Introduction

The Ipswich Borough Council Corporate Strategy: ‘Proud of Ipswich’ outlines the Council's five priorities for how we will work to achieve our ambition to champion our community and revitalise our town. The Corporate Strategy feeds into the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and its five priorities to work towards enabling our residents and to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping in Ipswich. We want to be proud of the high-quality service we provide and continue to develop our service to meet the needs of our residents.

A new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy for Ipswich Borough Council is needed for the period 2025 to 2030. We have identified the following five priorities, and we welcome feedback, giving all interested parties the opportunity to influence the strategy.

1. Provide a high-quality advice service.
2. Focus on early prevention.
3. Work with our partners to end rough sleeping.
4. Facilitate access to suitable accommodation.
5. Build and maintain partnerships that support residents.

For further information on each of these areas please read the five challenges for our Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy before completing the survey below.

How can you help?

We want the residents of Ipswich as well as all interested parties to contribute to our strategy and help to guide our work over the next five years. We cannot deliver everything we want to straightaway, and we would therefore like you to let us know what is important to you and which areas you feel we should prioritise. 

Take part in the survey

The closing date for responses is 15 October 2024.