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Participation
 
The term “participation” is intended to denote full inclusion in decision-making processes. In relation to homelessness, participation can be defined as the effective involvement of people experiencing homelessness in service provision as well as in decision making processes affecting these services.

Established in 2006, the FEANTSA Participation Working Group aims to collect and further develop the expertise of FEANTSA in the area of service user participation. What is more, the group looks at better integrating the perspectives of service users in FEANTSA’s work in general.

Annual Theme 2009 - Sharing the Power - Working Together Participation as a tool to solve homelessness, European Conference, Copenhagen, 23 October 2009

Interesting Practice Compendium on Service User Participation

For more information about the working group and FEANTSA’s work in this area, you can contact the Chair of the group: Ian Tilling (ian.tilling@gmail.com) or Office Coordinator: Mauro Striano (mauro.striano@feantsa.org).





[10/2009]  Empowering Ways of Working: Empowerment for people using homeless services in Europe
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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[06/2007]  Participation Toolkit - "Redistributing the Power"
This toolkit is addressed to organisations providing services for people who are homeless, and the people that use those services. We hope that it can offer advice and ideas that could be useful in homeless services, in order for people experiencing homelessness to really get involved in decisions affecting services and how they operate. Dit document bestaat ook in het Nederlands! Pleidooi en Adviezen voor Cliëntparticatie in Sociale Ondernemingen This document is also available in Polish! Przewodnik Partycypacji. Jak dzielić się władzą
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[06/2007]  Shared Values for Participation
This document is a reference and evaluation tool for homelessness services that are developing participation of people who are homeless. They can help organizations to evaluate whether they are truly engaging with participation and facilitating service users to be meaningfully involved in decision-making affecting the services that they use.
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FEANTSA EUROPEAN REPORT - RAPPORT EUROPEEN DE LA FEANTSA

[10/2005]  FEANTSA and OSW Participation Audit: Involving Homeless People in Decision-making affecting the Services that they use
This report is an overview of participation practices among service providers in Europe.
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[09/2007] User influence at Section - 110 accomodation facilities for homeless in Denmark
This survey can contribute knowledge - nationally and internationally - concerning the nature of the mechanisms that promote constructive user influence and concerning the frameworks within a culture of effective user involvement.
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France: User Participation [10/1/2012]
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UK: Participation of Young Homeless People [1/7/2011]
A new research report studies the active participation of socially excluded young people aged between 16-25 with experience of homelessness. » Details
 
Transnational project to facilitate the input of homeless people into the European Consensus Conference on Homelessness [5/28/2010]
The Belgian organisation Front Commun des SDF has been contracted by the Belgian Presidency to organise a transnational consultation of people with experience of homelessness. » Details
 
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