SpinSpace
Coming 28.04.2020

Through discussion with SPIN we are choosing some optional activities on Wednesday 29th April that may include a trip to Barnabus or the Booth Centre to learn about and potentially volunteer at some of the effective services available for homeless people.

https://www.barnabus-manchester.org.uk

https://www.boothcentre.org.uk

On Wednesday 29th April we invite Dominic Sagar for a talk on social housing in which he will discuss the current housing crisis and potential creative solutions to the lack of social housing.

In the first week there will be an optional activity to visit and volunteer at Barnabus in the city centre.

Barnabus is a christian charity with the aim to give love, hope and support to those in need. A drop in session provides showers, clothes, food and a variety of activities. Support workers offer 1-2-1 support helping to empower their friends.

As well as activities and workshops, Barnabus provides opportunities to work and relax with their upcycling furniture and allotment to look after. These projects help people learn skills to get back into employment whilst also providing spaces to relax and make friends.

"Greater Manchester Housing First (GMHF) is a three-year pilot project that aims to provide safe, secure homes for more than 400 people who are homeless or at the risk of being homeless across the region."

"The Housing First approach was first developed in New York in 1992. It has since been widely adopted in the USA and become central to the national homelessness strategies in Canada, Denmark, Finland and France, demonstrating widespread success."

"Through the provision of intensive, flexible and person-centred support, evidence shows that 70-90% of Housing First residents are able to remain housed. Having a place to call home also leads to improvements in health and wellbeing, and reduces ineffective contact with costly public services."