Warm Homes Evaluation Summary - Bradford Metropolitan District ...

BRADFORD AND DISTRICT WARM HOMES HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMME EVALUATION SUMMARY
Key messages emerged in themes
A number of themes emerged during the evaluation which provide details of what
worked well as well as noting some of the challenges and lessons.
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Theme 1 – Winter warmth or poverty?
Respondents were shocked by the level of need.
Whilst fuel poverty and poverty is different, in many of the areas of Bradford
where the programme was operating, they are inextricably linked.
“It’s been a real eye opener. We started off looking at winter warmth and
found out a lot about poverty.”
“There’s been an increase in demand in our services due to the nature of the
economy. People are struggling to manage, to cope with the demand due to
the volume of people. Lots of funding streams have been cut. It’s horrifying to
see what people are living with.”
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Theme 2 – Collaborative advantage
Partnership working was extremely effective and the collaborative advantage
high.
There was good communication, with potential to improve.
There was considerable trust and respect between partners, and for and by
the Council.
There was no competition for budgets or jostling for underspends.
The Partnership Board, sub groups, general partnership working
arrangements worked well overall.
New partnerships and relationships have been developed which have already
led to new joint service delivery and may continue to do so.
A number of challenges were highlighted:
At times too much communication (emails, meetings etc) with a lack of clarity
about what was important.
One element of the work ‘fell through the net’ between agencies.
Not all agencies and departments within agencies were as engaged as would
have been helpful.
“There’s been a war-time spirit, everyone pulling together to get something
achieved.”
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“One thing Bradford is good at is joint-working and partnership working. At
the end of the day it’s a person we’re helping. There’s been a massive benefit
to working relationships.”