About us

Introduction to Supporting People by Hampshire's County Manager - Jackie Morrison

Supporting People (SP) is a Government funded programme that provides housing related support for vulnerable people aged 16 and over. It funds a range of services aimed at helping people to live independently.

Since its introduction in 2003 Supporting People has changed the way housing related support services are paid for and managed, offering vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life through, SP offers greater independence and control.

The Hampshire SP team currently manages a budget of £27.8 million, which we allocate to approximately 500 services supporting over 19000 vulnerable people. The programme provides support to a wide range of client groups including older people, people with mental health issues, people with disabilities, homeless individuals and families, offenders, women fleeing domestic violence and vulnerable young people.

This website provides information for our service users and providers, contact details for the team and links to relevant departments in district councils. It also contains up to date agenda and minutes for all decision making meetings we hold at both district and County level.

If you have any suggestions about how we could improve this website or our communication in general we would like to hear about it.

You can call us on 01962 847982
email us supporting.people@hants.gov.uk
or you can write to us at:
Supporting People
Elizabeth II Court West
The Castle
Winchester
SO23 8UQ