Dr Nikoletta Theodorou discusses some of the findings from her PhD, recently completed within I-SPHERE, and here focusses on frontline support worker responses to the attachment styles of people experiencing Multiple Exclusion Homelessness (MEH). A growing body of research has highlighted the prevalence of unresolved losses, trauma and childhood adversity affecting individuals with experience of […]
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I-SPHERE Newsletter
This newsletter provides a round-up of what the I-SPHERE team have been up to over the Summer and Autumn and what is coming up this winter. Appointments and Reviews Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick was appointed to Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is made up of experts from public health, social policy, […]
BAME Homelessness Research Intern
We are currently recruiting for our first of three paid research interns to undertake independent research on issues of race and homelessness in the UK as part of our exciting new Homelessness and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK: A knowledge and capacity building programme. Based anywhere in the UK, the post […]
IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS ON EU CITIZENS LIVING IN BRITAIN
Our new research with the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) for Crisis has revealed people from EU countries living in Britain are nearly three times more likely to experience rough sleeping than the general adult population. They are also twice as likely to experience homelessness overall because they struggle to access support. The project is […]
Homelessness Monitor Scotland 2021 published
The 2021 Homelessness Monitor Scotland, part of the Homelessness Monitor series commissioned by Crisis, provides the most in-depth study of homelessness in Great Britain. You can find the full report and executive summary here. The research by I-SPHERE found: Statutory homelessness had been on a steadily rising trajectory pre pandemic, with the number of households […]
Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder evaluation interim report publication
Prof Sarah Johnsen and Dr Janice Blenkinsopp provide an overview of headline findings from the first interim report of the independent evaluation of Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder programme, published today. Operating in five areas encompassing six local authorities (Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling), the Pathfinder is serving as a key litmus […]
Meeting the housing needs of BAME households in England: the role of the planning system
Our research finds that the planning process in England is reinforcing racial inequality, despite having clear potential to support the needs of ethnic minority residents. Planners and housing professionals lack the confidence, skills and resources required to actively address racial inequality in housing, perpetuating socially conservative outcomes and limiting opportunities for achieving racial equality. Amy […]
State of Hunger in the UK
The Trussell Trust have today published I-SPHERE’s second report on the State of Hunger in the UK. State of Hunger is the largest ever study into hunger and food bank use in the UK. The research reveals the extreme poverty faced by people at food banks going into the Covid pandemic, with just £248 a […]
I-SPHERE Newsletter April 2021
This newsletter highlights what the I-SPHERE team have been up to over the winter and what’s coming up this spring and summer. Appointments and Reviews Professor Morag Treanor has been selected to be a member of The Promise Oversight Board set up to drive the findings of the Independent Care Review. https://thepromise.scot/ #KeepThePromise Professor […]
Reducing rough sleeping: lessons from Greater Manchester’s A Bed Every Night programme
In this blog, Dr Beth Watts discusses the findings of a recent evaluation of Greater Manchester’s A Bed Every Night programme. Greater Manchester’s A Bed Every Night programme was introduced in November 2018 to help prevent and reduce rough sleeping. It emerged in the context of highly visible and dramatically increasing levels of rough sleeping, […]