National and Local Government provide funding to end homelessness. Our National Advisory Panel of people with lived experience of disadvantage discussed how this funding should be used effectively. In this...
Category: Homelessness
“Lots of places are contributing to the problem but not contributing to the solution”
People often need different, inter-connected support to resolve their homelessness and meet their aspirations. This means that places need to be working with each other, rather than against each other so that people can get the support they need when they need it.
Expert Link responds to Vagrancy Act consultation
People with direct experience of begging have shared their wisdom on the underlying drivers of begging, why people aren’t engaged in services and what police should do in response. Read Expert Link's response to the Vagrancy Act consultation here.
Changing public perception of homelessness through co-production
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...
Accessing benefits when you’re homeless
Jackie from the Welfare Change Lived Experience Group outlines the challenges for people accessing benefits, and what the public need to know to best support others.
Why?
Our last post “The glass ceiling” came out of a conversation at our National Advisory Panel whose members are from around the country, all having lived experience of homelessness and...
“The Glass Ceiling”
We must remove the employment barriers faced by people with lived experience of homelessness.