The Independent Living Project award winner
The award winning £60 million contract to build new and better homes for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in Leeds was signed on 9th June 2008, the result of 4 years of work by the PPPU, working in close partnership with Leeds City Council's (LCC) Adult Social Services and Leeds Independent Living Accomodation Consortium (LiLAC).
The 25 year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) between LCC the LiLAC Consortium will see 73 houses, bungalows and small blocks of flats built across Leeds in phased developments.
Construction work will now begin in June 2008 and scheduled for completion in June 2011. The first tenants should be in their new homes in March 2009.
Independent Living Project will deliver purpose-designed, new homes for 343 adults who currently live in 13 large residential homes, allowing them to live closer to their own communities in smaller, more independent settings. The state-of-the-art homes will be suited to the needs of the people using them and will incorporate assistive technology.
The project will also enable new services to be developed which cater specifically for learning disabled people with complex needs.
The project is part of the wider modernisation programme in Leeds to improve the quality of life for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs. Individualised packages of care and support will be delivered through LCC and other partners which will promote independence, well-being and choice.
The council has been successful in attracting PFI credits for the Independent Living Project from the Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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The Independent Living PFI project wins an Excellence Award
Leeds City Councils's Independent Living Project recently received an award from 4ps, Local Government's Partnerships and project delivery specialist, for its innovative approach to providing services to vulnerable adults. Members of the Leeds City Council team received their award for excellence in Customer Service at a national ceremony in London on Thursday 19 June.
Chris Wilson, 4ps’ Executive Director, said:
'I am delighted to announce this year’s award winners. Earlier this year 4ps called for greater partnership working between public, private and third sectors in order to generate efficiency gains. The winning local authorities demonstrate successful community partnerships involving the public, private and third sectors. We were very impressed with the Independent Living Project which is an example of a highly successful PPP project that has made a real contribution to Leeds'.
Leeds City Council won one of eight awards presented at the 4ps’ annual awards for Excellence in PPP 2008.
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