Table 2 Social interventions planned
Intervention | Organisation/social partner involved |
|---|---|
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD): stimulating social cohesion & resident activation | Social welfare organisation |
Low-threshold assistance and support with financial debts, financial and social benefits, and steps towards work, activation, or volunteering | Work and Income department, municipality of Utrecht |
High-quality general basic care & support with issues on various life domains (financial situation, divorce, domestic violence, residential nuisance) and practical issues | Neighbourhood teams ‘Youth & Family’ and ‘Social’ |
Occasional help moving/covering furniture, taking curtains down and putting them up again | Construction company |
Porch cafés, being present outside the flat with coffee and cookies, offering opportunity to talk about (renovation-related) worries/issues, increasing trust and accessibility | All social partners |
Monthly case consultation meetings, anonymously discussing difficult cases and how to help residents effectively | Social partners & Housing corporation |
Assistance with move to and practical problems in the temporary apartment (e.g. non-working tv’s, replacing light bulbs) | Home styling organisation |
Recruit, train and guide neighbourhood ambassadors (residents with heart for their neighbourhood who want to keep an eye on things, report unsafe situations, and help solve defects in the neighbourhood). 6 ambassadors were recruited, working in rotating pairs | Neighbourhood Approach Foundation |