@msfiveounces

Head of Research @SpringHousing. Visiting Research Fellow @AstonUniversity. Chair @coventry_haven. Housing, Homelessness, MVAWG. My views.

 Coventry, England
Joined November 2012
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Thea Raisbeck retweeted
Peter Apps@PeteApps24 Nov 2022
And that's it in a nutshell really. For the last decade and a bit, regulation has prioritised the needs of private finance over the needs of residents. Ministers holding their hands up in horror at the repairs crisis were in the governments which made these decisions
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"We should hold the highest aspirations for both resident experience and the exempt sector as a whole" @msfiveounces @SpringHousing #CharterOfRights #ExemptConference
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📌Our 2019 report 'Exempt from Responsibility?' with @SpringHousing written by @msfiveounces identified probation officers and prisons have seen Birmingham as the easy way to get difficult cases housed. 3 years on and it's still happening❗️ insidehousing.co.uk/news/cou…

Councils and prisons sending homeless people to Birmingham due to abundance of exempt accommodation

People from across the country who are experiencing homelessness or leaving prison are being sent to Birmingham by councils and probation services because of the high number of exempt accommodation...

insidehousing.co.uk
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Thea Raisbeck retweeted
Dr Emma Katz@DrEmmaKatz4 Jul 2022
Petition: Automatically suspend PR rights of parent guilty of murdering the other parent. petition.parliament.uk/petit…

Petition: Automatically suspend PR rights of parent guilty of murdering the other parent.

Provide a mechanism within existing legislation whereupon a person with parental responsibility (PR) is found guilty of murdering the other parent with PR, has PR automatically suspended throughout...

petition.parliament.uk
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Thea Raisbeck retweeted
Women's Aid@womensaid21 Jun 2022
New survey alert! We want to find out the impact the current UK cost of living crisis is having on women and children who are experiencing – or have experienced – domestic abuse within the last year. The deadline for responses is Sunday 10th July 2022.⬇️ surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3JTD35D
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Figures published today by @MoJGovUK show that 54,027 self-harm incidents were recorded in prisons in 2021 - that's about one every 10 minutes. The self-harm rate has decreased slightly in prisons holding men, but it has risen in prisons holding women. gov.uk/government/statistics…
Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2021 Quarterly update on deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales. Annual detailed data on assaults and self-harm in prison custody.

ALT Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2021 Quarterly update on deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales. Annual detailed data on assaults and self-harm in prison custody.

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Food bank users are turning down potatoes as they can’t afford the energy to boil them, reports say today. Sunak - a man whose wife is richer than the Queen - has used the #SpringStatement to largely help top and middle earners. Shameful and all too predictable.
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Good to see the government responding to the @CommonsLUHC inquiry into exempt accommodation. We're pleased @EddieHughes4WN has referenced our research with @SpringHousing & @msfiveounces. We're greatly looking forward to seeing the results of the inquiry and seeing reform⬇️
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Homelessness has risen 165% in the past decade, with Tory cuts & a broken housing system to blame. That's why places like @SpringHousing's hostel in Earlsdon – which I visited today – are so important, providing warmth, safety & support for people who have nowhere else to go.
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Fully agree with this. I’ve put on events where I simply don’t have the budget to pay people with LE so don’t invite them & expect them to work all day for free. I see so much LE used by orgs that is exploitative & retraumatising. We can & must do better.
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@RoseEmpower19 Jan 2022
Still orgs exploiting lived experience but it’s good see more are saying no pay me what I’m worth and we can talk……..often the person with LE is often the only unpaid person in the room unless you count luke warm tea, soggy sandwiches & a £10 love to shop voucher payment 🤷🏼‍♀️
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⏰Job alert!⏰ Interested in supporting our projects? We investigate, test, and share housing solutions to social injustice. Applications for our exciting new Project Support Officer role close next Monday 24 January. Apply now 👉 bit.ly/3mvwJhL
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Request for help in campaign: please can any charity or organisation involved in DA, Stalking or Domestic Homicide please DM me for help I need with campaign @aafda @live_life_safe @ACR_Trust @HollieGazzardT @SeeingStalking @GDASS_ @AuroraNewDawn @STagainstDA_ 1/2
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Thea Raisbeck retweeted
BSAB@BrumSAB7 Jan 2022
The Adult Modern Slavery Pathway launches on 19 January in response to a growing understanding of the relationship between homelessness and modern slavery, @Sifafireside have worked with @WestMidsASN and @BhamCityCouncil @sifa to host this event Book now▶️bit.ly/3r39kWC
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Thea Raisbeck retweeted
Matt Downie@matthew_downie8 Dec 2021
So pleased this is happening. Kudos to @Ms_SThompson @JSimpsonjourno @CommonwealCEO @KarenPBuckMP @msfiveounces @VickyMcDermott – at Tottenham, London
APPG for Ending Homelessness@HomelessAPPG8 Dec 2021
We warmly welcome the launch of @CommonsLUHC's inquiry into exempt accommodation which follows strong calls from across the sector to urgently improve its provision, including at our recent meeting @BobBlackman @coyleneil with panel @Ms_SThompson @VickyMcDermott @matthew_downie
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Day 9 is a long and important read that a survivor, who wishes to remain anonymous, wants to share with you as part of the #16daysofactivism #orangetheworld #coventryhavenwomensaid #coventryhaven #coventryhaven22
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the feminine urge to finish every sentence with, "if that makes sense" despite knowing it absolutely makes sense
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Thea Raisbeck retweeted
Magi Gibson@MagiGibson25 Nov 2021
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. A new poem. Poetry can't do much, but it can record, bear witness. Not forget. #16Days #Poetry #poems
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When Sam Pybus killed Sophie, he strangled her so hard “his hands hurt”. He got 4 years - which the Court of Appeal today declined to increase despite the ⁦@attorneygeneral⁩ ‘s best efforts Current laws are not strong enough. This needs to change bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-te…

Sophie Moss death: Appeal to raise Sam Pybus' sentence refused

Sam Pybus was jailed for four years and eight months after admitting the manslaughter of Sophie Moss.

bbc.co.uk
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Delighted to have attended the ‘Where Next For Women and Rough Sleeping’ webinar hosted by the wonderful @M_HomelessLink at @HomelessLink. Thank you to @msfiveounces for sharing some of your research this morning! #WomenRoughSleeping ♀️
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