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NACCOM partners with the Guardian & Observer for their 2023 charity appeal
We’re delighted to be partnering with The Guardian and Observer on their 2023 charity appeal, which this year shines a spotlight on the hardship and injustice experienced by refugees, people seeking asylum and other migrants in the UK. Alongside NACCOM, our members the Refugee Council (also representing the Scottish Refugee Council and Welsh Refugee Council) and Refugees at Home are joint recipients of the appeal, with the charities sharing the funds raised to aid our collective work supporting people in the asylum and immigration system. NACCOM will be redistributing the majority of the money we receive to members working [...]
Tracking the scale and impact of destitution | Launching our Annual Survey data 2023
NACCOM’s latest Annual Survey data reveals thousands of people in the asylum and immigration system experienced destitution and homelessness last year. Latest figures from NACCOM show that 3,724 people were accommodated by the network last year (2022-2023). The data reveals a sharp rise in the number of people in the asylum and immigration system needing some form of support from charities to meet their basic needs. There was also a big increase in the number of people with refugee status being accommodated by the network. Despite ongoing challenges, including the cost of living crisis, frontline [...]
Statement and joint letter | NACCOM condemns plans to ban tents for rough sleepers
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has announced plans to ban people sleeping rough in urban areas from using tents, and to impose a new civil offence to deter charities from giving tents to homeless people, in a move that will put lives at risk this winter, making people more vulnerable to cold weather, violence and exploitation. In a series of posts on X, she also said that homelessness in the UK was a ‘lifestyle choice’, and that many of those enduring homelessness are ‘from abroad.’ NACCOM has joined with leading homelessness charities in writing to the Home Secretary to [...]
New resource | Working with Housing Associations: A toolkit
Introducing 'Working with Housing Associations: A toolkit' NACCOM is pleased to launch our newest toolkit, a comprehensive resource - 'Working with Housing Associations: A toolkit', which showcases the role that Housing Associations can play in supporting the accommodation of people seeking asylum, refugees and other migrants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, including those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) and restricted eligibility. The toolkit is the latest in a series of practical guides launched by NACCOM to provide expert guidance and advice to individuals and organisations that work with – or wish [...]
of people who were referred to or made enquiries to member organisations this year (600/735 people) were facing street homelessness
Latest Blogs
Blog | Preparing for the impact of the Illegal Migration Act
How can frontline refugee and asylum organisations prepare for the impact of the Illegal Migration Act? At our recent series of summer regional member Hub meetings, which brought [...]
Blog | Current trends, issues and opportunities across the network
Reflections and insights from our Summer series of regional member Hub Meetings What are Hub Meetings and why are they important? At the heart of the NACCOM network [...]
Annual Survey 2023 | Launching this year’s survey to evidence destitution
Since 2013, NACCOM has gathered data from our members through our Annual Survey, which enables us to track the scale and impact of destitution in the asylum and immigration system [...]