sleeping rough Archives | St Mungo's https://www.mungos.org/tag/sleeping-rough/ Ending homelessness, rebuilding lives Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:22:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 https://www.mungos.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-StMungos_avatar_RGB-32x32.png sleeping rough Archives | St Mungo's https://www.mungos.org/tag/sleeping-rough/ 32 32 The new NHS plan for mental health services has a clear offer for people sleeping rough https://www.mungos.org/mental-health-implementation-plan/ Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:59:26 +0000 https://mungostransfert.kinsta.cloud/?p=16991 For organisations who have campaigned for many years on homeless health, the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan is a cause for celebration. Beatrice Orchard, St Mungo’s Head of Policy, Campaigns and Research, explains why the plan must deliver on its ambition to make sure everyone sleeping rough can access the mental health support they need. […]

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]]> Creating change for women facing homelessness https://www.mungos.org/womens-homelessness/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:30:55 +0000 https://mungostransfert.kinsta.cloud/?p=15003 St Mungo’s has published a new three year ‘Women’s Strategy’ setting out how we plan to improve our services for women and influence policy on women’s homelessness. Our Women’s Strategy Manager Cat Glew introduces our approach. Five years ago St Mungo’s published our ground-breaking Rebuilding Shattered Lives research into women’s homelessness. We found that homelessness services are often […]

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]]> “There are no words” https://www.mungos.org/there-are-no-words/ Thu, 17 May 2018 14:00:56 +0000 https://mungostransfert.kinsta.cloud/?p=11280 Tracey Jacob, St Mungo’s Housing Management and Lettings Coordinator, based in Westminster, shares her experience of working with people who are homeless and near the end of life. When a person has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, there are no words that can describe the emotions or feelings. When a client has no family, […]

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]]> Towards a new rough sleeping strategy https://www.mungos.org/towards-new-rough-sleeping-strategy/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:36:45 +0000 https://mungostransfert.kinsta.cloud/?p=10901 Beatrice Orchard, St Mungo’s Head of Policy, Campaigns and Research, writes about our priorities as the Homelessness Reduction Act and other measures seek to end homelessness The Homelessness Reduction Act comes into force today. This is a landmark piece of legislation with the potential to have a hugely positive impact on the lives of many […]

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]]> On a typical day… https://www.mungos.org/on-a-typical-day/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:47:11 +0000 https://mungostransfert.kinsta.cloud/?p=10290 “For me, if I can go home knowing I have helped at least one person away from the streets, or just one person away from the distress of mental health illness, I feel blessed.” St Mungo’s Mental Health Practitioner, Fatima, shares her experience of working in Outreach, helping people sleeping rough in the Tower Hamlets […]

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