INTRODUCTION
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HOUSING RIGHT and
social services : Everyone
has the right to a standard of living
adequate for the health and well-being
of himself and of his family,
including food, clothing, housing and
medical care
and necessary social services,
and the right to security in the event
of unemployment, sickness, disability,
widowhood, old age or other lack of
livelihood in circumstances beyond his
control. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art.
25
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700.000 Homeless in
Europa (2022 Feantsa -
FAP) but this number
of invisible or so much visible
homeless ... is destined to grow.
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According to the collective 'Les Morts de
la rue' : in 2021 at least
706 people died on the street in
France ", (and this is
non-exhaustive number) ....
and sure this number
have grown by far in recent years ..
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The slogan today (as every 10
years...) repeating "end of
homelessness in the next 10 years"
2030!.
but who ever launches these slogans
knows very well that it is not
possible to realise a minimum
progress in this fight against
homelessness and poverty if don't
take remedial action planning a real
political and economic - social -
cultural investment.
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Today the social
phenomenon of homelessness are
a symptomatic expression of a
deepest and complex malaise of
the society and the structure that
is given. In the past century and
before , the homeless were
considered poor wretches than
individually consequence of their
individual problems and for this
discharged to the care of assistance
organizations.
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Today...
very
often the homeless in situations of
extreme poverty and precariousness
are increasingly stigmatized
either as mentally ill or as
criminals, i.e. people who must
be enclosed, excluded, without
rights and without pretensions ...
the waste of a good and
productive society . And
evidently very often also the social
organizations that take charge of
what should be the responsibilities
of policy makers and administrators
the well-being of citizens suffer
the same fate. But fortunately we
not only see this negative side but
above all we try to highlight the
commitment of civil society the
collaboration between the different
services and that is what we try to
meet .... exchange .... evaluate
.... propose with the realization of
these projects.
AIM
: focus
attention in interconnection between
home-less & health-less &
hope-less
Home…
- Health…
- Hope…less
will
solicit our reflections, exchanges and proposals
on extremely poor people who risk losing their
rights
and
dignity
along with their home – i.e. not
only the place to stay, but social and
psychological space
where a
person is welcome, accepted and where she
can develop his/her own capacities and self
estime …,
Do
our emergency services meet the real needs of
homeless people?
What
are the barriers to access and delivery?
Do
the services have the necessary material and
human resources?
How
can emergency responses (such as winter
shelters) be linked to more sustainable and
preventive responses (such as housing, legal
assistance, health care)?
SPEAKERS
1.
Sina Rasilainen
(ARA)
:
Integrating
housing first with other types of services ….
2. Julia Wygnansk:
(Housing First Warsaw)
effectiveness
of housing first what works best for whom?
3.
Maxime Bonaert
:
(Street
Nurses – Brussels)Modular housing as a flexible solution for marginalised homeless people.
Discussion - Q & A
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How many of these
invisible or so all too visible ....
are the victims of poverty
and illness?...
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Victims of
injustice?... of stigmatization?...
shamefully visible for our wellbeing
society?...
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Trauma and homelessness
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How many in 27 European Countries
dead yeach year?...
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what about prevention?... about investment and
accessibility ?....
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PLAN OF
THE
STUDY
VISIT
HELSINKI
14 - 17
. 6 .
2023
We will
have our team of experts by experience with us
for the 3 days
Theme: House vs.
home
DAY 1
WEDNESDAY 14.6
18-19.30
Arrival: meeting at the hotel conference room/
or No fixed abode premises.
Practical information on the days
to come.
Hotel:
https://www.sokoshotels.fi/fi/helsinki/original-sokos-hotel-tripla?gclid=CjwKCAjwge2iBhBBEiwAfXDBRyzUbW7RH0GuILyhbwdoET8IldgbbLP4BApvlpFiG1yIo6A8NlDYGxoCufAQAvD_
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No Fixed Abode Peer support and
volunteering center Vepa:
https://vvary.fi/vepa/
DAY 2
THURSDAY 15.6
8.45 Sanna and
Tiina will pick all from the hotel Sokos Hotel
Tripla
9-11.00
Two optional
visits; Participants can choose from two options
either
Visit to
Sällikoti – The house of Fellows, the first
Housing First-unit in Finland.
https://vvary.fi/asumispalvelut/
or
Alppikatu housing
unit ; The former shelter which was renovated to
a Housing first unit
https://www.pelastusarmeija.fi/paikkakunnat/helsinki/asumispalvelu
Time 11.30 --
Hietaniemi service center for the homeless. Run
by City of Helsinki.
Webpage:
https://www.hel.fi/helsinki/en/socia-health/socia-support/homeless/hietaniemenkatu/hietaniemenkatu
TIME Approx. 13.00
Move to No Fixed Abodes Vartiosaari Island / 20
minutes from the centre
Crossing the
mainland and island 5 minutes way by boat.
Lunch in Vartiosaari – offered by
No Fixed Abode
The
information from dietary options needed!
No Fixed abode presents their
work in Vartiosaari.
Vartiosaari house is No Fixed
Abodes summer place for the homeless.
It’s about a 15min boat ride
away from main land.
It’s a place
for the homeless run by peers and homeless
themselves.
No alcohol or
other intoxicant allowed.
https://vvary.fi/vartiosaari/
Reflections of
the day
TIME Approx. 5 PM
Crossing by boat to the mainland and bus to the
city
Sauna for people
who wants to stay in Sauna
And taking people
back to mainland to busstop after in the evening
DAY 3:
Friday 16 of June
TIME 9-12.00
Seminar in the former mental hospital Lapinlahti
https://lapinlahdenlahde.fi/
In the seminar
there are presentations and participants from
the theme Home -Housing – support etc..
at least (changes possible)
1.
The Finnish Foundation for
Supporting Ex-offenders:
housing and
supporting ex-offenders
https://www.krits.fi/foundation-for-supporting-ex-offenders-in-english/
2.
Pro-tukipiste:
promoting the
wellbeing, health and safety of people selling
sexual and erotic services
and their right to equal
treatment
https://protukipiste.fi/
3.
The
housing Finance and Development Centre for
Finland
https://www.ara.fi/en-US
4.
Blue Ribbon foundation- Home for All
https://www.sininauhasaatio.fi/toimintamme/yhteiskunnallinen-vaikuttaminen/koti-kaikille-asukas-ensin/
12-13.00
Soup lunch in Lapinlahti
13.30 – approx.
15.30
Participants can
choose from two options :
either:
2a. Ruusulankatu
housing first -unit. The Blue Ribbon Foundation
https://www.sininauhakoti.fi/asumisyksikot-ja-asunnot/ruusulankatu-helsinki/
or
2b.
Liisankoti, supported housing unit for women
https://www.suurhelsinginvalkonauha.fi/liisankoti/
Joint Dinner
for people who want to but -registration
and dietary options needed before! at
the special place
in Helsinki by the sea. Dinner and drinks with
food offered by No fixed abode ( other drinks on
own behalf)
https://ravintolasarkanlinna.fi/
DAY 4:
Saturday 17 th of June
Approx 9.30 -12.00
Meeting at the No Fixed Abode
premises -
reflect and review, practical issues
Visit to temporary housing unit Tupa if we have
time or interest
https://vvary.fi/tag/tupa-yksikko/
THE END of the Visit!! |
