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Project Launch in Bury, Rochdale & Oldham

Project Launch in Bury, Rochdale & Oldham

21st October 2022

The launch of Bury, Rochdale and Oldham House Project on 10th October was an exciting event. It was held at Rochdale Youth Centre and saw young people, PAs, Social Workers and other colleagues joining together to celebrate the House Project beginning in the area. Alex Chaloner, a young person from Rochdale, welcomed attendees to the event stating, “after many months of planning and preparing, interviews and much more, we are thrilled to have you here… let’s continue to change the narrative for young people”.

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Care Leavers as Energy Champions Project

Care Leavers as Energy Champions Project

18th October 2022

The National House Projects’ fight against fuel poverty continues as they launch the ‘Care leavers as Energy Champions Project’, funded through the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. This energy project aims to inform, educate and raise awareness of energy efficiencies by providing intensive support with lasting solutions so that this vulnerable group can avoid fuel poverty and sustain their tenancies.

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Project Launch in Tameside & Stockport

Project Launch in Tameside & Stockport

18th October 2022

A new scheme has been launched in Tameside to enable young care leavers to turn a house into a home and develop the skills they need to live independently. ‘The House Project’ is a life-changing nationwide initiative that brings together groups of young care leavers, to support  them in developing life skills from property maintenance to cooking and financial management and provides them with a property to renovate – which then becomes their home.

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500 young people living in their own homes
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

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
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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