Lived Experience
Resources
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Lived Experience and Leadership
Including people with lived experience of homelessness in the design, delivery and evaluation of services is more important than ever. But how can this be achieved in a meaningful way, ensuring that the right support is in place to enable people to succeed?
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Involving people with lived experience authentically
This webinar gives managers, senior leaders and CEOs from voluntary community homelessness sector organisations an opportunity to look at the key elements needed to be able to embed and support lived experience within your service.
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Involving and recruiting people with lived experience
These two briefings aim to help homelessness services to employ people with lived experience in the most constructive way possible that mutually benefits both the employer and employee.
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Employing people with lived experience
Hear about successful models and best practice around employing people with lived experience.
News
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Ending Veteran Homelessness in the U.K.
Lee Buss-Blair, Director of Operations and Group Veteran Lead – Riverside introduces Op Fortitude, a new government initiative aimed at ending veteran homelessness.
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World Refugee Day: Hope amongst chaos
Homelessness services are well aware that refugees often struggle with accessing decent housing. Every year on 20th June, we mark World Refugee Day. An international day when we celebrate the strength and courage of people who have fled their home country due to violence or persecution. This day gives us the opportunity to focus on how we should build empathy and understanding for those who have made the difficult decision to seek sanctuary in the UK.
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New research reveals how Local Authorities can, and should, do more for migrants with no recourse to public funds.
NACCOM’s Community Research volunteer group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. Following the publication of the project report, the Community Researchers share their thoughts on its findings and recommendations.
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Co-Production in Action
This National Co-production Week we’d like to take the opportunity to tip our caps to the many Homeless Link members leading the way in co-producing services.
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Experiences of homelessness support for people with No Recourse to Public Funds
NACCOM’s Community Researcher group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. In this blog, we discuss early reflections from our research and calls for change from the Community Researcher group.
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Black women experiencing homelessness are invisible
In the next blog of our Black History Month series, we hear from Dionne Williams about her lived experience of, and perspectives on, homelessness.
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Housing First Fidelity Framework: using the self-reflection tool
This Community of Practice supports Housing First delivery services to use the fidelity framework self-reflection tool.
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Housing First Fidelity Framework: completing the self-reflection tool
This Community of Practice supports Housing First delivery providers to complete the fidelity assurance self-reflection tool.
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Housing First Fidelity Framework: self-reflection tool action plans
Community of Practice for Housing First practitioners and managers focused on using the new Housing First fidelity assurance framework.
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