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This innovative arts project offers rough sleepers the opportunity to compose and perform music, sharing their voices, talent and ideas. Podcast content will be recorded on the streets with the support of composer Hannah Conway, renowned pop and opera artists, and homeless service outreach teams.

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    Situation

    The Government’s 2020 Rough Sleeping Snapshot estimated 2,688 people were sleeping rough in England on a single night in Autumn 2020 – a 52% increase in just ten years, and set to rise due to the loss of jobs and homes during the pandemic. Living on the streets is dangerous, traumatising and lonely, and incredibly difficult to escape. Homeless services can be a lifeline, but many people lack the confidence, social skills and self-belief to engage with outreach workers and the support they offer.

    Solution

    Streetwise Opera will partner with homeless services to offer a unique and creative way to engage with people who are particularly hard to reach. StreetSong will help people who are sleeping rough develop new relationships with homeless support workers, as well as supporting people’s mental health and giving them opportunities to develop the confidence to move out of the cycle of homelessness.

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    100%
    Categories

  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Homeless/Refuge Homeless/​Refuge
  • Beneficiaries

    • Other Other