National House ProjectThe Stoke-on-Trent House project was established in 2015 through consultation with care leavers. In its initial phases a group of care leavers aged 16+ were supported to manage the refurbishment of void properties and make them their home for life.
A few years and we have a community of young people that have been supported through their transition into independent living and who are all living in properties that they have decorated and put “their stamp” on.
We have recently completed our 12th cohort of young people and there are currently over 100 young people part of our House Project community and we hope that this number will grow over the years to come. The young people get support from the project facilitators, and also one another and we aim to provide opportunities that are tailored to meet each individual young person’s needs.
We are part of the leaving care service in Stoke-on-Trent and work closely with Social Workers and PA’s to ensure that our young people are well supported to be the best they can be.
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500 young people living in their own homes
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
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
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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