Publications

MEAM’s response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s inquiry into Coronavirus, Homelessness and the Private Rented Sector

MEAM has submitted a response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on homelessness and the private rented sector.

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Multiple disadvantage: A framework for transition planning

MEAM has launched a new ‘working document’ to support local areas and the new homelessness taskforce with transition planning.

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2009-2019: Ten years of tackling multiple disadvantage

In 2019, MEAM turned ten. This report reflects on the last decade and the work we have done in partnership with service providers, policymakers, commissioners, politicians and people with experience of multiple disadvantage, across the country.

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MEAM’s response to the Dept. for Health and Social Care’s “Advancing our Health” Green Paper

MEAM has responded to the “Advancing Our Health” Green Paper, issued by the Department for Health and Social Care.

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MEAM’s response to the Homelessness Reduction Act Call for Evidence

MEAM has responded to the Government’s call for evidence about the implementation and effectiveness of the Homelessness Reduction Act (2017).

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Long Term Plan Explainer

MEAM is publishing a series of “Policy into practice” briefings to explore key national policy developments and what these mean for people and services in local areas.

In the first of these, we look at the NHS Long Term Plan to consider what it could mean for local services on the ground and how local areas should be involved in shaping its implementation.

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Fulfilling lives: Changing systems for people facing multiple disadvantage

The partnerships in the National Lottery Community Fund’s Fulfilling Lives Programme have published a new document setting out their local priorities for systems change.

Fulfilling Lives is a National Lottery funded programme working with twelve areas across the country over eight years. Each of the Fulfilling Lives areas are committed to changing systems for people experiencing multiple disadvantage and have created local systems change plans for the remainder of the programme.

This new document contains 58 systems change priorities and five overarching themes. The document will help support the partnerships’ collective work on systems change for the remainder of the programme.

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Jumping Through Hoops

Jumping through hoops: How are coordinated responses to multiple disadvantage meeting the needs of women?

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Tackling Multiple Disadvantage Nationwide

Download the strategy for the MEAM coalition 2018–2022

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Multiple needs: time for political leadership

In this publication, we set out the scale of the challenge around multiple needs, and the action that government must take in response.

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