NACCOM member the Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK) has called for an overhaul of the UK asylum system in their new report, Being Human in the Asylum System, which was launched in April 2021. [...]
In December 2020, NACCOM supported two experts by experience to give evidence to a panel of MPs at the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Select Committee looking at the impact of Covid-19 on the [...]
NACCOM (the UK-wide No Accommodation Network) is pleased to announce that freelance consultant Heather Petch will be taking on the role of Interim Director of the charity, until a permanent Director is appointed later in [...]
Renae Mann, our outgoing National Director, reflects on her time at NACCOM: It’s been my huge privilege to lead NACCOM for the last seven months, and to see how a dedicated group of people can [...]
NACCOM's response to the Government's New Plan for Immigration, which was launched on 24th March 2021. "The proposals announced today as part of the New Plan for Immigration lay bare the Government’s contempt for the [...]
(Please note that the application process for this role has now closed) NACCOM is excited to start the recruitment process for our new Director: Role: Director Location: Home-based , with regular travel to London [...]
NACCOM has joined with Liberty Human Rights, expert charities, NGOs and lawyers to launch the Protect Everyone Bill - a new approach to ensuring that everyone, without exception, is supported to safely follow public health [...]
Evidencing the vital role that frontline services play in responding to destitution is critical for effective influencing of decision-makers about the policies that create such problems in the first place, and in the process of identifying and strengthening good practice models to demonstrate how it can be prevented. As [...]
As refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK we think we shouldn’t talk, we shouldn’t share our stories. That what is happening is normal, that I must take this lying down, I have to accept this. This [...]
NACCOM is sorry to announce that our National Director, Renae Mann, will be stepping down from the post in March. Please find below a statement from our Chair of Trustees, Julian Prior; [hr] "I am [...]
NACCOM works with our members across the UK and people with lived experience to evidence and call for an end to destitution. Whilst we continue to reflect and learn from last year’s unprecedented challenges, we are now looking firmly ahead and are determined to make the most of the opportunities for [...]
A new project was launched today (2nd February) by Homeless Link in partnership with NACCOM, that will aim to improve the homelessness offer for migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) in England. With [...]
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the gross health inequalities that exist in our society. If we are to "build back better" so that everyone has a chance to thrive, we must deal with the root [...]
***Updated February 2021*** In September 2020 we launched our #StopAsylumEvictions campaign, calling on the Home Office to halt their plans to evict thousands of people into homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic. Below, we update [...]
CEO of Hope Projects in the West Midlands, and NACCOM Trustee, Phil Davis reflects below on the lessons learnt by one frontline charity as they continue to support people experiencing destitution at the hands of [...]
IMIX, the refugee and migration sector communications specialists, are offering a series of free media training workshops to NACCOM members over the coming months. The workshops will all take place online via Zoom and will [...]
On January 6th 2021, far-right extremists violently entered the US Capitol building - the seat of American democracy - to disrupt the Electoral Vote Count that would certify Joe Biden as the next President of [...]
The impact of Brexit on immigration policy is far-reaching, and includes changes to immigration legislation that will have immediate consequences for EU nationals in the UK who are at risk of homelessness, and their access [...]
The Joseph Roundtree Foundation (JRF) has released its third 'Destitution in the UK' report, which reveals an alarming rise in levels of destitution experienced by people living in the UK. The 2020 report, based on [...]
This year has been a year like no other. The impact of Covid-19 on our lives has been profound and far-reaching - no-one has been left unaffected by this deadly disease. As a network, we [...]
NACCOM has joined with 150 other organisations and individuals to voice our concerns about changes to immigration rules that could see non-UK nationals deported for rough sleeping. In a joint letter on December 1st led [...]
New immigration rules targeting people sleeping rough will endanger lives, undermine progress in reducing homelessness and must be reconsidered. That is the message being sent today (November 5th) the UK Government by Crisis, Shelter, St [...]
On Thursday 22nd October, the Government published a policy paper outlining a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. In Section 4: Additional grounds for refusal of permission to stay, there are proposals to revoke the [...]
As of the 15th September, the Home Office has resumed evictions from asylum accommodation for people with a negative decision in England, with plans to resume in Scotland and Wales in the future. We are [...]
NACCOM has joined a call by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) for civil society leaders and charities to stand together against racism. Renae Mann, NACCOM's National Director, joined other charity leaders [...]
NACCOM's National Director, Renae Mann, has joined civil society charities to urge the UK Government to maintain its commitment to the UK's international aid budget, stressing the importance of recognising the interconnectedness of international and [...]
The charity Asylum Matters has published a report - ‘Locked into Poverty – life on asylum support’ - which reveals a picture of poverty, exclusion and hardship for people seeking asylum wholly reliant on Government support [...]
On Anti-Slavery Day 2020 (18th October), NACCOM has joined with over 50 organisations, activists and individuals to write to the Prime Minister with the message that the UK's emphasis on immigration control, at the expense [...]
NACCOM has joined a campaign coordinated by Doctors of the World, Lancett Migration and the Faculty of Public Health calling for universal and equitable access to NHS services, during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond. The [...]
Today (October 1st 2020), NACCOM joins 228 organisations and 597 individuals who are joining together as a collective voice to tell the Prime Minister to reverse the decision to evict people with No Recourse to [...]
