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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

Some personal news.

UNICEF UK Media

@Unicefuk_media

3 years

We are pleased to announce the appointment of @jon_sparkes as @UNICEF_uk 's new Chief Executive. Read more here

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

8 months

Personal news. I am delighted to have been appointed as the next Chief Executive of @mencap_charity , an organisation I have always admired, with a massively important equalities agenda. Meanwhile, much to do at @UNICEF_uk until I move on in June.

Mencap

@mencap_charity

8 months

We're pleased to announce the appointment of @jon_sparkes as our new Chief Executive, starting in June this year. Jon brings valuable experience, with a strong track record of growing scale and impact at major UK charities. Read more:

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

2 years

Delighted to be awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for my work on homelessness. An honour to be recognised personally and a recognition of the amazing work of my former colleagues at @Crisis . My parents would have been beyond proud right now.

Crisis

@crisis_uk

2 years

We're delighted that @jon_sparkes has been awarded the OBE for Services to Homeless People in the Jubilee honours. As Crisis CEO, Jon worked tirelessly to improve life for people experiencing homelessness & to #EndHomelessness for good. Congratulations Jon

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Please stop asking me what special housing people experiencing homelessness need if they have a mental health or drug & alcohol problem. They need a house for their housing needs, and support services for their other needs. Like everyone else. #homeforall

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

2 years

I was delighted to be at the launch event for this campaign last night. So pleased to see the Princess of Wales putting her energy behind the #ShapingUs campaign - when we get it right in the early years, we get it right for the child, and we get it right for our society.

The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood

@Earlychildhood

2 years

‘By focusing our collective time, energy & resources on these most preventative years, we can make a huge difference.’ Find out from The Princess of Wales why we've launched #ShapingUs and what we hope to achieve through this important work. @KensingtonRoyal

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11 months

Great to join the #ShapingUs @Earlychildhood National Symposium & experience the energy of the Princess of Wales bring the science on early childhood development forward into practical solutions to support our youngest children as an investment in the future. #earlymomentsmatter

The Prince and Princess of Wales

@KensingtonRoyal

11 months

We want to make the link between the skills we develop in early childhood and the core foundations that set us up for life and help us to thrive as adults. Watch today’s #ShapingUs National Symposium speech:

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

7 years

Delighted the @scotgov accepted recommendations on ending rough sleeping, the Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Action Group starts work on transforming the use of temporary accommodation so it ends homelessness. Here's my blog from the 8th meeting of #HRSAG

First steps towards transforming temporary accommodation in Scotland

www.crisis.org.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Human beings, our fellow citizens, do not sleep in bins, pods, containers, or tents and sleeping bags (unless camping). We sleep in houses, flats and apartments. Homelessness is an injustice that needs sorting out; it doesn't need this sort of nonsense.

The Mirror

@DailyMirror

5 years

Multimillionaire invents 'bin pods' for the homeless by joining two wheelie bins

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Let's start talking again tomorrow about ending homelessness. Build 90000 #socialhomes per year, make housing benefit #coverthecost of housing, fund homelessness prevention services properly and give renters more security. Homelessness affects all of us. #EndHomelessness

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

1 year

Really good to see this leadership from Prince William and the determination to #endhomelessness . Absolutely right to put truly affordable social housing at the heart of the solution. @KensingtonRoyal

Crisis

@crisis_uk

1 year

We know that, with the right political & social will, society can #EndHomelessness for good so it was great to hear Prince William talking about his plans to build more social housing in the Duchy of Cornwall & how he wants help end homelessness in the UK.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

VOLUNTEERS AVAILABLE @crisis_uk put the call out to our wonderful #Crisisxmas volunteers, and 700 are now available to volunteer for HOMELESSNESS CHARITIES IN #LONDON . Contact volunteering @crisis .org.uk with a description of your needs and your location.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

11 months

Thank you for your clarity as ever @crisis_uk , homelessness is down to policies that drive inequality, poverty and a lack of truly affordable homes. Rough sleeping is acute homelessness; it is extremely dangerous and is not a lifestyle choice.

