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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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Latest policy news - COVID-19
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Changing Futures programme
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published a prospectus for the a £46 million cross-government programme, Changing Futures, focused on improving the way that local systems and services work for adults experiencing multiple disadvantage. MEAM has published a statement welcoming the launch of the programme.
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Rough sleeping questionnaire
The findings of one of the largest survey collections on people who sleep rough ever attempted in the UK, 563 people who slept rough last year, have been published, providing in-depth information on their support needs and vulnerabilities including mental and physical health, substance misuse and other vulnerabilities.
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Help for people rough sleeping with drug and alcohol dependence
The Government has allocated £23 million to 43 priority areas in England to assist people who are rough sleeping and have a drug or alcohol dependence to access specialist support.
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Trends in illicit drug use
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Homelessness and a Covid-19 vaccine
The Big Issue has published an article raising the important question of how people experiencing homelessness will receive the Covid-19 vaccination as the national programme is rolled out.
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Tackling violence against women and girls
The Home Office has launched a call for evidence to inform a new strategy to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls. This is the first time the government is asking victims, survivors, and their families and friends for their views and experiences.
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Re-thinking homelessness prevention
The Local Government Association has published a report Re-thinking homelessness prevention arguing that that the way we talk about homelessness prevention needs to change, recognising the vital importance of upstream cross-service prevention work in local homelessness systems, and the role of councils, their partners and central government policy in delivering this work.
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Female imprisonment
The Prison Reform Trust has published an analysis of local court data revealing a significant north-south divide in rates of women’s imprisonment, with women in the north of England, the Midlands and parts of Wales far more likely to end up behind bars than those in the south of England.
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Deaths of homeless people
The Office for National Statistics has published the number of deaths of homeless people in England and Wales for 2019. There were an estimated 778 deaths in 2019, an increase of 7.2% from 2018.
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Women selling sex during Covid-19
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COVID-19 Resources from the sector
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Latest from Clinks
Clinks has launched a new round of their Covid-19 grants programme, this time to support more small and specialist voluntary organisations working in the criminal justice system.
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Expert Citizens INSIGHT Awards
Nominations for the INSIGHT Awards are now open and the deadline for submissions is 31st January 2021. Tickets for the event are now available via Eventbrite. Expert Citizens has put together a media pack that contains everything you need to know about the awards.
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Keeping you up to date at this time
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