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Keystage Housing joins forces with gardening charity that works with homeless people
A charity that uses horticulture as a therapeutic tool to help homeless people partnered with Keystage Housing to launch a new gardening project. Waste Not Want Not, based in Stevenage, joined forces with Keystage Housing to work with our service users to update a garden at one of our facilities. The social enterprise and community…
Read MoreKeystage Housing service users helping foster change through monthly ‘Listening Lunches’
Service users at Keystage Housing have been involved in monthly ‘Listening Lunches’ to give their feedback on their experience and help facilitate change. Organised by Community Engagement Manager Jane Foster, the events are run every month at each service for any of our service users wishing to attend. Jane said: “I provide lunch for anyone…
Read MoreKeystage Housing’s Trauma course achieves formal accreditation to be delivered externally
A training course created by Keystage Housing has received official accreditation and is being delivered to staff from Luton Borough Council. The Knowledge Hub – developed in-house by Assistant Director of Quality & Learning Development Jan DeVyott and Learning and Development Co-ordinator Michelle Whitley – gives staff the chance to improve their knowledge and skills…
Read MoreNew Achieve Programme is encouraging Keystage Housing staff to learn and develop their knowledge
A new programme has been launched by Keystage Housing to identify staff’s underdeveloped skills and help them set and achieve goals for their future development. The Achieve Programme is a skills gap analysis, offering colleagues insight into their transferrable skills and giving them the chance to progress in their home or work life. Following an…
Read MoreKeystage Housing recognised for contribution to ‘Outstanding’ offender management programme
Keystage Housing is delighted to be recognised for its work with Bedfordshire Police on its Integrated Offender Management (IOM) programme which has been rated as ‘Outstanding’. The College of Policing inspected the IOM programme run by Bedfordshire Police and acknowledged the contributions by Keystage Housing in helping to make the programme a success. In a…
Read MoreFormer homeless people help shape the future of new Keystage service
People who have experienced homelessness are helping shape a future service for Keystage Housing clients. Keystage Housing staff have been working in partnership with a group of volunteers who have been homeless and used our services, to launch a brand-new service in Luton. This exciting project is the first of its kind for Keystage Housing…
Read MoreKeystage Housing forms partnership with Hertfordshire University to offer unique experience for student social workers
Keystage Housing is excited to have formed a new partnership with Hertfordshire University to support student social worker placements. Last year we welcomed two students on placement with Keystage and offered them a placement at HARRP Luton. The service has provided accommodation and resettlement support to more than 650 individuals experiencing or at risk of…
Read MoreIncredible art created by Keystage Housing in partnership with local artist goes on display
Incredible artwork has been created by Keystage Housing service users and staff who worked with a professional artist to produce connected pieces of work to display in our hubs. Local artist and illustrator Rosemary Kirton was invited to work with the group to create artwork based around our vision that everyone involved in Keystage Housing…
Read MoreThe link between mental health, trauma, and homelessness
We all have mental health. Whether it is good or poor, no one is completely free of their mental health being at risk. However, for homeless people, poor mental health is both a cause and a consequence. According to statistics from UK charity Crisis UK, 45 per cent of people experiencing homelessness have been diagnosed…
Read MoreKeystage Housing staff benefitting from new in-house training Knowledge Hub
Keystage Housing staff benefitting from new in-house training Knowledge Hub to meet all their training needs. Developed in-house by Quality and Training Manager Jan DeVyott and Learning and Development Co-ordinator Michelle Whitley, the hub offers new and existing staff the chance to improve their knowledge and skills through online learning. Keystage Housing was previously using…
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