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Is this a yearly campaign? I vaguely remember the Princess launching something similar last year (or the year before?) and she traveled around the country and to Denmark.
Is this a yearly campaign? I vaguely remember the Princess launching something similar last year (or the year before?) and she traveled around the country and to Denmark.
Thanks. Upon further research it seems more like a continuationof the launch that happened almost 2 years ago.It's a long term program that has not been fully launched until now.She traveled to Denmark to learn about their Early Childhood Education programs.
A fantastic way to kick off the Early Years campaign!
Short clip from her speech at the event.
The Princess chose to visit Leeds today as part of the city's ongoing ambition to become the best place in the UK for young people and children to grow up in.
In 2012, the city launched Child Friendly Leeds with the belief that by investing in and supporting children, young people and their families, the whole city will see immediate and longer-term social and economic benefits.
Leeds City Council, working with partners to deliver enrichment programmes to improve outcomes, has seen a safe reduction in the number of youngsters being taken into care, more teenagers going into education, employment and training, and better school attendance.
CC Tuesday: The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this afternoon received Professor Eamon McCrory (Board Member, the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood Advisory Group) at Windsor Castle.
The Prince of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, this afternoon held a Meeting at Windsor Castle.
Princess of Wales to open facility which supports women in the justice system
The Princess of Wales will tour the new facility, which will work to prevent mothers being separated from their children in the justice system.
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The Prince of Wales is set to*unveil a plan to eradicate homelessness, as he makes it his life’s work to ensure that “everyone has a safe and secure home”.
Homewards is an ambitious programme that aims to put six pilot locations on a path towards*ending homelessness within five years.
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Homewards will use the Royal Foundation’s convening power to bring charities, local authorities and social services together to create “systemic change” and focus on preventing homelessness, rather than placing people in temporary accommodation.
The focus will be on providing permanent homes, meaning that each location will be expected to deliver an innovative housing project. The Royal Foundation will pump an initial £500,000 seed funding into each area.
It will help create local coalitions of those already working on the ground to boost understanding of specific issues and how to overcome them, providing access to experts and, crucially, to financial backers to unlock new ideas and drive further investment.
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Prince William, who wants to make the fight against homelessness one of his lifelong missions, will kickstart the Homewards programme today with a two-day nationwide tour of the six locations, which will be revealed only as each one is visited by the prince.
The tour, which starts in London, will include inner cities, coastal resorts and post-industrial areas.
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A video called Homewards Hero has been released as part of the launch featuring William and people who have experienced homelessness, including Tyrone Mings, the Aston Villa and England football player; Fara Williams, the former England player; and Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, the chief firefighter and writer. Other supporters of the project, known as advocates, include Gail Porter, Geri Halliwell, Sir Bryn Terfel and Sara Cox.
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The programme has been inspired by the drive to end homelessness in Finland, where an approach known as Housing First has significantly reduced the problem.
“Homes will be a focus of the Homewards programme as each flagship location will be supported to deliver an innovative housing project that will test new ways to unlock homes at scale within the location and beyond,” a spokesman said.
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Each of the six locations were selected by a national expert panel after demonstrating the ambition, potential and ability to tackle homelessness in the area.
Local coalitions of people, organisations and businesses will be created in each location to work on a tailored action plan to end homelessness, including solutions such as improving connections between services or focusing support on at-risk groups.
Groups will also be able to deliver innovative housing projects under the plans to test new ways to unlock homes at scale. Each location will be able to access support and advice from Homewards’ national partners.
Locations should be on a path to ending homelessness for good by making it rare, brief and unrepeated at the end of Homewards’ five-year commitment. The project’s ambition is to then make this “business as usual” around the UK and beyond, the Royal Foundation added.*
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Great to see how his passion brings together lots of players to tackle this complex issue. That's the convening power of royalty at work for the good in socuety.
I only wonder why Northern Ireland seems excluded.