FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless is an umbrella of not-for-profit organisations which participate in or contribute to the fight against homelessness in Europe. It is the only major European network that focuses exclusively on homelessness at European level.
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Ending Homelessness Campaign Launch - 14th April 2010, Brussels, 15:00 - 18:00
The FEANTSA campaign and Ending Homelessness: A Handbook for Policy Makers will be launched in the European Parliament. |
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Housing Rights: From Theory to Practice - 6th May 2010, Barcelona
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European Seminar on Local homeless strategies - 4th June 2010, Brussels
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European Consensus Conference on Homelessness, 9-10 December 2010, Brussels
FEANTSA is organising a Consensus Conference on Homelessness in co-operation with the Belgian Presidency of the EU, the European Commission and the French government. A leaflet on the Consensus Conference is now available. |
For more FEANTSA Events, check out our Events Calendar!
Publications and Media
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FEANTSA Annual Theme 2009: Participation and Homelessness - Videos
In the context of this year's Annual Theme on Participation and Homelessness, FEANTSA asked its members to submit videos or other forms of information resources on homelessness and good practices of participation from their countries. A selection of the different contributions can be accessed here. |
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European Report 2008: the role of housing in pathways into and out of homelessness
This European Report presents the main findings from national reports of 18 EU countries. It is currently available in English, French and Spanish. |
European Year 2010
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The European Union has designated 2010 as the European Year For Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.
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FEANTSA is part of a coalition of European NGO networks working together on the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.
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 | The FEANTSA Flash for February 2010 is now online! [03/03/2010]
You can read the Flash in the 'News' section. » Details |
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| The impact of EU legislation on social services [11/02/2010]
Report of a seminar organised by the Informal Network of Social Service Providers (of which FEANTSA is a member). This report gives concrete examples of how some EU policies and legislation impact on social services at national and local level, and formulates recommendations aimed at EU authorities and public authorities in EU Member States. |
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| Europe will not deliver for people living in extreme poverty [13/01/2010]
FEANTSA's comments on the EU 2020 strategy |
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| Empowering Ways of Working: Empowerment for people using homeless services in Europe [27/10/2009]
This paper aims to provide a better understanding of empowerment in homeless services. Why is it important to think about empowerment? What does it mean to work in an empowering way? What are the challenges? |
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| The European Journal of Homelessness, Volume 3, December 2009 Volume 2, December 2008 & Volume 1 December 2007 [2009]
The European Journal of Homelessness provides a critical analysis of policy and practice on homelessness in Europe for policy makers, practitioners, researchers and academics. The Journal can be downloaded from FEANTSA's Research website www.feantsaresearch.org or ordered from the FEANTSA bookshop.
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| The changing role of service provision: Barriers of access to health services for homeless people [2006]
This paper examines the approaches adopted to meet the health needs of homeless people in Europe. The focus is on barriers of access to health care and the nature of health interventions. The paper draws upon evidence from seven EU countries and aims to describe the different approaches in their national context as well as to draw comparative lessons from the evidence. |
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| The changing role of the state: Homelessness and exclusion: regulating public space [2006]
The report consists on three parts and starts by charting the background to what the authors refer to as the ‘regulation of urban space’. In the second part, they look at the evidence from across Europe and especially from the case study countries - Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden. In the third part variety of explanations are considered for the imposition of restricted access during the present period. |
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» More Research
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Over the past 10 years, the FEANTSA European Observatory on Homelessness has
produced a series of books covering a range of themes related to
homelessness. You can find more information on the books available for
purchase in the "FEANTSA Bookshop"
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