Join us as we focus on the impact of COVID-19 in the context of World Homelessness Day.
An online event exploring issues around homelessness, drawing on research in the Faculty of Business and Law, and on practitioner engagement with our partners in the city. This session will reflect on the impact of COVID-19 and the responses to get ‘Everybody In’ off the streets. It will also ask – what next, in the fight to end homelessness?
Rethinking public spaces to reduce hostility to homeless people by Dr Simon Stevens, Lecturer in Political Philosophy / Political Thought
Considering what we mean by ‘home’ and imagining a sustainable response so that we do not return to ‘business as usual’ for homelessness by Professor Jo Richardson, Associate Dean Research and Innovation
Responding to the COVID-19 crisis – what happened in Leicester? By Mark Grant, Chief Executive of Action Homeless
A University with social value at its heart – what we have learned from working with the agencies in the city and our hopes for the future by Mark Charlton, Associate Director of Public Engagement