Closer to Home
What if asylum accommodation was planned, designed and delivered closer to the communities where people live? We’re proud to have contributed to a new report, Closer to Home, published this month alongside Housing Festival [...]
Blog | Celebrating our members, who deliver A Million Acts of Hope, every single day
Times are tough. Every day we hear stories of decline and division, and see the communities that we serve scapegoated and demonised for problems they have nothing to do with. NACCOM members work in an ever more [...]
Jobs across the network – May 2026
Organisation: The Boaz Trust Job Title: Property Maintenance Assistant Hours: Part time (16 hours over 3 days per week) Location: Manchester-based, with travel to properties across Greater Manchester Salary: £12,411PA (£28,864FTE) Deadline: 5pm (London time) [...]
Blog | We are all pieces of the NACCOM jigsaw puzzle
Bridget Young, NACCOM’s Director, opened our Annual Conference on 25 March in Leeds with a quote from the writer James Baldwin, who famously said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing [...]
Asylum reforms likely to increase homelessness
At NACCOM, our vision is for a fair, just and humane asylum and immigration system that eliminates destitution and allows people to live with dignity and agency. Not only is this the right thing to [...]
Guide to the Government’s new asylum and immigration reforms March 2026
The Home Office has announced a series of reforms to the asylum and immigration system. We have summarised them below, in chronological order of when they take effect. 5 March 2026 Consultation: Reforming Asylum [...]
How craftivism fosters hope for the future
We are excited to introduce our conference attendees to Sarah P Corbett, an award-winning activist, Ashoka Fellow, author and founder of the global Craftivist Collective. Sarah will be running a craftivism workshop at our [...]
Annual Conference 2026
NACCOM invites members, partners and supporters to our Annual Conference on Wednesday 25 March 2026 in Leeds, which also celebrates 20 years since NACCOM was first established as an informal network to help #EndDestitution. 20 [...]
Merry Christmas from the NACCOM Team
NACCOM would like to wish everyone, including our members and supporters, a very happy Christmas and a safe and peaceful New Year. Please note; Our office will be closed from Monday 22 December, reopening [...]
Reflections on 2025 and Thank You
As we approach the end of 2025, Bridget Young, NACCOM’s Director, reflects on a year of solidarity. NACCOM has never been just an organisation or a network. In 2025 we’ve felt especially lucky to [...]
‘A National Plan to End Homelessness’ – NACCOM response to the government’s new homelessness strategy for England
On 10 December, the Government published its cross-departmental homelessness and rough sleeping strategy for England, A National Plan to End Homelessness. The strategy sets out a long-term ambition to halve long-term rough sleeping, end [...]
NACCOM Annual Survey Briefing 2025
What is the current scale of destitution and homelessness in the asylum and immigration system, and how did this change across 2024/25? How do these trends reflect current challenges and how is the voluntary [...]
Open letter | Over 60 organisations write to the Government urging them to reverse the shortening of the move-on period
64 organisations working in the fields of homelessness and migrants’ rights have written an open letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Launching our Annual Survey 2025
Today we’re announcing the launch of our 2025 Annual Survey, which enables us to track the scale and impact of destitution in the asylum and immigration system through our frontline network. The survey will go live [...]
Our response | The Government’s new immigration white paper
Today [12th May] the Government has published it’s new immigration white paper – Restoring control over the Immigration System – laying out a blueprint for reform to the UK’s immigration system. Whilst the focus [...]
Our response | The Government’s proposed use of ‘return hubs’
We are deeply concerned and dismayed by today’s announcement that the Government plans to pursue so-called ‘return hubs’ for people who have been refused asylum. Whilst the Government has not yet made clear how [...]
*UPDATED* Joint policy briefing | Vital Solutions to Ending Migrant Homelessness
Migrant homelessness has long been the ‘elephant in the room’ in discussions with government. The need to be seen to be tough on immigration has meant that policy solutions to support migrants out of [...]
Blog | Working towards a future without destitution
“NACCOM is not just an organisation or a network. It’s a movement; a community of passionate individuals and incredible organisations committed to making real change”. As Bridget Young, NACCOM’s Director, opened our Annual Conference [...]
Blog | Supporting people leaving detention in the NACCOM network
Since the 2024 General Election, we’ve seen a sharp escalation in enforcement activity aimed at increasing returns, with the Government boasting that they have achieved the highest removal rates of migrant and diaspora communities [...]
Launching our new annual data briefing 2025: Understanding destitution and homelessness in the asylum and immigration system
NACCOM’s latest Annual Survey data reveals that thousands of people in the UK's asylum and immigration system are facing a growing crisis of destitution and homelessness as a direct result of hostile and ever-changing [...]
Statement | Our response to the introduction of the new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
On January 30th the Labour Government published its Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill – the fourth major piece of immigration legislation brought in by successive Governments in just three years. We’ll be working [...]
Blog | People who are initially refused asylum are slipping through the cracks: Urgent reform is needed
Refugee homelessness increased at an alarming rate in 2023-2024. According to official government statistics, homelessness among people leaving asylum accommodation rose by 251%. Not only is this hugely traumatic for new refugees, but frontline services [...]
Joint blog | Home – A place for Everyone; collective solutions for change in Northern Ireland
Home – A place for everyone During Homelessness Awareness Week (4th to 11th December), NACCOM partnered with the Law Centre NI and Housing Rights to host an event exploring collective solutions for people in [...]
News | Launching our latest Impact Report
We’re proud to share our latest Impact Report, which highlights our work over the past 18-months to end destitution in the UK’s asylum and immigration system. The report outlines NACCOM’s key achievements and areas [...]
Joint blog | A welcome change: Extending the move-on period for refugees
This joint blog from Homeless Link and NACCOM provides an analysis of the latest legislation changes and makes recommendations for next steps: At the close of 2024, we saw a long-awaited shift in the [...]
New report | “Treat Us Like Humans” – exploring the lived experience of the asylum system
One of the key features of strong communities is the ability to welcome newcomers – but what is it like for refugees settling in communities in UK for the first time? Together with the [...]
Blog and resource | Why we’re leaving X
With many progressive organisations making the decision to leave X in recent months, we have also decided to leave the platform. We’re sharing our thoughts on how we’ve come to this decision and are [...]