Voices, Evidence and Change: A Conversation about Rough Sleeping

Rough sleeping remains one of the most urgent and visible social challenges facing our communities today. Voices, Evidence and Change brings together academics, community partners, practitioners and people with lived experience, to explore how research and collaboration can contribute to meaningful responses to rough sleeping.

This public research event creates a shared space for dialogue between the University of Chester and the local community. Too often, discussions about rough sleeping happen without the direct involvement of those most affected. This event seeks to challenge that pattern by centring lived experience and critically considering how we can amplify diverse voices that are too often overlooked in policy and practice discussions. By bringing together different forms of knowledge, the event aims to foster a more holistic and compassionate understanding of the issue.