Member Spotlight: Home4U Annual Sponsored Sleep-out
Home4U is an accommodation project in Cardiff and each year they organise a sleep out to raise awareness and funds for their work. Below we find out more about their work and how the event [...]
Job Vacancies in the Network in October
Please read on for details of job vacancies in the network this month. Got something to advertise? Get in touch here. HOST Nottingham is recruiting a Project Coordinator. Hours: 15 per week (flexible) Salary: £9,516 per [...]
Pathways out of Destitution- new video launched today
Our thanks to everyone who helped make this video happen, especially all the residents, staff and volunteers at BIRCH, Hope Projects and Fatima House. This video was produced by Millie Harvey for NACCOM in September [...]
Member Spotlight: Hope Into Action’s pilot project to get migrant workers off the streets
Hope into Action: Black Country and Wolverhampton Council have launched a pilot project to get migrants - who have the right to work - off the streets and into employment and accommodation. Matthieu Lambert, the [...]
NACCOM’s response to the government’s U-turn on supported housing
Earlier this month, ministers announced the scrapping of proposed changes to the provision of ‘supported housing’, in a move that has been welcomed by many in the homelessness sector following years of uncertainty and months [...]
‘We knew this was a scandal’- Praxis Community Projects on lessons from Windrush
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 [...]
Member Spotlight: Refugee Survival Trust
This month’s update comes from the Refugee Survival Trust, one of NACCOM’s members working to end destitution in Scotland. As we write, it has been a busy and difficult few days for the charity's small team, beginning [...]
Member Spotlight: WYDAN Night Shelter
WYDAN (the West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network) joined NACCOM when their night shelter launched for its third consecutive year at the end of 2017. As the current winter season comes to an end, we caught [...]
What we’re doing with funding from the Guardian and Observer appeal and how to get involved!
We are delighted to have been awarded £500,000 through the Guardian and Observer Charity Winter Appeal. Here's a short update about what we're doing with the funding and how to be part of the capacity-building [...]
Member Spotlight: Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary
This month we have welcomed our 50th Full Member, Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary, to the network! Below their team share an update about how they work and some examples of the impact they've seen locally. How [...]
We’re recruiting a Network Development Worker
Are you committed to ending destitution amongst asylum seekers, refugees and migrants with no recourse to public funds? Do you have experience of assisting organisations to develop good practices with a focus on accommodation? Do you enjoy [...]
Thanks to everyone who has supported the Guardian and Observer Charity Appeal- just four days left!
This year's Guardian and Observer Charity Appeal has focused on destitution and youth homelessness, with funds raised to support the work of NACCOM, Centrepoint and Depaul UK. The appeal, which closes on Sunday, has already [...]
NACCOM taking part in this year’s Guardian and Observer Charity Appeal
We are delighted to announce that NACCOM has been chosen as one of the three charities for the 2017 Guardian and Observer Charity Appeal. The appeal runs from 8th December until 7th January and this [...]
Member Spotlight: Hope At Home
Hope at Home, our newest associate member, is a nationwide hosting project that started in Worcestershire in 2016. The scheme bridges the gap in provision for victims of trafficking and asylum seekers, by providing safe accommodation, [...]
Job Vacancies across the Network in November
In November, several NACCOM members are recruiting for new posts. Please see below for details and contact the organisations directly with any enquiries. One Roof is a Leicester based charity providing accommodation and support to [...]
Member Spotlight: TERN
The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) recently joined NACCOM as an Associate Member. It is a national project with headquarters in London, and we were grateful for TERN's Director, Charlie Fraser, taking some time to explain [...]
Update from WARM Hut in Salford
Earlier this week we caught up with the team at WARM Hut in Salford, a refugee community organisation that became a NACCOM member in August 2016. The team includes Pipeeh Miyalu (Project Manager), Elizabeth Tamgata [...]
Member Spotlight: C4WS
C4WS Homeless Project is a winter night shelter based in Camden, North London. They joined the NACCOM Network back in July and have since been putting plans together to launch a hosting scheme alongside the [...]
Exciting update from hosting scheme emerging in Derby
Earlier this year, Phil Tomlinson (pictured below) joined the NACCOM Network as an individual Associate Member to start the process of developing a hosting scheme in Derby. After a few months of work, Phil has [...]
A quick catch up with Refugee Support Devon – new associate member in Exeter
It was great to meet our newest Associate Member, Refugee Support Devon, at the recent hosting conference in London. We took a few moments over lunch to find out more about their work and their plans for the [...]
We’re recruiting a National Director
NACCOM is looking for a dynamic director to lead our growing and ambitious charity through a period of transition to become a strategic national network. Having reviewed our vision and strategy, the Board of Trustees [...]
Living in Limbo: report published by NICRAS on destitution in Northern Ireland
NACCOM Member NICRAS (Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers) last week launched 'Living in Limbo: The Life of Refused Asylum Seekers in Northern Ireland', a report which identifies and addresses gaps in support within [...]
More job opportunities across the network
Open Door North East is a Christian charity based in Middlesbrough (but working across Teesside) whose mission is to relieve destitution and poverty while empowering and providing opportunities for those seeking sanctuary in the UK. [...]
The Great Get Together – how everyone can get involved
The Great Get Together (16-18th June 2017) is going to be one of the biggest community events the UK has ever seen. The event, which takes place at the beginning of Refugee Week, will be [...]
Update from one of our newest members, Thousand for £1000
One of our newest members, Thousand For 1000, a registered charity based in Brighton, share how their project started, and how they are responding to some of the challenges and opportunities that have come their [...]
An update from one of our newest members- Swindon City of Sanctuary
In the last couple of months it's been great to welcome Swindon City of Sanctuary to the NACCOM Network as they have launched their hosting scheme. Recently, Nicola Johnson from the group took some time to share how the [...]
2017 Mapping exercise across NACCOM membership begins this month
This year, NACCOM is carrying out its annual mapping exercise in two parts. In addition to the wider questions about schemes and the numbers of people being supported (due out later this spring) which will [...]
Change of registered office address
Since becoming a CIO in 2015, NACCOM has held its registered address at the Boaz Trust in Manchester. Throughout this time, we've been very grateful for the space and the support the Boaz Trust has [...]
Job vacancy at Nottingham Arimathea Trust
Nottingham Arimathea Trust is recruiting a Housing Manager to join their small staff team and provide housing management services. The post-holder will also work with the CEO and other staff to identify suitable new properties [...]
Future of Exempt Accommodation
The Future Funding of Supported Housing: Responding to the Consultation Support Solutions UK are running a series of half-day briefing events across England regarding upcoming changes to the funding and role of supported housing, which are [...]