We recently held an online See the Impact event: Unlocking opportunity for families in inadequate homes. We heard wide-ranging insights from an expert panel, including moving accounts from the speakers on the day to day reality facing families who are living with the consequences of the housing crisis. Central to our discussion was how, through positive local collaboration, we can fill the gaps and provide practical help for families living in inadequate homes now.
The housing crisis in this country is huge, systemic, and real solutions are long overdue. A lack of affordable and adequate housing is undermining our education system and the opportunities it can provide, particularly for poorer children. Data from our Impact Report 2023/2024 shows that the housing crisis is, in part, driving the school attendance crisis. School-Home Support practitioners are supporting more and more families with housing issues, holding them when the system has let them down.
At School-Home Support, we will continue to be there for families, walking alongside them and advocating for them to improve their living conditions to help ensure their children can be ready for school. We will also continue campaigning for the systemic change that is needed so that inadequate housing is no longer a barrier to school.
