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Blog | Insights from our 2025 Regional Member Hubs
NACCOM is committed to seeing an end to homelessness and destitution in the asylum and immigration system and part of the way we do this is to share our ideas, support one another and develop good practice in our Regional Member Hubs. Our summer programme of hubs started in Glasgow on 5 June before heading to Huddersfield for our Northern Hub, Birmingham for our Midlands Hub, London for our London, South East and East of England Hub, and finally Newport for our Wales and South West England Hub. These member meetings are a great opportunity to find out more [...]
Jobs across the network – July 2025
Organisation: Rainbow Migration Job Title: Legal and Support Services Assistant Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week Monday to Friday) Location: Hybrid (Oval and Vauxhall London offices) Salary: Starting at £25,244 FTE Deadline: Friday 25th July, 9am Further information: Please visit Rainbow Migration's job page. --------- Organisation: Notre Dame Refugee Centre Job Title: Director of Operations and Fundraising Hours: Part-Time (4 days / 28 hours per week) Location: Office (Leicester Square, Central London) Salary: Actual Salary £44,778 (full time equivalent £55,972) Deadline: Monday 4th August Further information: Please visit Notre Dame Refugee Centre's job [...]
Blog | Community Research Evaluation: Putting lived experience at the heart of our work
The Community Research Programme (CRP) is a volunteer-led initiative by NACCOM that aims to put lived experience at the heart of research and advocacy for people seeking asylum, refugees, and migrants experiencing destitution. Established in 2021, this year marks four years of the programme. During that time, it has evolved and developed in response to challenges and successes along the way. We took the opportunity to commission an evaluation to capture learning and establish a strong foundation for its next phase. We asked Ana & Mishka (A&M) Consultancy, a partnership of two consultants with lived experience of the UK [...]
Statement and blog | Repeal of the Vagrancy Act
This week (June 10th) the Government committed to fully repealing the Vagrancy Act 1824. The legislation, which criminalises rough sleeping and begging, will finally be repealed in 2026, after being enshrined in law for more than 200 years. What is the Vagrancy Act? Spearheaded by Crisis, homelessness charities, including NACCOM, have long been urging successive governments to repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act, which makes rough sleeping and begging a criminal offence in England and Wales. This ineffective and out-of-touch legislation punishes and marginalises people forced to endure rough sleeping, whilst doing nothing to address the systemic and societal root causes [...]
of people who were referred to or made enquiries to member organisations this year (600/735 people) were facing street homelessness
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Blog | Insights from our 2025 Regional Member Hubs
NACCOM is committed to seeing an end to homelessness and destitution in the asylum and immigration system and part of the way we do this is to share our [...]
Blog | This Refugee Week, the move-on period extension must be made permanent
The theme of Refugee Week 2025, which takes place between 16 – 22 June, is ‘Community as a Superpower’, reminding us that everyone, regardless of their immigration status, deserves [...]
Statement and blog | Repeal of the Vagrancy Act
This week (June 10th) the Government committed to fully repealing the Vagrancy Act 1824. The legislation, which criminalises rough sleeping and begging, will finally be repealed in 2026, after being [...]