This document has been produced to provide a concise summary of the key baseline evidence for the Supporting People programme. The document sets out what is known about the baseline of the Supporting People programme so that future impact evaluation can assess how the programme has developed and its impact on service delivery.
The process involved reviewing a number of elements which were:
• Key policy documents;
• Key research outputs;
• Key databases.
This document pulls together the main features of this evidence base into a user friendly format that links with the key themes within the ODPM’s Supporting People programme evidence base. The document is expected to provide a resource for the ODPM and the general public.