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In July 2024, Steven Mcintyre from Stonewall Housing came into a BHCA steering group to talk about his organisation's work in Brighton and to consult with BHCA on their new project. This is a write-up from a steering group member about the session.

Final project report: Reflections, key learning and top tips.

Shift gives an account of a recent event in Brighton called Homelessness, Psychology and Policy

Brighton and Hove Common Ambition's latest funding and sustainability update.

How Brighton and Hove Common Ambition coproduced their project ending; making sure it felt safe and celebrated.

Written by Shift, a member of the Steering Group with Lived Experience. Shift is also a community reporter for Groundswell’s Listen Up! project and this article has also been published on its online Hub of health and homelessness insights.

Homeless Health Hub launch event

A first look at our big hub idea, written by Shift, member of Steering Group with lived experience.

Click here to read a poem about stigma, written by Shift, member of Steering Group with lived experience 

On 29th November, the BHCA team hosted a successful showcase to present and celebrate our work over the past few years.

BHCA have been working alongside PhD student Tom Roberts to co-produce a comic book detailing some of the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness and how we can co-produce solutions. Read the Alien Story about facing stigma and judgement below.

The Fly, The Spider and the System Web comic which depicts one of our themes: Barriers to Accessing Care and Support. It follows a fly character struggling to navigate through a difficult messy web in order to get the accommodation and care they need.

Our third and final comic defining and exploring the key concepts of coproduction

At the end of 2022, BHCA worked with Dr Kate Pitt at Arch Healthcare CIC to coproduce a new Student Select Component (SSC) for the Brighton and Hove Medical School called Homelessness and Health.

Emma Anderson (University of Brighton) published an article in BPS Psychologist Magazine which spotlights BHCA as an example of good practice of coproduction, and argues the importance of lived experience involvement in a community psychology context.

On the 25th April Brighton and Hove Common Ambition launched its new website. The Steering Group co-produced a presentation for the launch event. This blog details why and how this website was co-produced.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week (15th - 21st May), the Brighton and Hove Common Ambition Media and Comms Group have put together some reflections on the topic.

By Matt, member of Steering Group with Lived Experience. Highlighting and challenging mental health stigma.

Written by R.J. Lawson, member of Steering Group with Lived Experience. The power to challenge misconceptions, as well as to speak up against the injustices found within the system often does not exist for people experiencing homelessness.

Written by Steering Group Member with Lived Experience about their experience of the project. "I started in this group because I wanted to make a change with certain services, like housing, doctors, mental health services and the council."

By Jude, member of Steering group with Lived Experience What does trauma-informed working look like? For us at Brighton and Hove Common Ambition (BHCA) it is multi-faceted, but essentially it’s about checking in, choice and control.

By Jon, BHCA member Presenting our Housing Pathway to Caroline Lucas MP and Lloyd Russell Moyle MP

We wanted to map the journey people who experience housing crisis and homelessness go on, so people who have not had this experience understand why people’s health suffers. To do this we created a map of the housing pathway.

Written by People with Lived Experience. The BHCA challenges myths and misconceptions of homelessness.

On the 15th June the Brighton and Hove Common Ambition (BHCA) team delivered our first big co-produced event! This was called Working Together.