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UPDATED: NACCOM launches hosting ‘good practice’ guidance
NACCOM has today published an updated series of resources for people and organisations interested in hosting refugees. Since the launch of the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme two weeks ago, over 200,000 people have registered their interest to open their homes to refugees from Ukraine seeking urgent safety in the UK. This overwhelming outpouring of public generosity is truly incredible and shows what a welcoming and compassionate nation we can be. That hosting can play an important role in providing safety and stability to people escaping war, conflict and persecution is no surprise to those familiar with the [...]
NACCOM joins campaign to fight on as Nationality and Borders Bill becomes law
The UK Government's controversial Nationality and Borders Bill has become law after peers in the House of Lords were unsuccessful in voting through vital amendments that would have mitigated some of the worst aspects of the Bill. Despite strong opposition to the Bill at all stages of its passage through Parliament, which resulted in several rounds of 'ping pong' - the process by which a Bill is repeatedly passed between the House of Commons and the House of Lords for debate - peers were eventually forced to concede and allow the Bill to pass before the end of the parliamentary [...]
NACCOM and hosting members call on Michael Gove to introduce further safeguards to Homes for Ukraine scheme
NACCOM and 15 of its member organisations that run hosting projects across the UK have written to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), Michael Gove, urging the Government to introduce further vital safeguards and measures to ensure the safe and effective implementation of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, a mass hosting initiative launched by the Government in March to provide a pathway to safety for people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a letter sent on 22nd April, NACCOM and co-signatories, including national hosting charities Hope at Home and Refugees at Home, express serious [...]
of full members involve Experts by Experience in their service provision and operations (57/66)
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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