Wonderful to hear our participants' feedback on Session 1 - the power of lived experience to ignite change. Lots of appreciation for Bridging Gaps, Surfing Sofas, Museum of Homelessness, James Dillon, as well as for the 'powerful sense of responsibility' communicated by Bola Owolabi

Published today, this CF Pathway joint paper looks at the lack of meaningful representation of #homelessness in NHS data, and how this impacts upon the care people experiencing homelessness have access to. Read more here 👉bit.ly/4atoidJ

You must be caring for someone for at least 35hrs a week to be eligible for Carer's Allowance. You get £81.90 - the equivalent of (at most) £2.34 an hour

Any overpayment debts owed by carers are dwarfed by the undervaluing of their contribution to society theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

The Carer’s Leave Act came into force on 6 April 2024, entitling all carers in employment with a new statutory right to five days unpaid leave.

This report shines a light on the staggering figures of unpaid carers in the UK.

👉bit.ly/3vDODa5

#CarersLeaveAct

Quick catch-up…day 1 of our Awareness walk for PSPA - a very muddy day made so memorable by all the amazing people who turned out to say hi. Half way to our fundraising goal already - justgiving.com/page/moth-and-…

“Not long ago, one melancholy evening, I went up the loft to look for a voice.”
Here’s the little piece about Amy Winehouse that I wrote for the current issue of The List.

*SILENT HOUSES*
I'm directing my first full length play! Eek. Please come along and support working class theatre. June 11th-15th Lion & Unicorn Theatre Very excited to be working with Kitchen Revolt Productions 🔥 cast to be announced.
thelionandunicorntheatre.com/whats-on

Tip of the day: Do anything you can to see this incredible artist live! Trust me!

The Government’s plan to criminalise homelessness - you heard that right - CRIMINALISE HOMELESSNESS is a vile & shameless attempt to blame the most vulnerable members of our society for the national shame of its own abject failure

Everyone please watch & RT this shocking report

The Arts are, quite literally, one of the few things that make life worth living. Without them society is just a giant marketplace where everything has a price and nothing has a value.
theguardian.com/education/2024…

Three Years And Counting...
It has been 3 years since Artistic Directors Luke Adamson and Joseph Lindoe took over the running of The Bridge House Theatre, and we are delighted to invite you to a 3-Year Anniversary Celebration this April.

See you there!
thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk/shows/three-ye…

If you think fining and imprisoning people like Billy just for being homeless is wrong please retweet and tell your MP to vote against the new legislation.

Our Poet in Residence Surfing Sofas gigs and dates 2024!

In partnership with Lyrix Organix we are gassed to announce these dates. More info and booking:

museumofhomelessness.org/news/poet-in-r…

Thanks to our funders Arts Council England, London The Linbury Trust Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Throw back from 2 years ago.
Written by Just A Girl 17x performed by me. #WednesdayFeeling #actor #actress #checkingout

Very proud Groundswell received GOLD in the #LivedExperienceCharter 2024 awards- a massive credit to our practice & commitment in inclusive recruitment & retention of people with lived experience. 
A big shout to Rachel Brennan & the whole team for making this happen 👏❤️👇

One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen, highly recommended and it’s on BBC Four at 9pm on 1 April. Don’t miss it.

.Surfing Sofas will be taking to the stage at #Museums2024 , followed by a workshop with the poet and Museum of Homelessness's Matt and Jess Turtle 🎤

Join us then to hear Objects and Concepts, an album telling the invisible stories of the UK’s homeless community 👉 ow.ly/jjaw50R2qZ9

In the Outsiders exhibition today and a visitor leaned forward peering closely at one of the photos of terrible slum housing then proclaimed loudly “well she can afford that chocolate so I don’t know what she’s complaining about!”.
Bread and water is all they deserve apparently.

Solidarity and thanks to our mate Jorawar from London Homeless Welfare for dropping off a load of great food donations the other day.

The grassroots take care of each other this is how we do. ❤️

Are you tuned in to the human rights issues in your community? Olivia Colman worked with Amnesty UK on a dramatization of people's real life struggles in accessing safe housing, food and health care.

Human Rights violations happening #BeforeOurEyes
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