Crisis

@crisis_uk

11 months

Sleeping on the streets is NOT a lifestyle choice. We don’t have nearly enough affordable homes, rents are soaring and this is leaving people destitute and forced to sleep rough. This is a consequence of poverty. And poverty in this country has been exacerbated by policy choices

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Jon Sparkes

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4 years

As we go into #lockdown we must protect people experiencing #homelessness and prevent people becoming homeless as a public health priority. #everyonein #homeforall #protectrenters #savelives

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Difficult week personally for a few reasons. Pleased to see my wife absorbed in her henna art with eldest stepdaughter.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

Home Office has published the guidance on deporting people for rough sleeping. This will not end rough sleeping. This will drive people who need our help further away from the help they need for fear of being deported. #homeforall

Grounds for refusal – rough sleeping: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on considering refusing or cancelling permission on the grounds of rough sleeping.

www.gov.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

8 years

Delighted the #HomelessnessReductionBill passed 3rd reading & heading for the House of Lords. Proud of the @crisis_uk team. #nooneturnedaway

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

8 hours serving dinners, signing-in guests and disinfecting covid away like there's no tomorrow. I thoroughly recommend volunteering for #CrisisChristmas if you want to start to understand #homelessness in the UK in 2020. #homeforall

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

8 years

Thank you @elliegoulding for volunteering for #crisisxmas again this year.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Any more doubts about #HousingFirst ? 404 tenancies, 0 evictions! #nationalrollout

Homeless Network Scotland

@homelessnetscot

4 years

0⃣👈🏽 ...that's how many evictions since Scotland's Housing First pathfinder launched 2019. 404 tenancies, 0 evictions. Please spread the word that most people, given the opportunity, just want to build and live their lives in an ordinary home as part of an ordinary community.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Almost everyday someone suggests to me an "innnovative" way to house homeless people. Once and for all NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER OR A POD. Caps off again. Thank you.

Shipping containers used to house homeless children

Office blocks are also being used to house families as 210,000 children are estimated to be homeless.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

It is a great privilege to have joined the amazing @UNICEF_uk team - such a talented, high performing and friendly set of colleagues! Lots to do, and more important than ever that we work to build a better world #foreverychild now and in the future.

UNICEF UK

@UNICEF_uk

3 years

An exciting start to 2022 for UNICEF UK as our new Chief Executive, @jon_sparkes , has officially joined us this week. Welcome Jon! We look forward to working with you to build a better world #ForEveryChild .

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

New Year's resolution? To do everything I can with the amazing team at @crisis_uk and our colleagues from other charities, councils, housing associations, gov't departments, businesses and politicians from all sides to #endhomelessness once and for all. Happy New Year.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

6 years

The most frustrating thing about the appalling news that rough sleeping has risen by 17% year on year in London, is that there are solutions. There are solutions to the root causes of homelessness and there are solutions to rough sleeping. #endhomelessness

Can we really end rough sleeping in Britain?

www.crisis.org.uk

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@jon_sparkes

5 years

I am saddened by the circumstances, but delighted to see Local Housing Allowance returned to #CovertheCost of the bottom third of local market rents to help stop families losing their homes in this #COVID19 emergency. This makes human and economic sense.

Universal Credit to be raised by £1,000 a year in £7bn coronavirus rescue deal

It will be a boost to the £323-a-month standard allowance in the benefit - while help for self-employed people hit by Covid-19 was announced too

www.mirror.co.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

It is the case that #homelessness can sometimes go hand in hand with a range of other problems. But there is one thing that links all homelessness - the lack of a secure, safe & affordable #home . Homelessness is a matter of poverty & inequality. It can be solved; it can be ended.

hqn

@HQNMedia

4 years

Robert Jenrick has said homelessness is "more of a crisis of addiction and mental health than it is about housing" Adding that there is a need to tackle "aggressive begging, gangs on the streets, individuals coming to this country to beg.” #ukhousing

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Lots of announcements today. The one our society needs is a plan to end the injustice of homelessness. Build 90000 social homes needed in England every year. Pay housing benefit to #coverthecost of housing. Fund the support services to prevent homelessness. #endhomelessness

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@jon_sparkes

5 years

Delighted by this news, that @matthew_downie has been awarded an MBE for his services to tackling homelessness. Much deserved. Well done Matt! #endhomelessness

Crisis

@crisis_uk

5 years

We are incredibly proud to announce that our Director of Policy and External Affairs @matthew_downie has been awarded an MBE for his services to tackling homelessness.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

