2. Introduction Roughsleepers.org will be a website providing information and tools aimed at individuals who have recently become homeless and are rough-sleeping in London. It will be launched in the summer of 2010. There is a “...constant flow of new people into rough-sleeping...” Department for Communities and Local Government
3. Proposed Features Roughsleepers.org will allow individuals to: Register for the site. Identify and update their current needs. Locate service providers who meet their identified needs (This will include an interactive map). Provide information on what led them to be ‘rough-sleeping’ Receive SMS text alerts notifying them of events taking place in their locality which are relevant to their identified needs.
4. Stakeholder Role A small number of potential stakeholder organizations have been approached to provide advice at key points during site development to ensure the site provides tangible benefit to: Individuals who are rough-sleeping. The organizations working with these individuals.
5. What is asked of stakeholders? Stakeholders are asked to provide between 1-2 hours per month to review proposals and provide advice. This contact can be in any way which is most convenient for the stakeholder, including: telephone, Email Face-to-face Online collaboration tools
6. Stakeholder prerequisites To qualify as project stakeholders, an organization should: Work with or for individuals rough-sleeping in London. Understand the issues giving rise to rough-sleeping in London and the help that is available. Be available to provide input by email or online.
7. Further information If you have any questions please contact me. Gwyn Jones gwyn@lightforms.co.uk 07970 317731
