On Friday we were thrilled to announce that Legislative theatre for the Greater Manchester Homelessness Prevention Strategy won the award for Best Practice in Citizen Participation at the Institute of Participatory Democracy. Greater Manchester Legislative Theatre is a community-led process that is the result of a collaborative effort by the GM Jokers, GMHAN and funded and co-designed by the GMCA’s homelessness team. The process was designed and led by a cohort of facilitator

Last year Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) coproduced the first ever GM Homelessness Prevention Strategy. To do this they worked with the Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network (GMHAN) and GM Jokers to deliver legislative theatre sessions and and consultation sessions, which put the voice of lived experience at the center of how this strategy was developed. We want to hear from you about how you think it is being delivered across Greater Manchester. We nee

The Network is pleased to share the confirmed Homelessness Prevention Strategy for the city region. Thank you to everyone who contributed, from the original Legislative Theatre workshops that kicked off the process, through the full HAN Network events, thematic consultations and individual contributions along the way. The final Strategy is a reflection of the multiple perspectives on homelessness which have helped co-produce it, and we believe is stronger for it. Alongside th

Join us between 10th June – 18th June for your opportunity to be part of GMHAN consultation events on the latest draft of the Greater Manchester Homelessness Prevention Strategy. Book your place for our consultation sessions using this link. Tackling homelessness and rough sleeping is a key priority for GMCA and organisations across Greater Manchester as well as GMHAN Network. These sessions will focus on Housing, Transitions, Participation & Involvement, People & Equalities

GMHAN Full Network Event – Reflection from Robbie Cowbury from Action Together (Action Together support the community and voluntary sector in Rochdale, Oldham and Tameside) A Homelessness Prevention Strategy to cover all of Greater Manchester has been an ambition of the Homelessness Action Network for long before the pandemic. It’s a fundamental part of why we exist: to take ‘action’ on homelessness is not merely to limit the results of a broken system which leaves people ho

On Wednesday 9th December, we hosted #GMLegislativeTheatre event on Funding & Commissioning. We explored some structural barriers and ideas when it comes to funding. Thank you for all your comments and engagement on social media. You can check them out #GMlegislativetheatre, and also see some of the reflection from our team member Matthew Kidd who ask ‘How do we invest more meaningful relationships with our communities rather than just wheeling them in and out at convenient

With one week to go till the second event in the GM Legislative Theatre / Homelessness Prevention Strategy process, the facilitation team is working hard and staying flexible, as we’ve all had to do throughout 2020. In the beginning of November, we set out to create a second play with a new cast of GM residents impacted by homelessness and housing insecurity as well as front-line staff: this play is meant to focus on the funding and commissioning process for homeless services

On Wednesday 30th September, 112 people from frontline support staff, GMCA officers and elected officials, advocates and neighbours to people with experience of homelessness attended and participated in the first Greater Manchester Legislative Theatre on Multiple Disadvantage. It was an interactive on-line event where community members worked together with policymakers to generate, debate and negotiate innovative policy around the issue and to feedback a co-produced Homelessn