7 years

Couldn't be more proud of the @crisis_uk team as the #homelessnessreductionbill becomes law and we are recognised by #UKHA2017

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Women's homelessness matters - perspectives on health, housing and motherhood Really important online conference on ending women's homelessness - including the results of peer-led research and input from international experts. #endhomelessness

Women's homelessness matters

The Women’s homelessness matters conference brings together national and international evidence and best practice to highlight factors affecting women experiencing homelessness.

www.crisis.org.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Massive thank you to @tescomobile for making this possible. Supporting people experiencing homelessness to connect to the support they need to end their homelessness. #HomeForAll

Homeless people in Britain to receive free phones in connectivity drive

Crisis is handing out thousands of devices and data packages to highlight importance of technology after Covid-19

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

Good to see #socialjustice on the menu at @CafeFromCrisis this morning!

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Nobody wants to live in a society where homelessness has become the norm. All political parties must use #GE2019 to make a commitment here and now to #endhomelessness . Here's how: @crisis_uk @Shelter @centrepointuk @StMungos @HomelessLink @DepaulUK

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

My #applause tonight will be for all #keyworkers of course, but especially for my awesome @crisis_uk colleagues supporting people facing homelessness and destitution to be safe from #COVID19 . #endhomelessness

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

6 years

Amazing day. Talked to media about #CrisisXmas from 0600 until 1400 and then visited 4 of our centres run by incredible volunteers. Ended the day in tears after meeting an amazing success story at 'The Gate'. Same again tomorrow + volunteering at @CrisisXmasO #endhomelessness

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

VACANCIES for 11 Clinical Psychologists across @crisis_uk services in England, Scotland and Wales. This is a hugely important investment in the needs of our clients and staff; helping #endhomelessness person by person.

1,000+ Clinical Psychologist jobs in United Kingdom (129 new)

Today’s top 1,000+ Clinical Psychologist jobs in United Kingdom. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. New Clinical Psychologist jobs added daily.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

The #tier4lockdown is making us all change our plans, but the amazing #crisischristmas volunteers will still be opening our doors tomorrow for hundreds of people who would otherwise be sleeping rough. #crisisxmas #homeforall

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

Horrified to hear of the death of David Amess MP, who I was speaking with about ending homelessness only last week. Our society and democracy is poorer again if MPs can’t be safe when meeting the public. So sorry for David’s loved ones and colleagues.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Great work @MrGeorgeClarke . Social housing is the bedrock of community and society. Housing left to the market alone means there are losers whose lives are disadvantaged from the start. I owe everything to my council house childhood. #CouncilHousing100 #endhomelessness

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Jon Sparkes

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4 years

BLOG Why the coronavirus crisis should spark the beginning of the end for homelessness.

Why the coronavirus crisis should spark the beginning of the end for homelessness

Hear from expert commentators and thought leaders from the social housing sector, and learn best practice and ways to approach current challenges.

www.insidehousing.co.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Delighted to have been asked to Chair this group. So much good work has already been done, but works starts today to see how much further we can go together to #endhomelessness in Wales. Early steps will certainly include listening to people with experience of homelessness.

Welsh Government Communities

@WG_Communities

5 years

The Homelessness Action Group meets for the first time today. Chaired by Chief Executive of @crisis_uk @crisiswales @jon_sparkes this group of experts from across Wales will advise us on the steps we need to take as a nation to end homelessness

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

6 years

At #LabourConference2018 Andrew Adonis pays tribute to the @ScotGovFairer social housing building programme. If it can be done in Scotland, why not in England? #endhomelessness

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

6 years

Looking forward to this important report coming from the Social Housing Commission set up by our colleagues at @Shelter . Report out tomorrow. Major growth in building social housing has to be part of any plan to end homelessness. #BuildSocialHousing #Endhomelessness

Sayeeda Warsi

@SayeedaWarsi

6 years

“Politicians cannot look young people in the eyes and honestly tell them that everything will be OK if they just work hard. Our broken housing market has become a major barrier to social mobility” Privilege to be a Commissioner re landmark report -launched this week @Shelter

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@jon_sparkes

5 years

For people facing #homelessness , and for the amazing staff and volunteers who support them; we need robust emergency measures to test and protect people in the most vulnerable position right now - so all citizens can self-isolate if they need to.

