Smart Tenants

Smart Tenants is aimed at people living in social housing who would like to improve their money management skills whilst also exploring employment, volunteering and upskilling opportunities. The Learning Partnership manage the contract through a collective delivery model; There are 4 Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) delivering Smart Tenants in Cornwall (see below). Other non RSL engagement partners are involved but, for simplicity, this crib sheet will focus on the RSLs.

If you are unsure if this is the right provision for your customer you can ring the Inclusion Cornwall Hub to talk things through – 01872 326440 or [email protected]

RSL Where What Who How to refer

Coastline Housing Available to all Support with; Coastline Housing • Budgeting & being a Savvy 01209 200200 customers Shopper Coastline Tenant backtowork@coastlineh • Looking at benefit entitlements Aged 16+ ousing.co.uk including Universal Credit Currently unemployed • Dealing with debt or economically inactive • The cost of credit and ways to Looking for work or to save move closer to the job

• Improving skills through training market • Opportunities for work placements and volunteering • Opportunities for training • Looking for work

DCH Support with; • Budgeting and financial planning DCH tenant 01736 334932 skills Aged 16+ Smart.tenants@dchgro Penzance or • Dealing with debt Currently unemployed up.com immediate • Checking benefit entitlement and or economically inactive surrounding area better off calculations Looking for work or to (we will expand to • Opportunities for volunteering move closer to the job Bodmin at a later • Opportunities for training market date) • Looking for work

Participants will receive help with creating a personal action plan tailored to their own needs.

Ocean The SMART Support with; -New Ocean Tenant Referrals will be Tenants Project is • Financial advice and planning -Aged 16+ completed internally. available to new -Currently unemployed tenants county • Looking at benefit entitlements or economically inactive For queries contact wide -Looking for work or 01726874450 • Dealing with debt with aspirations to move or closer to the job market s.mcknight@oceanhou • The cost of credit and ways to sing.com

• Improving skills through training

• Opportunities for volunteering

• Opportunities for training

• Looking for work

Cornwall Currently available We support any social Housing in Bodmin, Support with; housing tenants but we Wadebridge, • Better budgeting tips target our activity at Camelford, and • Options for dealing with debt Council tenants and Call: 01208 265723 Liskeard. • Types of borrowing residents in private Text: 07941 712 712 • What to consider for signing a sector housing. We will soon be loan agreement [email protected] expanding this to • Understanding interest rates rg Torpoint, Falmouth • Priority and non-priority debts and Launceston. • Good and poor communication skills • Opportunities for volunteering • Opportunities for training • Looking for work

If you are unsure if this is the right provision for your customer you can ring the Inclusion Cornwall Hub to talk through the support options – 01872 326440 or [email protected]