Bringing stable addresses to those facing instability
United Kingdom
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What an incredible bit of news! @ProxyAddress has been named as one of @TIME's Best Inventions of 2021! Here's to helping many more people escape the Catch-22 of losing an address.
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An address is more than just a location. If a person becomes homeless they also lose means of identification. But with @proxyaddress there is a solution...
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🚨 @ProxyAddress has been shortlisted in the Seoul Design Awards and public voting is now open! It'd mean a lot if you could find the time to vote for us and/or share this with others!
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Really enjoyed speaking with @g_kafka about the @ProxyAddress story so far. Kudos to George for his amazing write up and the decision to use @cafeartuk participants' beautiful images. 👏 #TechForGood #socialimpact #homelessness
Without an address, it's hard to exist. Architect @chrishildrey designed @ProxyAddress as a system to redistribute postal addresses to people experiencing homelessness. Now the challenge is adapting it to local councils.
Read the full story here:
bit.ly/3sEo9Dg
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Without an address, it's hard to exist. Architect @chrishildrey designed @ProxyAddress as a system to redistribute postal addresses to people experiencing homelessness. Now the challenge is adapting it to local councils.
Read the full story here:
bit.ly/3sEo9Dg
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🎉"results the like of which I've never seen in 2 decades reporting on housing"
📢 Great to read such positive feedback! @hannahfearn's analysis of the @ProxyAddress pilot in @insidehousing shows how it's making a tangible impact helping people escape homelessness. Link below!
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Last year, 129,000 young people in the UK were homeless or at risk – an unacceptable number! There must be a #PlanForThe129k – that’s why we’ve joined 90+ organisations to call for a governmental strategy to end youth #homelessness.
Last year 129,000 under-25s approached their council as homeless and we know the true scale could be double. #Planforthe129k
We’ve joined the campaign for a strategy to end youth #Homelessness, to raise the alarm & share the solutions for every young person facing homelessness.
🏠 Homelessness is a symptom shared by a variety of traumas. It's crucial to change how we discuss it and recognize that the underlying issues stem not from personal failure but from 13 years of erosion to the UK's societal safety net. #Homelessness #TraumaAwareness
I question whether people become homeless because of some inherent “vulnerability”.
Rather, it seems, the opposite is true – unaffordable and unstable housing is making people vulnerable to homelessness
📧 Read @Victoria_Spratt's latest newsletter trib.al/TtQd18Z
🏠 UK rents hit record high with a 5.1% annual increase – while the local housing allowance rates remain frozen at April 2020 levels. Change is needed to prevent a surge in evictions and homelessness. #Homelessness #AffordableHousing #UKRents
🏡Michael Gove pledges 30,000 new *social rent* homes per year. Promising to see the focus shift from the often unaffordable 'affordable' homes. Now to tackle the hole left by Right to Buy. #HousingCrisis #SocialHomes #MichaelGove
In an exclusive interview with @DanielHewittITV, Mr Gove has put a number of the amount of social housing he wants built to tackle the UK's 'indefensible' housing crisis itv.com/news/2023-07-19/mich…
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Really exciting to see @ProxyAddress in the permanent design gallery of the newly refurbished Young V&A!
Congratulations to everyone at @young_vam on creating something so special.
#youngvam #design
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✍ Really enjoyed writing this piece for @archined on architecture and its potential for impact. Bedankt!
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"I think it’s really inspiring when we look at solutions that are dimensional and go beyond just the built fabric of our towns and cities.”
@ProxyAddress has been recognised as a stand-out solution to homelessness by @DavidsonPrize ❤️️ da-is.us/40u0hy5
A real honour to be recognised by @DavidsonPrize judge Sadie Morgan, a tireless advocate for design's potential to impact lives.💙
Sadie Morgan noted @proxyaddress as her stand out homelessness solution.
Proxy Address is an award winning solution that has been connecting those facing homelessness with support, independent of location since 2017. Find out more at proxyaddress.co.uk
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Architects have a duty to use their skills to help solve societal problems even if it means thinking beyond designing buildings, ProxyAddress founder Chris Hildrey tells Dezeen in this interview.
dezeen.com/2023/02/01/proxya…
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Smart support service for people experiencing #homelessness: @ProxyAddress allocates a stable donated 'proxy' address for those of no fixed abode to better function within 'the system'
proxyaddress.co.uk 👀watch the video
Thanks, as ever @_ZETTELER_ for alerting us
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Delighted to hear that one of the previous #startups on our #AcceleratorProgramme @ProxyAddress have been named one of The Guardian's best designs of 2022, selected by muralist and designer Camille Walala🎉
Congratulations ProxyAdress on this outstanding achievement🙌
🥳🎉 @ProxyAddress has been named one of the @guardian's best designs of 2022! What a way to end the year! And a huge thank you to @camille_walala for choosing us. An exciting 2023 awaits!
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So exciting to be supported by such an ethical and dedicated bunch as @_ZETTELER_ Here's to future adventures!
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.@LewishamCouncil is using a product called @ProxyAddress to match homeless individuals with virtual addresses tied to vacant buildings. This makes it easier for those experiencing homelessness to apply for jobs, get bank accounts, & access vital services.