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Transatlantic Practice Exchange 2018

Blog posted by: Tasmin Maitland, Monday, 26 March 2018.

Arts, co-production, rural homelessness, veterans and more #homelesslearning in this year’s Exchange.

mural on a US building

Our fourth Transatlantic Practice Exchange is getting underway, inspiring new approaches to homelessness by sending frontline staff to placements with US and UK services. This year sees co-production and performing arts featuring on both sides of the Exchange, as well as a strong focus on coordinated and multi-agency responses to rough sleeping.

The UK participants and their topics are:

  • Ed Addison, St Mungo's in London - responding to long-term street homelessness through multi-disciplinary outreach 
  • Flora Newbigin, Cardboard Citizens in London - using theatre to involve people with lived experience
  • Rachel Inman, Elim Connect Centre in Wells - peer support and community involvement in rural homelessness settings
  • Rachel Woolf, The Manna at St Stephen's in London - coordinated entry systems in rough sleeping responses
  • Steven Barkess, VOICES in Stoke - involving people with lived experience in employment, peer specialist and strategic roles

And from the US:

  • Cassy Westmoreland, United Way of Weld County - understanding Housing Act implementation, hosted by the Welsh Local Government Association in Swansea
  • Jessica McKown, Allegheny County Dept of Human Services - the impact of co-production on positive outcomes, hosted by Expert Citizens in Stoke
  • Lauren Dreyer, Integral Care in Austin - coordination and multi-agency working for better outcomes in criminal justice, hosted by Exeter CoLab
  • Shahera Hyatt, California Homeless Youth Project - the impact of engaging people experiencing homelessness in the performing arts, hosted by the Booth Centre in Manchester
  • Tramecia Garner, Swords to Plowshares in San Francisco - responses to veteran homelessness, hosted by Veterans Aid in London

Look out for social media updates using #homelesslearning.

 

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Original article link: https://www.homeless.org.uk/connect/blogs/2018/mar/26/transatlantic-practice-exchange-2018

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