Public consultation
A public consultation exercise has been carried out on the strategy and the identified themes and principles.
The survey was created on the Let’s Talk platform and advertised as part of the live consultation page, the consultation was open for a period from 23 August 2024 to the end of September 2024 and was promoted via a newsletter on 10 September and delivered to 7,182 recipients.
There were 48 people who completed the survey, the Draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy was downloaded 62 times, and the Review document had 57 downloads.
The key messages and findings that came out of the consultation were:
- Most responses were from members of the public (31)
- 1 in 5 responses were on behalf of a charity, voluntary or community sector organisation (10)
- All of the priorities received agreement of over 96%
- Common themes from the open-ended comments received, focused on, the need for holistic support, and that different groups needed different support.
- Partner organisations will be key to delivering this strategy.
- Questions were raised whether we were making best use of accommodation opportunities such as repurposing student blocks.
- All of the principles received agreement.
- From the open-ended comments some respondents raised the issue of the terminology being confusing.
- Others pointed to the need to focus on actions on how they are going to implement the principles
These findings have been considered and incorporated where appropriate into the body of the strategy and the delivery plan.