they need
- ‘drop in’ type resource centres providing a single access point to multiple services.
Underpinning the design is an aspiration for ‘no-door to be the wrong door’ for access to the range of services required by an individual.