Talking street: outreach good practice event

On 8 December 2009, Homeless Link and Communities and Local Government held a free, national event to share good practice among street outreach practitioners. A year on from the launch of the Government’s strategy, No One Left Out: Communities Ending Rough Sleeping, the focus of this event was on the role of street outreach teams in ending rough sleeping.

"Excellent networking opportunities and sharing of good practice; inspirational speakers

Delegates

The event was attended by over 100 street outreach workers, managers and commissioners. You can see a full list of delegates here.

Event programme and presentations

"[The best feature of the event was] variety of workshops - it was great to have a difficult decision on which to attend!"
 

The event comprised a number of speakers and workshops for delegates to attend to discuss particular issues in more depth. You can dowload the whole programme here.

The presentations from each speaker and workshop are now available on this page. To view a presentation simply click on the relevant name below.

TimeSession
10.30Morning plenary session
 The local perspective - the challenges and opportunities
 Gill Bryant, Porchlight
 The rough sleeping strategy - one year on
 Michelle Binfield & Rebecca Pritchard, Communities and Local Government
11.45Morning workshops
 WK1: Launching the balanced scorecard
 Helen Lewis, Crunch Consulting
 Adam Rees, St. Mungo's
 WK2: The place of reflective practice
 Chris Scanlon, SLAM Mental Health NHS Trust
 John Adlam, SWLSTG Mental Health NHS Trust
 WK3: Reconnecting people with their home countries: balancing support and enforcement
 Mac McDonald, CRI
 Diane Kimpton, UKBA
 WK4: Creative approaches to street outreach in areas with low numbers of rough sleepers
 Mike Milner, Bedford Borough Council
 Abbi Copp, North Devon District Council
14.00Afternoon workshops
 WK5: Early intervention and prevention
 Yanina Sochacki, Blackpool Council
 WK6: Working with entrenched rough sleepers
 Caroline Roundhill, CRI Brighton
 Zuzie Poskitt, CRI Camden
 WK7: Practical issues for street outreach
 Joe Batty, Broadway
 Lisa Reed, Homeless Link
 WK8: The rough sleeping 205 project in London
 Nik Ward, Westminster City Council
15.30Afternoon plenary
 Prevention Opportunities Mapping and Planning Toolkit (PrOMPT)
 Lisa Reed, Homeless Link

Further information

For further details of good practice in street outreach visit:
The rough sleeping portal
The Street Outreach Handbook

For details of future events click here.