Esther Bakari from Birmingham Community Hosting Network (BIRCH) shares her experience of our Happy To Host annual convention: “Saturday 13th July saw the introduction of the ‘Happy to Host’ Convention organised by NACCOM. “Taking place at Amnesty’s Human Rights Centre, in London, around 80 individuals from NACCOM’s […]
Today, at the first of two Funding Your Project conferences taking place this spring, NACCOM is proud to launch its ‘Funding Toolkit’. This free guide explores creative and innovative ways to generate income, with a specific focus on methods undertaken by projects working with people who are […]
Happy to Host is a new one day event supporting and bringing together hosting schemes across the network. Taking place on Saturday 13th July 2019, this free event will celebrate the work of hosts, hear more about the experience of those being hosted, recruit volunteers to the […]
To assist with the development of skills and ideas for funding accommodation and support services for those facing destitution, and to launch our upcoming Funding Toolkit, NACCOM is hosting two ‘Funding Your Project’ events on 29th April (Leeds) and 14th May (London). These one-day events will feature […]
Abigail Housing is a West Yorkshire based charitable company supporting and housing destitute people who are seeking, or have recently been granted, asylum. The charity houses newly recognised refugees in Leeds and houses people who have been refused asylum in Bradford. We caught up with their retiring […]
NACCOM Members, are you interested in advocating for changes in policy to reduce and prevent destitution? If yes, then this month we’d like to encourage you to join our free Campaigning and Advocacy Day to explore ways to evidence and campaign on key issues more effectively in […]
As a network of over 50 member organisations, NACCOM is committed to bringing an end to destitution amongst people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants with no recourse to public funds living in the UK. This year’s annual report highlights key developments towards this vision over the last […]
Since 2006, NACCOM members have been instrumental in developing a broad range of innovative housing solutions that have radically changed the mood, wellbeing and overall sense of place felt by those left in limbo by our unfair asylum system. Some of these solutions (which someone recently described […]
Mirjam Thullesen is a trained psychologist and practising psychotherapist who has worked with refugees and survivors of trafficking and torture for a number of years, in roles at the Poppy Project, British Refugee Council and Freedom from Torture. She is currently working towards a Doctorate in Psychology and Psychotherapy looking […]
Praxis Community Projects are a long-standing NACCOM member providing casework, housing, legal advice and peer support to migrants at risk or at a point of crisis in London, including those facing destitution and homelessness. Until recently, they would not have considered themselves a campaigning organisation. Yet, in […]
This year NACCOM’s Annual Conference, taking place on Tuesday 25th September in Birmingham, looks at promoting pathways out of destitution through partnerships, provision and policy change. With input from a range of experts in the field, it is a great opportunity to meet others in the network and […]
On 25th September, join us for a day of inspiring stories, insightful perspectives and innovative approaches to addressing homelessness and destitution. We are pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the 2018 Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting. This year, the theme is ‘Pathways out […]
On May 24th, NACCOM is hosting its first ever one-day event focusing on accommodation and support for newly recognised refugees. The event, which takes place at St George’s Conference Centre in Leeds, will explore accommodation models within the network supporting newly recognised refugees, and is aimed at existing […]
Coming up in February is our Communications and Media Skills Day, where we will be exploring how to engage effectively with the media and decision-makers around the issues that matter most to our members. The Communications and Media Skills Day takes place in Leicester on Tuesday 27th […]
Following a process of recruitment over the summer, we are delighted to announce that Hazel Williams has been appointed as our new National Director and will be leading our team from the end of 2017. Hazel (pictured on the left) has been the main Director at ASAP […]
Huge thanks to all who made it to our annual conference in Stoke on Trent last Friday. It was a full house, with 100 people in attendance, including representatives from 36 of our member organisations and 13 non-member organisations. The day began with the launch of our […]
The NACCOM 2016-17 annual report, launched today at our national conference in Stoke on Trent, explores some significant areas of growth and change in the last year, both within the core work of NACCOM and the membership as a whole. Alongside highlighting the resourcefulness and resilience of […]
NACCOM’s Annual Conference is coming up on 15th September and there’s something for projects of all shapes and sizes, whether you’re well established or just getting started. So, if you’ve been every year for the last decade, or never been before, take a look at these twelve great […]
At this year’s annual conference we will be facilitating several workshops on topics around preventing destitution, capacity building and awareness raising. We are really excited by the range of workshops we’ve got on offer this year and hope you are able to join us to contribute! For the […]
Each year NACCOM hosts a national conference to resource and support members in their project development, learn from the findings and work of the previous year, and identify and discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. This year, the NACCOM Annual Conference and AGM is taking […]
To support the continued growth and development of hosting schemes across the UK, NACCOM is running two hosting conferences this summer, one in the North (Newcastle) and one in the South (London). These events will be designed both for new and prospective schemes, and also for established […]
On April 6th, we will be running a ‘Funding Your Project’ conference. Taking place at the St George’s Conference Centre in Leeds, this one-day event is designed for organisations working with destitute migrants who want to make the most of their existing income streams, or develop new ones. […]
On February 17th, we will be running our first ever Legal Advice Conference. Taking place at the Victoria Centre in Sheffield, this one-day conference will feature input from Refugee Action, Haringey Migrant Support Centre, British Red Cross and the New Evidence Support Team Leicester, Asylum Aid, Liverpool Law Clinic, alongside NACCOM Member Hope Projects. The aim […]
Huge thanks to all who attended our AGM yesterday in Manchester, the home of the first ever NACCOM meeting in 2006. A decade on, representatives from 19 Member organisations came from as far afield as Southend and Glasgow! The NACCOM 2020 Vision and Strategy was shared and […]
We warmly invite you to attend NACCOM’s first Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 5th December from 1.00 – 4.30pm at the King’s House Conference Centre. The address is King’s Church, Sidney Street, Manchester, M1 7HB. Please see this link for details on how to get there. Click […]
Because of the growing interest in hosting and the emergence of several new schemes in the UK, NACCOM will be running two conferences for hosting schemes in the next few weeks, one in the North and one in the South, to allow as many to attend as […]
Here is a collection of tweets from throughout the day at our National Conference. You can also follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook for ongoing updates on our work… [View the story “National Conference 2016” on Storify]
NACCOM will hold its 8th National Conference, “Working for a Better Asylum Future”, on Friday September 11th in Derby. The NACCOM Conference empowers organisations to tackle destitution amongst asylum seekers through innovative housing options and other services. This is the eighth national conference. Since its inception in […]
