Supported housing and floating support services

The Supporting People Programme is responsible for the commissioning and regulation of supported housing services. Such services provide housing related support to vulnerable people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including older people, women fleeing domestic violence, people leaving prison, young people as well as several other groups.

You can find out more about Supporting People in Derbyshire by visiting Derbyshire County Council's Supporting People (opens in a new window) website

Advice and information on Supporting People can also be obtained from the Supporting People Team

Tel: 01629 532073
email: supporting.people@derbyshire.gov.uk 

Our Community Housing Team can also give information and advice on Supporting People services:

Community Housing Team
Community Services Department
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Town Hall
Matlock
Derbyshire DE4 3NN

Tel: 01629 761311
Fax: 01629 761174
email: housingadvice@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

The officer with responsibility for Supporting People is:

Rob Cogings
Head of Housing
Derbyshire Dales District Council

Tel: 01629 761354
email robert.cogings@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

Services for vulnerable people in the Derbyshire Dales funded by Supporting People includes all of the Sheltered Housing Schemes for older people, an accommodation project for ex-offenders, a generic floating support scheme which assist vulnerable people with a range of issues, a homeless families project and several houses for women fleeing domestic violence. A range of other services are also available to assist people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. More information is available from the Community Housing Team.

Sheltered Housing

Sheltered housing is advertised through our Choice Based Lettings Scheme called Home-Options,  visit the website by clicking the link below. 

A new website has also been launched to help older people and their families with advice and information on the housing options for older people, visit the website by clicking the link below.

We work with Age Concern to assist older people with their housing options. Independent advisors employed by Age Concern are able to visit older people in their own homes and help with benefit checks, exploring options to stay at home or move and help to find services, which may assist older people.