A Better Way Members, Sharon Collins and Patrick Fowler have recently been commissioned by NHS England to deliver a review of the housing pathway from prison across the Hampshire and the Isle of Wight footprint (including Portsmouth and Southampton) in response to growing system concerns about the housing outcomes for people leaving custody into homelessness and no fixed abode (NFA), particularly those with needs relating to mental ill health/substance use.
As part of A Better Way’s aims to facilitate greater relationships and support joining forces within and across sectors, on Thursday 13 March 2025 between 10am-12noon we are hosting a joint meeting with Sharon and Pat to share the aims of the project, learn from existing best practice to inform its delivery and to understand how this project can contribute to other people’s work and to “A Bigger We”
With a background in social housing, supported housing and homelessness, Sharon and Pat joined forces 10 years ago as independent systems convenors, bringing together public and third sector resources using the home as a lens to shared and common problems. Working in the muddy middle between organisations and sectors they are skilled at working independently of systems yet position themselves as an integral part of it rebuilding interagency trust by weaving new ways of working into the fabric of strategic and day-to-day operations, creating advocacy and agency for change at all levels of leadership with the overriding aim of keeping people safe and well at home.
MEAM is a national charity that supports practitioners, policymakers and people with lived experience to transform services and systems for people facing multiple disadvantages. Formed as a coalition in 2009, MEAM work across sectors, across government, and with more than 50 local areas to improve responses and change lives.
Reserve your place
If you would like to reserve a place for this online meeting you can either fill out our booking form or contact us at info@betterway.network.