The Systems Change Action Alliance (SCAA) is a partnership of Voluntary sector, public sector, health, local authority and decision makers, who have joined together to challenge the current system for people with complex/multiple needs experiencing multiple disadvantages. SCAA members share the belief that a system designed to support people MUST accommodate the whole person, tailoring…
Funded by the National Lottery High Flow, Whole Person, Whole System is Support which puts you at the heart of your recovery. You are unique and so is our approach, you choose what support you need. High Flow Explained… Holistic support for people who have multiple needs in North Devon and Torridge, which empowers you to take back control of support from the first contact with us. Our…
Integrated within the MDT in the pain team, the Secondary Care Flow project provides support to patients directly with coaching conversations and connecting with their support needs identified. This is a non medical solution to recovery, which supports the Team Around the Person (TAP) approach and “what matters to you” conversation. Referral pathway: from the…
One Northern Devon’s Community Flow programme aims to provide better access to community support. It aims to ensure closer links between the hospital and the wider support available in communities from volunteers, the wider VCSE sector and the wider ‘One Community’ partnerships in the six towns and one village in Northern Devon. This new Community…
Encompass deliver the household fund on behalf of Torridge District Council. The fund is aimed at supporting households in the most need with food, energy, and water bills.
We have been lucky enough to secure funding from the Lloyds Foundation to develop 2 short films about our work across Northern Devon and how we are transforming people’s lives from rough sleeping to having their own front door.
Working in partnership with North Devon Moving Images @RISK is made up of frontline teams, volunteers, students from Ilfracombe academy and people with lived experience who have come together to raise awareness of local issues. @RISK is all about people’s truths and inspiring stories told through film, podcasts or blogs. Our stories are all from…
Wisermoney projects can help with benefits and debt advice, mental health, how to manage your money, training and community development.
Aimed at working with the top 30 high intensity users of public services, the High Flow programme aims to better meet the needs of these individuals and use the learning to improve the future system response.
A service for women who have past or present experiences of mental health issues and domestic violence.
Community Health & Social Care Voluntary Representation offers signposting and advice to support patients to live at home safely.
Encompass offers a 4 bed female only supported accommodation in Barnstaple. Supporting women who have been rough sleeping, homeless and affected by domestic violence.
The British Gas Energy Trust (BGET) project is delivered through our Wisermoney which is a strategic partnership between Wessex Resolutions CIC and Encompass Southwest.
Working across the rural districts of Torridge Encompass Southwest delivers assertive outreach aimed at engaging with rough sleepers to develop a pathway out of homelessness.
Housing First is the opportunity to truly end homelessness… supporting our most entrenched and often complex rough sleepers across North Devon to access housing and support.
Positive Futures is about changing the odds for care leavers, giving them the chance to thrive and gain the skills to take back control of their future.
In May 2018 Encompass Southwest in partnership with the Pickwell Foundation opened its first 8 bed supported accommodation in Barnstaple, offering modern comfortable accommodation to those at risk of homelessness or who are rough sleeping.
The aim of this project is to improve the quality of life, financial wellbeing and financial resilience of people living in the rural settlements of Torridge and West Devon.
Streetwise supports young people between the ages of 16-18 years and up to 25 for young people in care living in the Torridge area who are at risk of homelessness and rough sleeping.