What has the impact of #COVID19 been on people experiencing #homelessness around the UK?
We've been working with community reporters via @ItsGroundswell to document the challenges & experiences of those without secure homes during the pandemic. Today, we share their insights
We've been working with community reporters via @ItsGroundswell to document the challenges & experiences of those without secure homes during the pandemic. Today, we share their insights

A new report released today combines community reports and research interviews from across the UK homeless community. It flags barriers in accessing primary care, digital health services & sufficient health information during #Covid19 and the #lockdowns.
https://groundswell.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Monitoring_Impact_COVID_Groundswell-Executive-Summary-FINAL.pdf
https://groundswell.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Monitoring_Impact_COVID_Groundswell-Executive-Summary-FINAL.pdf
Two of the @ItsGroundswell community reporters have worked with us to produce animations based on their mobile reports. Here, Steve talks about his challenges of #homelessness and #addiction during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown https://vimeo.com/492794256
Paul from the @ItsGroundswell network reflects on how people who were #Homeless were portrayed by society as England went into the second Covid-19 lockdown 2 in November 2020. https://vimeo.com/492793557
Funded by @NHSEngland & @TNLComFund, learning from the project is helping to inform their national response. @LiviButt, Head of Public Participation - Homelessness & Inclusion Health at @NHSEngland, speaks out on the importance of gathering community insight around Covid-19.
The @ItsGroundswell community reporter network was trained right in the middle of the first lockdown. We co-scripted training with mentors & then used an auto-cue app to help them record training vids remotely. These were shared to participants via mobile & assignments set weekly
Community insight and stories from the @ItsGroundswell reporting network have been brought together onto a site, where both public and institutional audiences, as well as people experiencing or at risk of #homelessness can listen and read through them. https://microsites.onourradar.org/covid19/