NACCOM’s Community Research Programme was established in March 2021 to provide a space for people with lived experience of immigration control to research, analyse and present solutions to destitution in our communities. Community [...]
Important new research commissioned by Refugee Action and undertaken by Dr Jo Wilding reveals ‘legal advice deserts’ that are preventing access to justice and causing other wide-ranging negative impacts for people seeking asylum, refugees [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As a UK-wide network of frontline charities, including 31 hosting organisations, providing accommodation and support to destitute people in the asylum and immigration system, we welcome further details of the Government’s newly-launched ‘Homes for [...]
NACCOM joins Praxis to warn of increase in destitution, poverty and homelessness as a result of Clause 11 of the Nationality and Borders Bill. NACCOM has joined with leading homelessness and migrants rights [...]
New research commissioned by the Mayor of London has concluded that the benefits of scrapping the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) policy far outweigh its costs, leading to net societal gains of up [...]
Our statement: “Six months ago we watched in horror as the Taliban took over in Afghanistan, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes and cross borders in [...]
NACCOM joins Commonweal Housing, the Local Government Association and 68 other charities calling on the Government to reform the exempt accommodation sector. Commonweal Housing and the Local Government Association (LGA) have penned a [...]
NACCOM has signed an open letter coordinated by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), joining the call from individuals and organisations from across the sector and beyond, to include the experiences [...]
NACCOM's Director, Bridget Young, shares our priorities for the year ahead: As we roll our sleeves up and settle into January 2022, NACCOM stands strong and united as a network [...]
Homeless Link has published a new policy briefing paper on barriers and pathways to homelessness support for non-UK nationals who are prevented from accessing state-funded support. The briefing explores how the Government's Everyone [...]
As we near the end of the year, our staff team have been reflecting on their highlights from NACCOM's 2021 work to End Destitution.
NACCOM’s Community Researcher group was established in March 2021 to provide a space for people with lived experience of immigration control to research, analyse and present solutions to destitution in our communities. Community [...]
Bridget Young, NACCOM's Director, shares an end of year message with our supporters. "As a newcomer to NACCOM, arriving earlier this year in July, what has struck me most is the resilience, passion, creativity and [...]
We're delighted to launch our Impact Report for 2021. Our yearly Impact Report maps the scale of destitution in the UK asylum system through the results of our annual survey, how our members have [...]
"Today our thoughts are with the 27 men, women and children who lost their lives in the English Channel this week, whilst trying to reach the safety of the UK. Our hearts go out to [...]
NACCOM’s Community Researcher group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from Local Authorities throughout the pandemic. In this blog, we discuss early reflections from our research and calls [...]
Julian Prior, Chair of Trustees for NACCOM, has announced that he will be stepping down from the role in November. In a statement he said: "I wanted to let you [...]
NACCOM Annual Review and AGM 2021 NACCOM invites members, partners and supporters to join us for the online launch of our Annual Survey and Impact Report and our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday [...]
NACCOM’s BBC Radio 4 charity appeal ran from October 10th 2021 to Saturday 16th 2021, to coincide with World Homelessness Day on Sunday 10th October. >>> LISTEN TO THE APPEAL [...]
Last year, NACCOM supported two experts by experience to give evidence to a panel of MPs at the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee's inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on homelessness and the [...]
In our BBC Radio 4 appeal you will hear from Yasmin, who now has refugee status in the UK. Yasmin was forced to endure homelessness and destitution whilst her asylum claim was being considered. Like [...]
This week sees the second reading in Parliament of the Government's Nationality and Borders Bill, as well as the lifting of the temporary ban on evictions from asylum accommodation for people refused asylum in the [...]
NACCOM is delighted to have welcomed Bridget Young to the team as our new Director. "I am thrilled to now be in post as NACCOM’s Director, and as I finish my first week [...]
NACCOM appoints Bridget Young as Director NACCOM, the UK-wide No Accommodation Network supporting people seeking asylum, refugees and other migrants experiencing destitution, is excited to announce that Bridget Young will be taking on the role of Director at the charity. Bridget Young, NACCOM's new Director [...]
In response to an increasingly hostile Government approach to asylum and immigration, more and more of our frontline members are considering whether advocacy and campaigning work, alongside practical support, should be part of their strategic [...]
Since 2013, NACCOM has asked full members (organisations that provide accommodation services) to fill in an annual survey to help us better understand the type and amount of accommodation and support services provided across the [...]
Alongside other leading homelessness charities, NACCOM has signed a pledge coordinated by Homeless Link to stand against the Government's changes to Immigration Rules, which will make rough sleeping grounds for refusing or cancelling a person's [...]
