
Shared Health Foundation
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Reducing the Impact of Poverty on Health in Greater Manchester.
Experts in health inequalities. Co-secretariat for @TA_APPG
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Yesterday we were pleased to elect our new officers: Josh Babarinde OBE MP, the Rt Hon. Andrew Lansley CBE and the Lord Balfe. We are looking forward to working with them to mitigate the impacts caused to households by the temporary accommodation crisis.



.APPG Black Health is hosting their first Call for Evidence on Reproductive Equity and the Fibroids Crisis- do share with those that have experience to inform this important piece of work. #Fibroidequity


Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of Citizens UK & Trust for London’s new report on the crisis in temporary accommodation. It was inspiring to hear the powerful lived experience testimonies and discussion on how the report’s recommendations can be turned into reality.



New stark article by the The New Statesman, highlighting the devastating impact of temporary accommodation on children and young people's health and lives. Impact on Urban Health newstatesman.com/spotlight/econ…


Our report is being launched today in Parliament. We are calling for the government to introduce the notification protocol to ensure that homeless children do not get lost in the system. Thank you Meghan Owen for the report


Today I was Parliament for Shared Health Foundation report on the scandal that is Temporary Accommodation 👇🏽


Yesterday our CEO simon gale joined Shared Health Foundation in Parliament for the launch of their urgent report on children in temporary accommodation. 165,510 kids are living in a system that fails them daily. This must change.


Shared Health Foundation Siobhain McDonagh KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner Paula Barker Laura Neilson It was very moving to attend this meeting and hear some of the detail around the experiences of children living in Temporary Accommodation. Well done on publishing your report.

This week the government has the choice to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty by lifting the two-child benefit cap. We also want to see the LHA rate increased for proper funded Temporary Accommodation. theguardian.com/inequality/202… Tobi Thomas

Thank you Matt Turmaine MP, who quoted our report at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov Oral Questions, exposing the stark reality of children living in temporary accommodation and urging the Government to take action. Read the report: sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/publications/c…


Our new report highlights the realities of living in temporary accommodation for families, particularly in relation to the detrimental effects on children’s health and education. Thank you to everyone who attended the parliamentary launch last week. sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/publications/c…