Keeping us safer: An approach for supporting homeless women experiencing multiple disadvantage
This guidance is part of a ‘Safety by Experience’, a joint project between St Mungo’s, Standing Together Against Domestic Violence and funded by Homeless Link’s Ending Women’s Homelessness Fund.
‘Safety by Experience’ was born out of a clear gap in provision and support for women experiencing homelessness, violence and abuse and other forms of multiple disadvantage. The project has sought out to address these key issues and questions, by consulting with staff and women in St Mungo’s services and building on existing tools and resources from across the homelessness and women’s specialist sectors. As a result, we have created, “Keeping Us Safer: An Approach for Supporting Homeless Women Experiencing Multiple Disadvantage”, a practical and holistic approach to supporting women experiencing homelessness and multiple disadvantage, which includes tailored guidance around risk assessment and safety planning, for women living in and accessing homelessness services and those who are sleeping rough.
Housing and health: Working together to respond to rough sleeping during Covid-19
This report presents the findings of new research into the health needs of people sleeping rough in England and their vulnerability to Covid-19, and the approach taken to address the health and housing needs of this group during the pandemic. The report is also informed by our detailed knowledge as a service provider and by the lived experience of our clients.
Covid-19 has exposed, and in some cases exacerbated existing health inequalities in the UK. People who are homeless have worse health than most, and yet they find it harder to get the healthcare they need. During the pandemic, the Government rightly recognised the significant threat to health posed by sleeping on the street and in communal shelters. Through focusing on getting ‘everyone in’ and providing safe accommodation, many lives were saved. Furthermore, it connected people sleeping rough to the care, support and treatment they desperately need. Everyone In has redefined what can be achieved when there is a singular shared goal of saving lives.
But now, together, we need to build on the successes of Everyone In, and make sure that the principles of joint working become the norm. This is a once in a generation chance to make the changes needed to end rough sleeping.
Hospital Discharge Network – Recovery Results briefing
This briefing presents evidence and lessons from our Hospital Discharge Network, which offers safe temporary accommodation and clinical support for people who are homeless and leaving hospital. St Mungo’s Hospital Discharge Network was established in June 2014 as part of the £10m Department of Health Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund.
Stop the Scandal: the case for action on mental health and rough sleeping – briefing for MPs
St Mungo’s is calling on MPs to pledge their support for our Stop the Scandal campaign, asking the Prime Minister to lead a new national rough sleeping strategy and invest in mental health services for people sleeping rough. This briefing summarises findings from our new research report.
St Mungo’s evidence to the NICE Public Health Advisory Committee: severe mental illness and substance use (dual diagnosis)
This submission is part of the St Mungo’s evidence to NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) on severe mental health and substance use. This summary of our expert testimony to the NICE Public Health Advisory Committee provides information about our work with clients who need support with their mental health and substance use.
Stop the Scandal: an investigation into mental health and rough sleeping
It’s not right that anyone should be without a home, and it’s nothing short of a scandal that people with mental health problems are stuck sleeping rough.
St Mungo’s has investigated the issue of mental health and rough sleeping to improve our understanding of the problem and propose some solutions. Our research is based in analysis of data on people sleeping rough, a national street outreach survey, and interviews with homelessness and mental health professionals.
Stop the Scandal: an investigation into mental health and rough sleeping – executive summary
It’s not right that anyone should be without a home, and it’s nothing short of a scandal that people with mental health problems are stuck sleeping rough.
St Mungo’s has investigated the issue of mental health and rough sleeping to improve our understanding of the problem and propose some solutions. Our research is based on analysis of data on people sleeping rough, a national street outreach survey, and interviews with homelessness and mental health professionals.
Psychologically Informed Environments: a literature review
In this report, commissioned by St Mungo’s, the Mental Health Foundation has reviewed the evidence available on Psychologically Informed Environments (PIEs) in UK homelessness settings.
PIEs are conscious of the mental health needs of the people that inhabit them. In the context of homelessness this means that in hostels and relevant care environments there is an awareness of the mental health problems of the homeless people using the services, and how the environment may affect their mental health positively or negatively.
The report shows that PIEs are a promising development with evidence indicating that they work. However, it also concludes that further research is needed, particularly into the factors contributing to the successful implementation of PIEs and how to measure outcomes.
Lifeworks: how an innovative psychotherapy project is helping homeless people in their recovery
This briefing looks at how the innovative Lifeworks psychotherapy project is helping homeless people recover from homelessness.
Happiness Matters: homeless people’s views about breaking the link between homelessness and mental ill health
St Mungo’s findings about the links between homelessness and mental ill health.