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Tracking the scale and impact of destitution | Launching our Annual Survey data 2023
NACCOM’s latest Annual Survey data reveals thousands of people in the asylum and immigration system experienced destitution and homelessness last year. Latest figures from NACCOM show that 3,724 people were accommodated by the network last year (2022-2023). The data reveals a sharp rise in the number of people in the asylum and immigration system needing some form of support from charities to meet their basic needs. There was also a big increase in the number of people with refugee status being accommodated by the network. Despite ongoing challenges, including the cost of living crisis, frontline [...]
Statement and joint letter | NACCOM condemns plans to ban tents for rough sleepers
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has announced plans to ban people sleeping rough in urban areas from using tents, and to impose a new civil offence to deter charities from giving tents to homeless people, in a move that will put lives at risk this winter, making people more vulnerable to cold weather, violence and exploitation. In a series of posts on X, she also said that homelessness in the UK was a ‘lifestyle choice’, and that many of those enduring homelessness are ‘from abroad.’ NACCOM has joined with leading homelessness charities in writing to the Home Secretary to [...]
Jobs across the network in Nov 2023
Organisation: Refugee Welcome Homes Job Title: Support Worker, Bristol Hours: 22.5 hours per week Salary: £26,000 – £28,000 (pro rata) Location: Bristol Deadline: 12 noon Wednesday 29th November 2023 Interview Date: 4th December 2023 More information, including application packs, can be found here. Organisation: ASSIST Job Title: Communications, Events and Fundraising Coordinator Hours: 28 hours Salary: £26,208 – £28,043 (pro rata) Location: Sheffield Deadline: 9am, Thursday 30th November 2023 Interview Date: w/c 4th December 2023 More information, including application packs, can be found here. Organisation: Micro Rainbow Job Title: [...]
Online event | NACCOM Annual Survey briefing and AGM 2023
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 9th November 2023. About the event Each year, NACCOM’s Annual Survey paints a picture of the scale and impact of destitution across the NACCOM network over the last 12 months, and how frontline organisations in the UK are responding. The data we capture from our members about the services they have provided, and the people they have supported, during the past year highlights the growing complexity of destitution and homelessness experienced [...]
of people who were referred to or made enquiries to member organisations this year (600/735 people) were facing street homelessness
Latest Blogs
Blog | Preparing for the impact of the Illegal Migration Act
How can frontline refugee and asylum organisations prepare for the impact of the Illegal Migration Act? At our recent series of summer regional member Hub meetings, which brought [...]
Blog | Current trends, issues and opportunities across the network
Reflections and insights from our Summer series of regional member Hub Meetings What are Hub Meetings and why are they important? At the heart of the NACCOM network [...]
Annual Survey 2023 | Launching this year’s survey to evidence destitution
Since 2013, NACCOM has gathered data from our members through our Annual Survey, which enables us to track the scale and impact of destitution in the asylum and immigration system [...]