• Tomáš Novotný - Tomáš Novotný

    Tomáš Novotný

    Spolek PORTAVITA

    Country: Czech Republic
    Languages: Czech

    I started working in 2006 in a Halfway house Chamomile as a social worker and since the year 2013 an educator in a facility for children requiring immediate help...

  • Upskilling professionals to help end homelessness: introducing the new Housing First diploma in the Netherlands

    In January 2023, we launched the first cohort of a new Housing First diploma course for professionals, based at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The diploma offers an intensive,...

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  • Linkedafb - Skippen Dam

    Peter-Jan Heylenbosch

    Goodmen services - Freelancer

    Country: Belgium
    Languages: DutchEnglish

    Since the beginning of my career as a social worker I loved working with people suffering homelesness. I started working in day shelter for homless people during my studies...

  • Housing First Quality Recommendations – Finland

    These quality recommendations were constructed by the Networking for Development Project in Finland. The aim is to highlight proven and successful ways of working in accordance with the Housing...

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  • Chronically Homeless People in Poland: Target Group of the ‘Housing First – Evidence based Advocacy’ Project

    This paper by Julia Wygnańska introduces the methodology and results of three studies conducted under the ‘Housing First – Evidence based Advocacy’ project implemented between 2014 and 2016 in Poland...

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  • Lessons from Finland: helping homeless people starts with giving them homes

    Juha Kaakinen, the chief executive of the Y-Foundation, wrote an article on The Guardian. Read it here

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  • The Governance of Inclusive Growth – An Overview of Country Initiatives

    Achieving inclusive growth relates closely to how governments work and how policies are designed, implemented, delivered and evaluated. This publication presents an overview of country initiatives concerning inclusive growth...

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