Vision to end rough sleeping: No Second Night Out programme

This practical, one-day event shared effective, real-life solutions to end rough sleeping.

12 October 2011 | London

Conference overview            Seminars in detail  

programme

9.30  Registration and coffee

10.00  Morning plenary session

Michael Dolan, Client, No Second Night Out project in London
Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government
Richard Blakeway, Mayoral Advisor on Housing, Greater London Authority
Jenny Edwards, Chief Executive, Homeless Link

11.15  COFFEE BREAK

11.30  Seminar session I: ending rough sleeping: preventing the streets becoming someone's home

1. No Second Night Out: findings from the London based pilot
   Petra Salva, No Second Night Out London
2. No Second Night Out: how to introduce these principles in any urban area
   Anne Doyle, Liverpool City Council
3. Emergency accommodation responses
   Jo Hancock, Providence Row
4. Reconnecting rough sleepers
   Diane Docherty, Cambridge City Council
   Henry Brown, Assessment Centre Cambridge
5. Assertive models of outreach and enforcement
   Ellie Read, CRI
   Sgt. Richard Siggsy, Sussex Police

12.45  LUNCH

13.45  Seminar session II: preventing rough sleeping: reducing the flow of people onto the streets  

1. Offering a comprehensive housing options and advice service
   Susan Walsh, Blackpool City Council
2. Employment: a key route out of homelessness
   Carmen Llorente, CHC
3. Tackling health inequalities: improving the health of vulnerable adults helping to prevent them from sleeping rough
   Barney Wells, London Borough of Islington
   Chris Cornell, The Broadway Project
4. Specialist intervention: solutions for those individuals with complex needs
   Ollie Hilbery, Making Every Adult Matter
5. Reducing evictions and abandonments from hostels and temporary accommodation providers
   Jo Crellen, Homeless Link
   Anna Maudsley, Leicester YMCA

15.00  COFFEE BREAK

15.15  Less money: more demand.
What do we need to do differently to end rough sleeping? Panel debate.

Debate panel:
Mark McPherson, Homeless Link (chair)
Petra Salva, No Second Night Out
Julie Marron, Southampton City Council (invited)
Joe Batty, Broadway Homelessness & Support
Alison Gelder, Housing Justice

16.15 Conference close