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4 02, 2022

New publication: ‘More than a roof’ – addressing homelessness with people experiencing multiple disadvantage
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New publication: ‘More than a roof’ – addressing homelessness with people experiencing multiple disadvantage

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New publication: ‘More than a roof’ – addressing homelessness with people experiencing multiple disadvantage

By Chris Milner|2022-02-07T09:53:52+00:00February 4th, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: homelessness, multiple disadvantage|

Our latest publication, ‘More than a roof’ – addressing homelessness with people experiencing multiple disadvantage, is published today. Written in collaboration with the National Expert Citizens Group (NECG), the report explores the experiences of homelessness and rough sleeping of people affected by multiple forms of disadvantage. It looks at the reasons why many continue to experience homelessness and the types of support that they find most useful.

More than half of people supported by Fulfilling Lives are homeless when they join the programme. As both a cause and consequence of multiple disadvantage, addressing homelessness is a crucial element in tackling multiple disadvantage.

Overall, there has been a reduction in homelessness and rough sleeping among people receiving help from the programme. However, the change from homelessness […]

7 07, 2020

Challenges and opportunities: Evidence from Fulfilling Lives partnerships on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Challenges and opportunities: Evidence from Fulfilling Lives partnerships on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Challenges and opportunities: Evidence from Fulfilling Lives partnerships on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

By Beth Collinson|2020-09-15T09:51:21+00:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: COVID19, gender, homelessness, housing, mental health, substance misuse, support|

Our latest publication, Challenges and Opportunities, draws together key experiences from Fulfilling Lives areas on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated measures to control its transmission have created challenges and opportunities for partnerships supporting people facing multiple disadvantage. In particular, the pandemic has created movement on issues that partnerships have been working towards for some time, such as taking more collaborative and person-centred approaches. As we transition out of lockdown, it is important that the learning from the pandemic is captured and used to inform more positive models of working in the future.

The pandemic has engendered a sense of urgency and rapid responses to need. Service providers have shown greater flexibility and creative solutions have been developed to meet need. […]

4 07, 2019

Multiple Disadvantage Day, Take One
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Multiple Disadvantage Day, Take One

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Multiple Disadvantage Day, Take One

By Chris Milner|2019-07-04T09:15:28+00:00July 4th, 2019|Categories: Blog|Tags: briefing, evaluation, events, Fulfilling Lives, homelessness, mental health, multiple disadvantage, multiple disadvantage day, Multiple Needs, offending, stigma, substance misuse, systems change|

Chris Milner joined the Fulfilling Lives national evaluation team in February 2019. In his first blog he explores the role of art and emotion in recovery and raising awareness.

The first Multiple Disadvantage Day took place on July 3^rd 2019. The day marked an important stepping stone towards tackling the stigma associated with complex experiences of homelessness, offending, substance misuse and mental ill-health. These disadvantages are so often co-existing that it is essential that they are addressed together, and that we #seethefullpicture. By raising awareness of the reasons behind people’s circumstances, Multiple Disadvantage day aimed to encourage people to think before making a judgement.

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20 06, 2019

Homelessness: We Know the Issues, but What About the Solutions?
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Homelessness: We Know the Issues, but What About the Solutions?

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Homelessness: We Know the Issues, but What About the Solutions?

By Andrew Corley|2019-06-24T15:36:33+00:00June 20th, 2019|Categories: Blog|Tags: beneficiaries, Fulfilling Lives, homelessness, housing, Multiple Needs, systems change|

Homelessness is in the news and has caught the public’s concern. But what I find frustrating is that relatively little is discussed about the solutions. Partnerships delivering the Fulfilling Lives programme have helped to make significant progress in reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. Among Fulfilling Lives beneficiaries we see a reduction in rough sleeping from 25 per cent to 17 per cent during their first year on the programme. I feel that partnership efforts deserve to play a central role in the discussion.

Our report, Promising Practice, explored how Fulfilling Lives partnerships have used Housing First approaches. Overall, the evidence suggests a high level of tenancy sustainment amongst Housing First beneficiaries.

Housing First is a client-centred model that supports individuals into independent […]