In this month’s Conversation on Co-production (made up of people with experience of homelessness, people working to end homelessness, those passionate about co-production and all the overlaps!) we explored what we believe homelessness looks like, and how we can we give the general public a view into a world that is invisible.
How could the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities promote co-production?
This month, our Conversation on Co-production focused on how DLUHC could promote co-production, and bring about real change to people's lives? Here are their three priorities...
“It’s not working for a lot of people”
At this month’s National Advisory Panel, people with lived experience of disadvantage discussed the limitations of current data collection in the homelessness sector, and how people’s voices are critical to improving outcomes.
“Homeless people are just useless and incompetent and that’s why they are homeless.”
One of the key aims of the National Advisory Panel is to ‘influence the system to adopt a trauma-informed and holistic approach to working alongside people experiencing homelessness.’ Why is...
5 Ways Organisations Can Improve The Recruitment Process
The following article contains contributions from a discussion topic in Expert Link’s ‘Conversations on Co-production’ 1. Remove the barriers The challenges faced by many people regarding recruitment, begin before application....
Expert Link Response to Health and Disability Green Paper
Our submission to Shaping future support: the health and disability green paper focuses on improvements to the claims process for people with experience of multiple disadvantages. It has been solely...
Spending Review 2021
Our submission focuses on the Government priority to ensure strong and innovative public services. We call on the Government to: 1. Ensure staff within public services are working with an...
The Role of The Advocate
The word advocacy has been used a lot in recent years. I have been an advocate for quite some time and feel I have a unique perspective of the subject....
Giving Lived Experience A Voice Within Charitable Boards
With the concept of co-production being a popular topic of discussion, how can we ensure that the inclusion of people with lived experience within Charitable Boards is meaningful and productive, not just tick box and tokenistic?
We urge the Government to reverse its decision to cut Universal Credit
Expert Link stands with other charities in their call to reverse the decision to cut Universal Credit and to freeze Local Housing Allowance. Without action, many people, in particular families,...
