Groundswell - Homelessness Charity UK

We’re very excited to be running our first #LegislativeTheatre event with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Katy Rubin & partners, exploring how we can work together to improve Temporary Accommodation for residents experiencing homelessness. The final event is next Tues 15th, 12.30-3.30. Some limited places. If you’re interested in joining, email info@groundswell.org.uk #TemporaryAccommodation

One focus of our new strategy is Better Futures. In this testimonial, a Homeless Health Peer Advocate Volunteer tells us what this means to them. 🗣️"My health advocate saved my life when I was on the street. Groundswell offers me the chance to do that for others. Volunteering has helped me to feel more hopeful for my future, a future where I can achieve my potential and also be there for others, helping them to feel more hopeful too." Read our strategy and how we hope to address this goal: https://bit.ly/3ZLF991 #Health #Homelessness

"As someone who'd been in active addiction for years, I was convinced I'd done irreparable damage to my body. So, when a bowel cancer screening kit was sent to me, I ignored it for months - I was afraid of getting bad news. Eventually I took the plunge, and the results came back very quickly...negative. I've since taken another test which was also negative. I am so glad I found the courage to do it, because it's now one less thing to worry about.” Chris, 63 years old This story is part of a fantastic campaign by North Central London Cancer Alliance to help improve cancer screening for people experiencing homelessness. Find out more and access cancer screening leaflets in 15 languages produced with Groundswell - Homelessness Charity UK https://lnkd.in/eMMec98m #WorldHomelessDay #CancerScreening #EarlyDiagnosis

Nearly £1bn is set to leave the homeless sector in April, putting vital services at risk. On #WorldHomelessDay, we’ve joined 75 other organisations in signing Homeless Link's letter to Rt Hon Rachel Reeves calling for action in the #AutumnBudget. Guardian article - https://bit.ly/3A5dwxg

For #WorldHomelessDay, we're re-sharing our campaign with Amnesty International UK calling on the government to end the homelessness crisis. Amongst the pledges, the campaign recognised that homelessness is a health issue. You can watch our video sharing the voices of people with experience of homelessness 📽️ And get involved here: https://bit.ly/47VHy2Y #Homelessness #WorldMentalHealthDay

DO YOU RUN HEALTH PROMOTION SESSIONS? We've produced a series of films and resources, with financial support provided as a grant from Pfizer Ltd. These resources help people working or volunteering in homelessness services or accommodation consider ways to run health promotion (also known as in-reach) sessions. 👉 See the films and resources here: https://bit.ly/4eLRK0q #HealthPromotion #Homelessness #Health #PfizerUK

On Tues 24th September, we launched our coproduced strategy that covers the next 4 years. If you want to hear more about the unifying event and the work that went into the strategy's coproduction, head over to our blog: https://bit.ly/3ZPGuvM #Coproduction #Strategy #Charity

Between Jan-June this year, our Homeless Health Advocacy Team helped 221 people to successfully attend 894 health appointments 🎉 We happen to think that's pretty impressive. Find out more about their work in the video 📽️👇 and here: https://bit.ly/3v5sHEf #Health #Homelessness 

📣If you want to know more about our new resources, news, or join our campaign to combat health inequality, you can sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dy76DRpw #Newsletters #Health #Homeslessness #SupportUs

See below for a fab project focusing on cancer screening for people experiencing homelessness. We contributed to this project with the coproduction of health guides on various types of screening, which you can access on our resource hub: https://lnkd.in/eVh-YND6 #CancerScreening #Homelessness