Foreword
This section of the toolkit can be used by you to start conversations within your organisation and with potential and existing partners. It is a starting place for organisations to work closely together and practically collaborate to start the process of designing out homelessness.
It contains an example case study, a number of example questions and topics that relate to the case study to start discussions, examples of how to record responses, a method of evidencing the commitments made by making a pledge and an action plan matrix to turn those commitments into viable actions.
The toolkit can be used to prompt participants involved in the process to look into all aspects of homelessness and how it can be tackled. This can include the universal prevention space - preventing homelessness without having any directly perceived relationship to homelessness prevention - all the way through to the support required for individuals to move on from a history of homelessness and remain safely housed and included.
The suggested question lists should lead participants to identify what they are already doing, who they are already collaborating with, what gaps exist and what further action they could take.
The pledge will act as a commitment by the participants to take action and give an overall direction of travel for the organisation or partnership.
The action plan will allow those ideas, discussions and pledges to become practical actions that can be tracked, assessed and evaluated at regular intervals.
Guidelines on running your case study session
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A step-by-step facilitator guide to • take you through your case study session (also available in PowerPoint)
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An example case study with • associated questions
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An example of a completed discussion log
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An example of a set of completed pledges
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An example of a completed action plan
- Instructions on how to submit your pledges and action plan and access the WMCA C2C logo
- An appendix of example questions and blank templates for you to print out and use at your case study session
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Background to the positive pathways model
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The positive pathways model graphic
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A definition of the positive pathway model’s stages