Crisis calls for emergency measures to protect people facing homelessness in the coronavirus...

www.crisis.org.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

6 years

The @ScotGovFairer publishes its plan to tackle homelessness later this week. Comment from me and @CurlsL66 from @SimonCommScot and @street_work in today's Herald. #endhomelessness @CrisisScotland @crisis_uk

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@jon_sparkes

6 years

The worst thing is that is doesn't need to be like this. With the right support this man (and many, many others) could be housed, working and getting his life back on track.

The harrowing account of a homeless man who'd rather be in prison

Dennis Hawkey is trapped in a cycle he cannot escape, desperate for help but unable to find it

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

All good wishes to @PassageCharity for their 40th anniversary. Supporting thousands of people over the years and yet being as committed as ever to ending homelessness once and for all. Great to see the active support of @KensingtonRoyal .

The Prince and Princess of Wales

@KensingtonRoyal

4 years

To mark the 40th anniversary of @PassageCharity , Prince William has written the foreword to their upcoming cookbook 'A Taste of Home'. The book commemorates four decades of charitable work, with all profits going directly towards supporting people who are street homeless.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

Fantastic news for @crisis_uk and for @matthew_downie . Delighted with this appointment; couldn't be better for Crisis' next chapter and for ending homelessness in Britain.

Crisis

@crisis_uk

3 years

We're delighted to announce @matthew_downie as Crisis' new Chief Executive. Matt, our current Director of Policy, says: "It will be a privilege to ensure people facing homelessness are listened to by those in power & offered the best possible services." 👉

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Important statement from the UK government today. Good to see a bold approach to supporting people forced to sleep rough into permanent settled housing.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

Highlight of my first day at @UNICEF_uk has been a wonderful welcome video produced and presented to me by members of our Youth Advisory Board. Looking forward to working with the YAB to ensure we reflect the views of children & young people in all we do.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

7 years

Really delighted now. Great news - our amazing fundraising team won the Large Fundraising Charity of the Year. #iofawards @crisis_uk Proud.

Chartered Institute of Fundraising

@CIOFtweets

7 years

And the winner of the #iofawards Fundraising Charity of the Year - Large award is... @crisis_uk ! Congratulations! #lifechangers

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@jon_sparkes

4 years

"After about a year I chucked away my sleeping bag when I finally felt sure I was going to be safe and secure in the flat. Housing First has changed my mindset and I’ve built a new life for myself.” #endhomelessness

hqn

@HQNMedia

4 years

A new monitoring report shows that Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder has created more than 300 tenancies with an additional 50 added since April. #ukhousing @homelessnetscot

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

2 years

A UNICEF tanker providing safe drinking water to children in Aleppo, Syria. Thanks to the rapid and generous support from donors and partners @UNICEF is already reaching thousands of people with clean water in the aftermath of the destructive earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria

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@jon_sparkes

4 years

In a lockdown, we must ensure that people forced to sleep rough are able to move into self-contained covid-safe accommodation. This was done with such great effect in England in the summer, and continues to be done in Wales and Scotland. #everyonein

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@jon_sparkes

4 years

Thank you @jk_rowling for your generous support. @crisis_uk will continue to do all we can to support people facing #homelessness during the #covid19 pandemic & work tirelessly to ensure everyone is permanently rehoused as we come out of lockdown. Your support is a real boost.

J.K. Rowling

@jk_rowling

4 years

As ever in a crisis of this sort, the poorest and most vulnerable are hit hardest, so in honour of the Battle of Hogwarts, I'll be making a donation of £1m, half of which will go to , who're helping the homeless during the pandemic 3/4

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5 years

Thank you @elliegoulding for speaking out for tackling and ending homelessness once and for all. via @MailOnline

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@jon_sparkes

5 years

To actually reduce homelessness we must build more #socialhousing , pay benefits that #coverthecost of housing, and properly fund services to #preventhomelessness

Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Thankfully #homelessness made it on to the election news agenda today. Lots of claims and counter-claims. The homelessness organisations have put their expertise together to make some simple asks of all parties to #EndHomelessness

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3 years

A wonderful memory; one of many examples of James' commitment to the work to end homelessness - cross-party, cross-government, and grounded in evidence and compassion. Hearing him speak about homelessness at a party conference dinner is a lasting memory for me.

