Information session: 15 August / 11.00 to 12.00 – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
As part of the Life Off the Streets women’s workstream, Women’s Development Unit at CSTM and Solace, SHP and St Mungo’s are delivering a women’s rough sleeping census, aiming to better capture data about the extent of women’s rough sleeping.
Research, lived experience and the experiences of services tell us that women are some of the most vulnerable within the rough sleeping and homeless population, yet we also know that women are under-represented in rough sleeping statistics and provision.
How will it work? The methodology used will differ from the normal snapshot count in recognition of the fact that women sleep rough less visibly and are less likely to meet outreach teams as a result. It will involve daytime outreach and a survey for a wide range of services who may encounter women who are rough sleeping.
This will take place across a full working week 19th – 23rd September. This is the first undertaking of its kind on this scale and can have an important impact – Life Off the Streets Women’s Workstream are keen to get as many people and organisations on board as possible to make this census as collaborative and successful as they can.
Join the information session on 15 August to hear more about this work, ask questions and learn how you can be involved. The session recording will also be uploaded to the CSTM website after the event.
Sign up to our mailing list to be sure of the latest updates and resources for the census via the link below. You can also sign up for the information session via the Eventbrite link below.
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CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE INFORMATION SESSION
For more information, please contact womens.census@cstm.org.uk
The census is being planned and delivered by the Life Off the Streets women’s workstream and is being led by a subgroup of the following people and organisations.
• Lucy Campbell, Head of Multiple Disadvantage – Service Transformation, SHP • lcampbell@shp.org.uk
• Steph Ratcliffe, Head of Migrant and Advice Services, St Mungo’s • stephanie.ratcliffe@mungos.org
• Eleanor Greenhalgh, Women’s Development Unit Manager, Solace Women’s Aid and The Connection at St Martin’s • e.greenhalgh@solacewomensaid.org
