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500 young people living in their own homes
3rd December 2024
500 young people leaving care from LHPs across the UK have been supported to move into their first home and are living 'connected and fulfilling’ lives. It may have taken 7 years to support the first 500 young people into their first home, but we are expecting the next 500 young people to move in to their own homes by August 2026!
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Staff experiences of working with unaccompanied asylum seeking young people
26th November 2024
Staff experiences of working with unaccompanied asylum seeking young people within a trauma-informed framework at the National House Project: An Exploratory Qualitative Study. This small-scale study was carried out by Royal Hollaway University between November 2023 and January 2024. Semi-structured interviews with ten staff members from NHP and LHP’s were undertaken and explored their experiences of using a trauma informed practice framework to support asylum seeking young people.
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CLNM Conference 2024 - Developing Direction
22nd November 2024
On Thursday 14 November, the House Project community of young people, colleagues, and partners from across the UK gathered at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester for the annual Care Leavers National Movement (CLNM) Conference, ‘Developing Direction.’
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Valpak white goods provision
Valpak by Reconomy has partnered with the Coventry House Project to provide white goods to young people leaving care to move into their own homes.
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Our first Cook and Share
As part of the National House Project framework, each young person has to cook a meal for the rest of the group. This was the first 'Cook and Share' for 2025 and two of our young people stepped into the kitchen to ensure nobody went hungry. It was a great success, after a couple of mistakes with measurements both our young people delivered a lovely Macaroni Cheese for the whole group.
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