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A warm welcome to Multiple Disadvantage Matters, the fortnightly newsletter from the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) coalition.
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MEAM publishes response to 2021 budget
MEAM has published its response to the 2021 budget, outlining the key points for people facing multiple disadvantage and the services supporting them.
Mental health discharge and multiple disadvantage
MEAM has published a new briefing exploring the experience of discharge from inpatient mental health care for people experiencing multiple disadvantage and those who support them.
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Lords debate on Black review of drugs
The House of Lords debated the Black Review of drugs, with commitments made by the government's spokesperson to respond fully to the Review by the end of the year and to produce a long-term drug strategy.
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Government announces £66m funding for people sleeping rough this winter
The government has announced £66m of funding allocations for accommodation and treatment services for drug and alcohol services for people sleeping rough this winter. The funding includes next year’s Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant.
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Resources from the sector
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Specialist support for LGBT+ victims of domestic abuse
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has published a report showing the need for more specialist support for LGBT+ victims of domestic abuse, including increased emergency accommodation and housing programmes for LGBT+ people.
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Prisoners and hospital appointments
New research published by the Nuffield Trust has found that prisoners in England continue to face severe difficulties accessing hospital services.
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MAPPA and lived experience
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons are seeking an organisation that can provide lived experience expertise of the criminal justice system, to assist with undertaking a thematic inspection of Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).
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Dependency and recovery services
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is seeking to procure Dependency and Recovery services within the majority of Probation Regions, launching a competition this winter using the MoJ Probation Services Dynamic Framework (DF), with an indicative contract award date of April 2022.
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Report on families and friends affected by drinking
Adfam has published its latest report on families affected by the impact of drugs, alcohol and gambling.
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Lived experience in the criminal justice system
New research published by the British Journal of Criminology looks at what it feels like to share your lived experience as a worker for a criminal justice organisation in England and Scotland.
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£3.8m Winter Transformation Fund
Homeless Link has announced allocations for the £3.8 million Homelessness Transformation Fund. The funding will support faith, community and voluntary groups to provide better quality provision for people sleeping rough.
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Deaths of people on probation
The Ministry of Justice has published its annual data on deaths of people on probation, for 2020/21. Tragically, 1,344 people on probation died in 2020/21, 34% more than the 999 people the previous year. The announcement follows recent statistics on a sharp rise in self-harm among prisoners.
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Centre for Mental Health: Better Together
The Centre for Mental Health has published a briefing paper outlining how England’s 42 integrated care systems have an opportunity to protect and promote mental health in the communities they serve.
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Health care reforms and homelessness
Homeless Link has published a blog explaining how upcoming health and care reforms provide an opportunity to ensure people experiencing homelessness receive the healthcare that they need.
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Regional Reducing Reoffending Plans
Clinks has published a blog summarising the Regional Reducing Reoffending Plans produced in August 2021 by the 12 Regional Probation Directors. It also looks at how voluntary organisations can play a part in helping to define and strengthen probation strategies at a regional level.
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Data Sharing in Multi-Agency Meetings
Homeless Link is running a learning event on the 8th December exploring issues around sharing client information in multi-agency meetings. The session will cover the legal framework for data sharing and the views of people using homelessness services.
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Peer mentoring in the criminal justice system
Clinks is hosting a webinar on the 14th December exploring the latest evidence on how peer mentoring can help people to leave crime behind, connect them with services and employment opportunities, and facilitate consciousness raising and collective system-reform efforts.
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Keeping you up to date at this time
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Our priority in this difficult period remains people facing multiple disadvantage and the people who support them. If you have any questions, comments or issues you would like to raise, please contact any member of the MEAM team.
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