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up arrow : go up one level Supporting People strategy 2005-2010
Glossary and jargon buster
A

AA

Administering authority

B

BME

BV

Black and minority ethnic groups

Best value

C

CA(G)

CB

CRB

CSDG

Cross authority (group)

Commissioning Body (overall responsibility for delivering SP in Medway)

Criminal Records Bureau

Core Strategy Development Group

D

DAAT

DCLG

DoH

DWP

DV

Drugs and Alcohol Action Team

Department of Communities and Local Government

Department of Health (one of the main partners in SP)

Department of Work and Pensions

Domestic violence

E

ECHG

English Churches Housing Group

F

FE

Frail elderly

H

HIA

HIV/AIDS


HMPS

HO

Home Improvement Agency

HIV Human immunodeficiency virus:
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Her Majesty's Prison Service

Home Office

K

KWEB

SP Knowledge Website (www.spkweb.org.uk)

L

LA

LD

Local authority

Learning Disability/Disabilities

M

MD

MH

Mentally disordered

Mental health

O

ODPM

OP

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Older people

P

PCT

PD

PIs

PSA

PAGS

Primary Care Trust

Physical Disability/Disabilities

Performance indicators

Public Services Agreement

Probation Accommodation Grant Scheme

Q

QAF

Quality Assessment Framework

R

REAP

RSL

Resettlement agency

Registered Social Landlord (formally known as Housing Associations)

S

SHMG

SP

SHMG

SPLS

Supported Housing Management Grant

Supporting People

Supported Housing Management Grant

State Parent Locator Service

T

THB

TOR

TP

Transitional Housing Benefit

Terms Of Reference

Teenage Parent

U

Unit

For the purposes of this strategy this represents an individual receiving a service

V

VFM

Value For Money

Y

YOT

YPLO

Youth Offending Team

Young Persons Liaison Officer

For further information contact:
email icon Email : supportingpeople@medway.gov.uk
Telephone icon Telephone : 01634 333022
Mail icon Write to :

Supporting People Team
Medway Council
Gun Wharf
Dock Road

Chatham
Kent ME4 4TR

Minicom icon Minicom : 01634 333111

Related A-Z index
Housing complaints | Homelessness Strategy | Supporting People strategy 2005-2010 | Medway Supporting People strategy executive summary | Introduction | Vision and strategic objectives | Achieving our objectives | Proposals for a five year strategy | Appendix 1 - Supply analysis | Appendix 2 - Needs analysis | Appendix 3 - Strategic objectives and outcomes | Appendix 4 - Consultation | Appendix 5 - The wider strategic context | Appendix 6 - Housing/support matrix | Appendix 7 - Service review principles | Appendix 8 - Charging policy | Appendix 9 - Cross authority group statement | Housing Revenue Account Business Plan | Community Care Grant | Housing strategy | all related items »

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