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Impact Report2014-2015

Charity No. 1078154 Company No. 3830311

Meeting theneeds of theindividual.Making a

difference in the community.

www.dhi-online.org.uk



Sah Sarah Talbot

Williams

Chair, DHI

We wanted to bring alive

our work with the socially

excluded by focussing on

four clients who exemplify

our values of zest for life,

stimulation, self directionand flexibility.

I am very proud of what

we’ve achieved in the last

year and of how staff have

responded to big challenges.

Despite diminishing

resources and growing need,

we have been able tosupport more people than

ever to achieve healthy and

fulfilling lives.

Welcome to our Impact Report

Highlights

Off the Wall, our peer led

magazine, reaches its 10th

anniversary.

DHI wins contract to deliver social

prescribing across B&NES’ 27 GP

surgeries. Commissioned by the

CCG, MyScript is a new approach

tackling non-medical issues

patients present with. In its first

six months, MyScript has been in

touch with over 200 people

wanting its support.

Resolve to Stop the Violence

Programme (RSVP), DHI’s

voluntary perpetrator

programme, starts in Bristol. DHI

provides the service as part of

the new Men’s Domestic Abuse

Service in partnership with

Victim Support.

DHI’s drug and alcohol peer

programmes go from

strength to strength.

Golden Key, a Bristol-wide partnership

aiming to create new futures for those with

the most complex needs, appoints DHI to

harness the power of peers.

DHI will be working with a range of

communities and voluntary organisations to

recruit 75 peer mentor volunteers to

support Golden Key clients.



90% of peoplehelped by DHI’s Reachteam now liveindependently.

DHI helped over

adultsovercome issues withdrugs and alcohol andturn their lives around.

80% of youngpeople in drug andalcohol treatment withDHI supported toremain in education.

At year end135 peers and volunteers were contributing their time to DHI.

DHI holds 8th Reach Out

Conference for families and

carers of those with a drug

or alcohol problem. Bath MP

Ben Howlett (above) on

panel debating importantissues with questions from

the floor.

of the year

DHI is commissioned in Wiltshire to run Motiv8, a young person’s drug

and alcohol service. Since starting, Motiv8’s awareness raising talks,

workshops and wellbeing days have reached over 2,500 people at

schools and colleges.

DHI starts Novel

Psychoactive Substance

project in South Glos.Funded by the DAAT and

delivered by DHI, SPACED

(Stimulant, Psychoactive,

Club & Experimental Drugs),

offers advice and recovery

support to users.

Good year for our not-for-profit social enterprise, Home Turf Lettings.Housed its 100th tenants and won the Big Venture Challenge, a national

scheme for scalable social ventures.

3,000

Rosie Phillips, CEO of DHI,

wins a prestigious

Department of Work and

Pensions Social Justice

Award recognising the work

she does to champion the

disadvantaged.

Raising awareness of legalhighs in Wiltshire schools

with The Natural Theatre

Company.



ZEST FOR LIFE | SELF DIRECTION | STIMULATION | FLEXIBILITY

Zest for lifeHaving spent a lifetime battling ClassA drugs, crime and homelessness,

Jeremy decided enough was enough.In 2012, following a communitytreatment order, Jeremy started a

detox in DHI’s innovative BurlingtonSt project which enabled him to have

regular contact with his children. Astime went on and he took control of

his life, Jeremy gained independence

and moved into Barton Buildings;DHI’s dry house for those preparingto return to the community.

Wanting to give something back,

Jeremy became a peer mentor forDHI, helping to run the Home

Achievement Programme as part ofReach, our successful partnership

housing support service. At the same

time he returned to college. A coupleof years later Jeremy gained anapprenticeship at DHI and now lives

in his own house and has full custodyof his children.

In his spare time Jeremy works

tirelessly supporting a range of goodlocal causes.

Skydiving is amix of excitement

and adrenalinall rolledinto one.

Who is DHI?DHI is a charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to reducedependency and achieve their potential.

Encouraging self-direction andindependent thought, action

and self respect.

Offering a stimulating

environment to let innovationand creativity flourish.

Enabling individuals to gain a

zest for life to pursue goals

that further their happinessand joy. Flexibilty underpins

all our efforts.

