A recent BBC Radio 4 programme, ‘Feeding the Problem’ suggests that we should NOT give food to those on the streets. It gives the impression that we can starve people...
Does the ACEs framework traumatise and stigmatise those it should support?
David Ford is the Founder and Head of Expert Link, a national organisation with a network of people around the country, predominately with lived experience of multiple disadvantages.
My Experience of “Being the Difference” – Ian Kalmen
I am sitting in a room with a diverse range of people, there are a few volunteers from a day centre, a person who works on databases, one who is...
Getting what we want
New Year, new resolutions, new asks and wants, along with new aspirations for 2019. But how many of us fail, or have failed already so far in 2019?? Here’s a...
Science Religion and Co-production
Religion, science and co-production and how does that all fit, work or relate to each other, and more importantly not work. This is a MUST watch video for all you...
At LEAST 449 people DIED on our streets last year
At LEAST 449 people DIED on our streets last year, 449 human beings that were mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends. The Government is spending £45 million pounds to END...
Expert Link’s Response to Governments new Rough Sleepers Strategy.
Today the Government releases it’s new rough sleepers strategy to end rough sleeping by 2027 with a commitment to halving the numbers by 2022. Although we welcome the fact that...
No Co-production for Government Rough Sleepers Advisory Panel
To Heather Wheeler MP Chair Rough Sleepers Advisory Panel Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Dear Minister, Although I welcome the Government’s new Rough Sleepers Advisory Panel to...
Have your say on how the Homelessness Reduction Act gets implemented.
The Homelessness Reduction Act comes into force April next year and the Government is running a consultation on the guidelines it is going to give to Local Authorities on how...