The season of giving is upon us, and with it comes the familiar flurry of charity Christmas campaigns. Traditionally, these campaigns have depicted the stereotypical image of a dishevelled person on a park bench...
Category: National Advisory Panel
#NAPChat 003 Cost of living, homelessness & short sighted savings
In this episode of #NAPChat, we discuss the cost of living crisis, how it is affecting people at an individual level and how it affects people who are homeless at the moment...
#NAPChat 002 Charity Christmas Campaigns for Homelessness
In this episode of #NAPChat, we explore the negative imagery that charities and the media often use when portraying homelessness, and offer some amazing suggestions on how to understand the whole person and the support they need.
#NAPChat 001 Trauma & Homelessness
In this episode of #NAPChat, we will be discussing trauma and homelessness. We ask the National Advisory Panel about their experiences of trauma and homelessness, and also discuss trauma-informed services.
National Advisory Panel Podcast Episode 001: Cash by Co-production
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...
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee: Exempt Accommodation call for evidence
This submission presents widespread instances of poor quality exempt accommodation that has ostensibly been funded to support people make positive changes to their lives. We believe that there is currently...
“Struggling to feed themselves”
This month our National Advisory Panel, made up of people with lived experience of disadvantage (including homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, offending and domestic violence and abuse) discussed what’s happening to the cost of living, what issues people are facing or likely to face, and what can be done
“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...
National Advisory Panel Report: 28th February 2021
Vaccine roll-out, experiences of people begging, experiences of staff in homelessness and related services Click to read our report