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Regional Centres of Excellence
The Homelessness and Housing Support Directorate has identified nine local authority areas to act as Regional Centres of Excellence (RCOE), and one RSL to act as national RSL Centre of Excellence, and share their experience in preventing and tackling youth homelessness
Who's involved?
Each RCOE comprises a lead local authority and, in some cases, one or more of its partners. They are:
| Region | Lead Local Authority | Lead contact |
| North East | Stockton-on-Tees |
Lynn Sparrey |
| North West | Knowsley |
Trish Regan |
| Yorkshire & Humberside | Wakefield + Chantry YMCA (Rotherham) |
Jo Rawnsley jrawnsley@wakefield.gov.uk |
| West Midlands | Bromsgrove | Amanda Glennie a.glennie@bromsgrove.gov.uk |
| East Midlands | Kettering | Charlotte Smith CharlotteSmith@kettering.gov.uk |
| East | Hertsmere |
Helen George |
| London | Southwark | Claire Linnane Claire.linnane@southwark.gov.uk |
| South East | Oxfordshire |
Clare Rowntree |
|
W iltshire |
Sue Nash |
| RSL Centre of Excellence: St. Basils |
Please contact Anna.whalen@communities.gsi.gov.uk or Val.keen@communities.gsi.gov.uk for further information about Regional Centres of Excellence.
RCOE Activities
Each RCOE will work with other local authorities and their partners to provide support and share their experience of:
- preventing youth homelessness
- accommodating young people (16-25) who are at risk of homelessness or have been accepted as homeless;
- supporting young people in establishing sustainable and independent adult lives.
The RCOEs will each organise an event in their region for local housing authorities and their partners to meet to share experience and learn more about developments in other central and local government departments. In addition, they will;
- work with individual councils to carry out action planning days, peer reviews and training events
- work with established regional and sub-regional networks to expand membership and promote innovation and improvement.
How to get involved
Each RCOE is taking a different approach and is focusing on particular aspects of youth homelessness. To see what's on offer, click on the Regional link in the table above.
For activities with particular relevance to District housing authorities in two-tier local government structures, look at West and West Midlands activities.
For activities with particular relevance to RSLs, look at the RSL Centre of Excellence.
You may also be interested in the activities of the Regional Homelessness Champions (see link on the right).
