Mansfield First Steps project: independent evaluation. 2nd Interim report: stage 1 & 2: 1st June 2020 – 30th November 2020

The First Steps project is a new service that has been supported by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to address Rough Sleeping in Nottinghamshire. In 2017/18 Mansfield had the largest number (189) of statutorily homeless people of the district councils in Nottinghamshire, a number that had been rising since 2013/14. Mansfield DC was awarded £310,628 by the MHCLG Rough Sleeping Initiative to help tackle rough sleeping at a grass roots level by providing housing and ongoing support to tackle addiction and mental health conditions. This is the second interim evaluation and relates to Stages 1 & 2 of the project which has recently been extended to cover the period up to 31st March 2021.