Homeless Families Conference - Dare to Hope

Confirmed speakers:
Dr Laura Neilson – CEO, Shared Health Foundation
Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP – Chair of the APPG for Households in Temporary Accommodation
Danny Beales MP – MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Gideon Amos MP – MP for Taunton and Wellington
Kwajo Tweneboa – Social Issues Campaigner
Professor Katherine Brickell – Professor of Urban Studies, King’s College London
Dr Mel Nowicki – Reader in Urban Geography, Oxford Brookes University
Vicky Sleap – Deputy Director, National Child Mortality Database
Niamh Flannigan – Implementation Lead, Centre for Homelessness Impact
Sam Pratt – Policy and Communications Lead, Shared Health Foundation
Vicky Spratt – Housing Correspondent, i News
Michael Buchanan – Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC News
Hannah Miller – Political Correspondent, BBC News
Daniel Hewitt – Investigations Editor, ITV News

There are 151,630 homeless children in England living in Temporary Accommodation. Many are living in dangerous conditions with little support to help them navigate through our complex systems. Families are continuously placed out of area, far away from their school, GP and community. The educational attainment of homeless children plummets when they become homeless. The barriers to healthcare increases and children's health and development suffer. There is a national focus and political will for rough sleeping, but less so for families. And tragically, 55 children have died in Temporary Accommodation, most were under 1.

And yet, we dare to hope.

This year, the Shared Health Foundation held a successful Homeless Families Conference in Manchester to encourage, support and inspire people working with homeless families in any capacity. 

We now invite you to attend the Homeless Families Conference in London on Thursday 24th October. Come and join our network of champions who are working hard to improve the lives of the most vulnerable families. If you feel like you're on your own, you're not.

If you work with homeless families in any capacity then this conference is for you. We want to bring together our experts by experience alongside colleagues from housing, health, education, the home office and the voluntary and faith sector. Whether you are front line, a volunteer, a commissioner or a politician, the crisis of homeless families is all our responsibility to share.

Things can and will get better.

Additional Information

Lunch and refreshments are included. Dietary requirements can be specified on the order form.

This event is hosted by the Shared Health Foundation.

This event is organised in partnership with Amnesty International.

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