DHI’s values



I now have theenergy to get outand about and

pursue myinterests.

DHI supportspeopleaffected

by substance misuseeach year.

DHI housing services

help peopleeach year gain stableaccommodation.

The cost of a detox atBurlington Street isapproximately

of the cost ofa hospital or

residential rehab detox.


Self directionMark doesn’t let his cerebral palsyslow him down. With a passion for

music, he sings in a band, performsas a DJ and enjoys a busy social life.

Before receiving DHI’s direct

payment and support planningservice Mark’s health was suffering:

“Without DHI’s support I’d be stuckindoors... the service has enabled me

to manage my own life and get outand enjoy myself.”

DHI’s Direct Payment and Support

Planning service has enabled Mark todo this. The service provides tailored

care which Mark himself decidedupon; he uses his budget to get the

most effective care for him. His dailycarer provides support when heneeds it assisting with cooking,

household tasks and making surehe sleeps in his bed.

DHI works with over4,000 people each year.

1 ,750 70010%




StimulationWhen she came to DHI, Aisha was

dependent on alcohol and cannabis.She was desperate to overcome

her dependence but didn’t feel

comfortable with group work.DHI arranged a unique supportprogramme for Aisha who was then

able to successfully detox.

After overcoming her own addiction,Aisha has herself become a peer

mentor offering her own skills tosupport others in recovery.

DHI’s peer mentoring training offeredher the skills to support people inrecovery while protecting her ownwellbeing. This experience enabled

Aisha to apply for a Health and SocialCare Course, which she has recently

completed, attaining her Level 3Diploma. She now works full-time

in a supported housing project.

By encouraging

and supporting meto stretch myself, theyhave empowered me

to find work I ampassionate

about.

25% of ourworkforce are volunteersor student placements.

80% of peopleleave DHI dry housesengaged in education,training or employmentand abstinent.

Over70% of people contactingHome Turf Lettings forhelp with housing areunemployed.

Approximately 70% of our offender clients cannot read or write at referral.



How can you help?


FlexibilityHome Turf Lettings (HTL), DHI’s not-for-

profit social enterprise, was set up inresponse to the growing housing crisis; a

lack of affordable housing being a key

issue for many of its clients.

HTL is always evolving in a volatile

climate to offer the best support toclients. Its Empty Homes Scheme, for

instance, finds vacant properties andhelps owners convert them into

affordable housing for the homeless orthose at risk of homelessness.

Magda and Sean, HTL’s 100th tenants, fellinto this category when Magda gave up

her job after their son was diagnosedwith cancer. Unable to afford to rent from

a private lettings agency, they were ableto benefit from the Empty Homes

Scheme, moving into a newly converted

flat in a building that had once been usedas a gym but had been empty for years.

Ken Littlewood, DHI supporter, says:“One of DHI’s many strengths is that it is

so flexible and ‘can do’. It’s big enough tomake a difference on a large scale, but

small enough that it can move quickly inresponse to need.”

If you feel inspired to volunteer or fundraise for us, please [email protected] or call us on 01225 478 730.

We welcome donations from the public, companies and charitable trusts whichenable us to continue with our work, meaning we can tailor programmes to theindividual client. Send a cheque or donate online at www.justgiving.com/dhi



DHI in

numbersContracts accounted for over 90% of

DHI’s funding.

95% of contract income is for adult

social care.

Income rose by 11% in 2014-2015.

Home Turf Lettings doubled its rental

income in 2014-2015.

DHI employed 155 members of staff atthe end of the year.

Overheads accounted for just 11% oftotal expenditure. Staff supporting

clients accounted for the remaining 89%.

Thank youWe’d like to offer the warmest thanks to our

stakeholders, partners and benefactors.

We are also grateful to our Trustees who so

generously give their time. Finally to our

employees, volunteers and peers – without

you we couldn’t make the impact we do.

Thank you.

Keep in touch

DHI Head Office

15/16 Milsom Street

Bath BA1 1DE

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01225 478 730

@dhi_online

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Luke has been able to

live a more fulfilling

and independent life as

a result of the Direct

Payments service.

Company No. 3830311

Charity No. 1078154

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