Alastair Stewart

@AlStewartOBE

3 years

One of many images that captures what ⁦ @JBrokenshire ⁩ was about: here, publicly supporting ⁦ @crisis_uk ⁩, with ⁦ @JohnHealey_MP ⁩ . It was the issue that mattered, not the differences between parties or between a charity & Government over how to solve it. #RIP

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6 years

Good to hear ongoing commitment to recommendations of the #HARSAG on the @scotgov programme #ScotPfG . £21m already committed for housing-led solutions, comprehensive action plan coming out this year, 35,000 homes being built for social rent. Look forward to seeing the full plan.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

7 years

Christmas lunch going down nicely at #CrisisXmas in Birmingham. Thanks to the amazing volunteers and staff who have made this happen. And thanks to @jehangirmalik from @Muslim_Aid for joining us.

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@jon_sparkes

5 years

What is it going to take to tackle our homelessness and housing crisis? A lot more houses that people can really afford. We've done it before, now let's do it again - 145000 social homes per year. #endhomelessness @natfednews @CIHhousing @Shelter @CPRE

Next PM must spend billions to build 145k homes a year, housing group warns

THE next PM must spend billions himself to build 145,000 more new cheap homes every year as the only solution to the housing crisis, housing groups today declare. The giant investment programme wil…

www.thesun.co.uk

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@jon_sparkes

3 years

Good to see rough sleeping funding at £640m as long as it goes primarily on preventing rough sleeping rather than just managing the situation. Especially needed on extending Housing First pilots and going to scale.

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4 years

Outstanding report out today from @csjthinktank . This is the compelling case for the fundamental role of #HousingFirst in any strategy to end rough sleeping and homelessness in England. Great work @JoeShalam and @sarahroweleg #endhomelessness

Close to Home: Delivering a national Housing First programme in England

Summary: Housing First is an effective way of tackling and preventing rough sleeping for people whose homelessness is compounded by serious mental health issues, drug or alcohol dependency…

www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

7 years

Great meeting of the @scotgov Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Action Group #HRSAG today. Good level of agreement of draft proposals on tackling rough sleeping - through prevention, support to front-line workers and access to housing. Should finalise details over the next few days.

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@jon_sparkes

5 years

To #endhomelessness we need a commitment to provide permanent housing and ensure people have the means to afford it. And more support for people to avoid rough sleeping in the first place. Government pledges £236m to help rough sleepers

Government pledges £236m to help rough sleepers

The money will go towards accommodation, but Labour says No 10 underestimates the scale of the issue.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

What an amazing team. We closed our shops due to #COVID19 and this is what our retail team is doing instead. Packing provisions for people facing homelessness. Simply in awe of the @crisis_uk team.

Liz Choonara

@LizGChoonara

5 years

Our amazing @crisis_uk retail team are working hard in our warehouse (as designated key workers/following H&S guidelines) to prep clothes packages for rough sleepers going into hotels this weekend. Beyond proud #InThisTogether

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Letter from @crisis_uk and 77 other organisations going to @pritipatel and @RobertJenrick asking for the UK Government to reconsider its dangerous new immigration rules targeting people sleeping rough for deportation.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Big start to the new week. Giving evidence to the UK Parliament @CommonsHCLG on the Government response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis and its impact on people facing homelessness - and the opportunity we now have to achieve positive and lasting change. #endhomelessness

Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee

@CommonsHCLG

4 years

🔎 Find out more: 📺 Watch live at 9.30am:

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Today's report from @crisis_uk setting out the impact cuts in housing benefits is having on homelessness. Until there is enough social housing the Government must invest in a proper welfare safety net that fully covers the cost of housing.

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@jon_sparkes

4 years

It's never been more important for charities to campain for equality and rights, and against the stuctural causes of poverty and injustice. That's not party politics, but it will mean trying to change the policies that cause the damage. #truthtopower

Charity Commission

@ChtyCommission

4 years

In a newspaper article today, our Chair says that ‘for charities to survive and thrive, it is even more important that they demonstrate sensitivity and respect for everyone.’

