What is Supporting People?

Supporting People aims to help vulnerable people who are Hearing Impaired and/or Visually Impaired and/or have a Physical Disability, to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independently.

We provide a team with a wide range of communication skills to enable us to support people across all communities.

Housing related support focuses on enabling people to live as independently as possible in their accommodation.

We support and aim to encourage independence in order:

• To meet responsibilities of having a tenancy or owning their home.
• Know how to get all the necessary services into their accommodation (utilities)
• Deal with and how to access services to improve and repair their property
• Keep their accommodation warm, safe, and comfortable
• Well being: to access appropriate services when necessary
• Accessing the community and local services
• Not to feel trapped or isolated in the accommodation to the point where they no longer wish to live there

BID Services Supporting People work very closely with local communities and professional organisations to deliver a high quality service to their service users.

We provide Supporting People services in the following areas:

Birmingham
People who are Hearing Impaired and/or Visually Impaired and/or have a Physical Disability

Lichfield, Tamworth, Cannock, Stafford
People who are Hearing Impaired

Warwickshire
People who are Hearing Impaired and/or Visually Impaired and/or have a Physical Disability

Durham
People who are Hearing Impaired

Coventry
A drop in centre for people who are Hearing Impaired

Lincolnshire
People who are hearing and/or visually impaired

If you would like to contact BID Services’ Supporting People team for more information, please contact us at: spreferrals@bid.org.uk

Please note, Housing Related Support in Birmingham is provided through a Single Point of Access (SPA). The SPA is a referral service that provides a fast and easy route to obtaining the support needed to gain independence. The SPA assesses the needs of each client and refers their case to one of two providers in Birmingham who can support them for 2 years. BID SPA is funded by Supporting People.

If you would like to make a referral to BID SPA you can contact them on:
Telephone: 0121 450 5145
Email: bidspa@bid.org.uk
Post: Deaf Cultural Centre, Ladywood Road, Birmingham, B16 8SZ

You can find out more about BID SPA by visiting their website.