Hard Edges Mapping Severe and Multiple Disadvantage in

Hard Edges: Mapping Severe and Multiple Disadvantage in England Chaired by David Burrowes MP for Enfield and Southgate @APPGComplex. Need @David. Burrowes. MP #hardedges

Today’s speakers: • Alice Evans, Director at Lankelly. Chase - @lankellychase @Alice. Mevans • Darren Murinas, Vice Chair Stoke Expert Citizens - @darrenmurinas @Expert. Citizens • Gill Brown, Chief Executive at Brighter Futures - @BFNW @gill. Brown 7 • The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Government Policy Minister - @Oliver. Letwin. MP #hardedges

Severe and Multiple Disadvantage in England: A Profile of People Affected by Homelessness, Substance Dependency and Offending Suzanne Fitzpatrick & Glen Bramley (Professors of Social Policy and Urban Studies s. fitzpatrick@hw. ac. uk; g. bramley@hw. ac. uk )

Scale & Overlap • • 58, 000 in core SMD 3 group 164, 000 in SMD 2 364, 000 in SMD 1 586, 000 in total

Families/Children 85 -90% of cases in Supporting People dataset are ‘single homeless’

Geography • • All three main administrative sources tell a very similar story. SMD is concentrated in - core northern cities - declining industrial towns and ports - seaside resorts - some central London boroughs Difference of 10 x from lowest to highest (in prevalence) But SMD cases found in all LAs

Childhood Experiences

Background

Social Support

SMD and Service Outcomes

Women & girls at risk: Evidence across the life course (Mc. Neish & Scott) “Compared with the sexual abuse of boys, the sexual abuse of girls is more likely to perpetrated by family members, to begin at an earlier age and to occur repeatedly” “Women with multiple problems often end up in the mental health system or secure mental health services instead of prison” “From a young age responses to adversity, including abuse, tend to be differentiated by gender, with boys more likely to externalise problems (and act out anger and distress through asb) and girls more likely to internalise their responses in the form of depression and self-harming behaviours”

Converging disadvantage Structural disadvantage (poverty of your environment) LA funding formula Service sticking plaster Gender/BME Familial disadvantage (childhood experiences) Systemic disadvantage (how services and society responds) NRU/SEU Individual agency Wealth as protective factor PLACE Removes social contact Victim/prepetrator (DV)

Discussion #hardedges • Chaired by David Burrowes MP - @APPGComplex. Need @Davidburrowesmp • Alice Evans, Director at Lankelly. Chase - @lankellychase @Alice. Mevans • Darren Murinas, Vice Chair Stoke Expert Citizens - @darrenmurinas @Expert. Citizens • Gill Brown, Chief Executive at Brighter Futures - @BFNW @gill. Brown 7 • The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Government Policy Minister - @Oliver. Letwin. MP

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