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

7 years

Great to see @elliegoulding mixing with our guests at #CrisisXmas

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@jon_sparkes

4 years

Everyone In was extraordinary, and now we need a joined-up strategy and a determination to prevent homelessness happening in the first place if the Westminster Government is to achieve its manifesto pledge to end rough sleeping in England.

Coronavirus exposed 'much larger' rough sleeping issue, says committee

MPs praise the government's Everyone In scheme, but say it "exposed the scale of the task" at hand.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Unfreezing the freeze is not enough. Housing benefit needs to #coverthecost of rents if it is to stop thousands more families and individuals being pushed into homelessness. BBC News - Benefits freeze to end in 2020, government confirms

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Jon Sparkes

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2 years

Introducing our new partnership with @F1 to ensure that more marginalised children have access to quality learning. Sport can play a unique role, bringing people together, helping address the big issues affecting children, including those caught up in humanitarian emergencies.

F1 Media

@F1Media

2 years

Formula 1 is partnering with @UNICEF to help the world’s most vulnerable children access quality education and bolster UNICEF’s humanitarian response, so it can help protect children in emergencies, such as those caught up in the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

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Jon Sparkes

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4 years

New rules on deporting foreign rough sleepers face legal challenge - @GoodLawProject It's inhuman to think you could loose your job due to the pandemic, be forced to sleep rough, & then be deported. These new rules will drive people away from support.

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4 years

It doesn't have to be this way if action is taken now. We've seen an amazing response to protect people facing #homelessness . Need to double our efforts, & need supportive policies from the UK government. Thousands of homeless 'back on streets by July'

Coronavirus: Thousands of homeless 'back on streets by July'

Rough sleepers given emergency accommodation could be evicted within weeks, a charity says.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Four legal changes needed immediately to prevent the coronavirus pandemic becoming a homelessness crisis. #HomeForAll

Coronavirus: Forty charities unite in call for new law to end 'patchy' homeless help

Sky News reveals warnings of a "disjointed approach", with one rough sleeper saying the uncertainty gives him sleepless nights.

news.sky.com

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Jon Sparkes

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3 years

Heading out for my #crisisatchristmas volunteer shift at one of the hotels Crisis is providing in London for people who would otherwise be rough sleeping. My 8th Christmas Eve evening shift. Happy Christmas.

What is Crisis at Christmas?

www.crisis.org.uk

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Jon Sparkes

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7 years

Great news that @crisis_uk and @GHNtweets are creating a new Centre for Homelessness Impact putting evidence of what works right at the heart of policy and practice in tackling homelessness - launching in 2018! @homelessimpact

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@jon_sparkes

6 years

Thank you @KateBushMusic for opening your pop-up shop in Kings Cross and supporting @crisis_uk

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3 years

Burnham launches homelessness prevention strategy with 30,000 social rent homes planned

The latest news, analysis, insight, expert comment, video and CPD learning from the UK social housing sector, provided by award-winning journalists.

www.insidehousing.co.uk

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@jon_sparkes

3 years

Impressed by the leadership of @AndyBurnhamGM , @andy4wm & @MetroMayorSteve on #HousingFirst . They have shown clearly how it it works, who it works for, and why it needs to be central to any government plan to tackle rough sleeping or #endhomelessness

Manchester united: the mayor’s vision for housing

Get the latest in-depth insight and analysis for UK social housing professionals, including a diverse range of topics and a strong campaign voice.

www.insidehousing.co.uk

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Great to hear @RobertJenrick tell the @HouseofCommons the Vagrancy Act (the law that criminalises rough sleeping) should be 'consigned to history'. In response to a question from @twocitiesnickie , he said it was his opinion that this 'antiquated' legislation should be repealed.

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

5 years

Heading out to talk about plans to #EndHomelessness on @SkyNews at 6.45 this morning. Why we can and must end this injustice. Why all political parties should commit to a plan to end homelessness now.

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Jon Sparkes

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4 years

Very good news to see @RobertJenrick announce an extension to the evictions ban and increasing notice periods to 6 months. More to do, but an important step forward.

Ministers reveal month-long extension to the evictions ban

Tenants are to be protected via evictions ban until 'at least' March 31st 2021, and even then mild rent arrears won't be prioritised.

thenegotiator.co.uk

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6 years

Powerful report from @Shelter 's commission on the future of social housing. We absolutely need sustained investment in social housing if we are to tackle the housing crisis and #endhomelessness .

