Our latest bulletin was published on June 22 with a link to an Executive Summary following the survey phase of the project and a ‘heads up’ for an online debrief session on 6th July.
Research Project
In October we announced that we were raising funds to commission a research project to help re-vision the Bristol Homeless Forum to be fit for the future of Bristol.
We have now completed the first two phases of the research programme
- an initial round of interviews with a wide range of members and others involved in homelessness prevention,
- a series of workshops to generate ideas about how the BHF could be more useful to members.
- a survey open to all interested parties to gather views on the findings from the first two phases to help us understand how the city can come together better to tackle homelessness.
Throughout this process many people and organisations have expressed an interest in helping to develop Bristol Homeless Forum based on what has been learnt by the research. Invitations will be issued shortly to those people to an online debrief session at 1:30 on 6th July at which we will start the process of forming a steering group to manage that development.
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See the Top Menu ‘Useful Links’ for links to organisations in the forum (& a few others who haven’t joined yet).
Want to join the forum?
Bristol Homeless Forum is open to any individual or organisation working with the issues of people who are homeless in Bristol. While there is much attention to those who are currently street homeless or rough sleeping we recognise that this is only a small, visible part of a much wider issue which affects many more people.
See our welcome flyer for information about joining the forum & to join just click Subscribe to join and receive invitations to future events. This will add your given email address to our MailChimp distribution list and will only be used to issue emails from this site and invite you to relevant events. You can unsubscribe at any time.
If you have something to say feel free to use the comments sections throughout the site.
See the Top Menu ‘Useful Links’ for links to organisations in the forum (& a few others who haven’t joined yet).
Surviving Britain’s homelessness crisis – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/jul/04/surviving-britains-homelessness-crisis-daniel-lavelle-podcast?CMP=share_btn_tw
It’s #CommunityFoodJusticeWeek in #Bristol. And we’re going to spend the week sharing stories from our Food Clubs in South Bristol.
You can read all about our food club work, supporting people with food insecurity here: https://caringinbristol.co.uk/feeding-the-future/
You can now read about the day in our latest blogpost by my colleague @RobertA60692481 👇🏽
@homelessimpact
#enditwithevidence
#leadership
#data https://twitter.com/homelessimpact/status/1534137462024462337
We were pleased to welcome @EddieHughes4WN to a one-day conference today to discuss our work to develop a definition for ending rough sleeping in England and a framework to measure progress and celebrate success along the way. Thanks to all those who attended👏
#homelessness
Our Early Doors project (in partnership with @chasbristol ) has been enabling community housing action in Barton Hill – teaching people how to make effective housing ombudsman complaints. You can read all about it here:
https://brs.tl/housing-ombudsman-complaint-support
Coming soon: Major new roadmap to prevent homelessness for non UK nationals.
Book now for the webinar launch:
https://homeless.org.uk/events/report-launch-a-roadmap-for-supporting-non-uk-nationals-facing-homelessness/
We’re joining with @AmnestyUK to demand #HousingIsAHumanRight
Every person has the right to a safe and stable home. Take action and call on @michaelgove to make housing a reality for all.
👉PLEASE sign & share
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/make-right-home-reality-all
If you’ve been considering volunteering, but have been hesitating, watch this short video and hear how it’s made such a difference to Jo #volunteersWeek2022 https://twitter.com/wearesecondstep/status/1531953709474754560
We’re at our best when we work together. For #VolunteersWeek, Next Steps peer volunteer, Jo, shares why volunteering means so much to her
@OpenMentalHlth
@caringinbristol are dedicating to empowering Bristol to solve homelessness, and they couldn’t do what they do without their dedicated team of volunteers!
You can read the story of one of their amazing volunteers, Bee, here 👇 #VolunteersWeek
https://bit.ly/3NJX6Mh
Councils are being forced to leave thousands of people homeless because of barriers in the system that have seen one in six people turned away, a leading housing charity has claimed #UKhousing https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/councils-turning-away-one-in-six-homeless-people-despite-2018-act-75851?dm_i=1HH2,7W6K0,N9F14D,W8PEJ,1
Deadline this Wednesday to complete this survey on the future of Bristol Homeless Forum. @OutreachBristol @fth_BRISTOL @JulianTrust @One25Charity @1625ip
Are you concerned about homelessness in Bristol, please take a moment to share your views on how the city can come together to tackle homelessness better. Change is possible, your answers will help shape it, thank you.
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90460749/BHF-Stg3
Councils are being forced to leave thousands of people homeless because of barriers in the system that have seen one in six people turned away, a leading housing charity has claimed #UKhousing https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/councils-turning-away-one-in-six-homeless-people-despite-2018-act-75851?dm_i=1HH2,7VSWK,N9F14D,W6ZXM,1