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Employment is perhaps more important than ever as one of the key elements of preventing #homelessness or supporting people move away from homelessness. Policy paper from the @homelessimpact , the homelessness 'what works' centre. #endhomelessness

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5 years

Congratulations @LigiaTeixeira and all at @homelessimpact - becoming an independent charity on 1 July, and now a member of the @WhatWorksUK network.

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Jon Sparkes

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3 years

Some personal news.

Crisis

@crisis_uk

3 years

After seven successful years at Crisis, our CEO @jon_sparkes is set to leave early next year to take up a new role as CEO at @UNICEF_uk . Huge congratulations to Jon on this amazing new opportunity – he will be missed by everyone at Crisis.

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5 years

Good to see this level of focus on rough sleeping. Now we need the same focus on tackling the causes of rough sleeping and homelessness - more #socialhousing and housing benefits that #CovertheCost of renting.

Luke Hall

@LukeHall

5 years

🔹 @RishiSunak confirms nearly £650m to help rough sleepers into permanent accommodation. This is a significant step change in support service provision, building on the work that has seen rough sleeping fall 9% in the last year. We will end rough sleeping in this Parliament👇

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Meanwhile, building social homes is proven yet again to reduce poverty. If we want to reduce poverty, we build social homes and make homes in other sectors affordablr by supporting people with housing benefit to #coverthecost of housing.

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5 years

Great day visiting @SYorksHA LiveWell services in Sheffield. Humbled by story after story of services that have prevented homelessness or stays in inappropriate mental health facilities. Proud to be a non exec director of this great housing association. Great team @TonyStacey

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5 years

So excited about this week - meeting @crisis_uk supporters and volunteers at 5 special Christmas carol services in Newcastle Edinburgh, Barnsley, Liverpool and London. #crisisxmas #endhomelessness #ringthebells

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Everyone needs a safe home they can afford. We need to make the changes to housing benefit permanent, suspend the benefits cap and terrible #NRPF rules, support employability and fund the building of 90000 social homes a year in England. #HomeForAll

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4 years

Good to talk just now with @EllyOldroyd and @geofflloyd on @bbc5live about the need to continue to support people facing homelessness into permanent settled housing, after the amazing effort by governments, local authorities and charities to support people during #covid19 .

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

3 years

What kind of mess are we in when the @RNLI gets attacked and criticised for saving lives!?

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@jon_sparkes

4 years

The answer is for the government to do what it did so well earlier in the year. Self-contained accommodation where people can self-isolate during the pandemic. With ring-fenced funding for councils. Covid: Bid to reopen homeless night shelters criticised

Covid: Bid to reopen homeless night shelters criticised

Reopening communal shelters this winter will put rough sleepers at risk of Covid, a charity warns.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

So proud of the work of our amazing staff and volunteers. #CrisisChristmas is now open and ready to support hundreds of people during one of the loneliest times of one of the loneliest years.

Crisis

@crisis_uk

4 years

Today we're finishing our prep & welcoming guests into self-contained hotel rooms for a tier 4 friendly #CrisisChristmas . We know it might be tougher & lonelier for our guests this year so we're running telephone befriending and online activities to make it as jolly as possible!

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Jon Sparkes

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4 years

Without the extraordinary work led by your department @RobertJenrick many more people facing homelessness would have died. Let's make sure we finish the job and #endhomelessness for good and for everyone.

Robert Jenrick

@RobertJenrick

4 years

Today’s @ONS statistics show that 16 homeless people are known to have died of #COVID19 since the start of the pandemic. Each of these deaths is a tragedy. I’m hugely grateful to all those who have worked on #everyonein and helped to protect many lives.

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4 years

Now we need the designated funding and policy changes to support the next phase. Ending homelessness is possible, but the housing and support needs to be there, & housing benefit changes need to be permanent and for everyone.

Jon Sparkes

@jon_sparkes

4 years

Good to talk just now with @EllyOldroyd and @geofflloyd on @bbc5live about the need to continue to support people facing homelessness into permanent settled housing, after the amazing effort by governments, local authorities and charities to support people during #covid19 .

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No young person should have to choose between a safe home and being who they are. Support the @AlbertKennedyTr #noroomforhate campaign.

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