Participation of people who have experience of homelessness is paramount and can have outcomes at different levels. Most importantly, participation should always have a positive impact on homeless people. Indeed, individuals can and should receive personal gain or empowerment from being involved through increased confidence, knowledge, skills or awareness. Empowerment, by which we mean enabling homeless people to claim their rights and to achieve their potential and aspirations, is therefore one of the intended outcomes of participation, because an empowered person can more easily find a sustainable route out of homelessness.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorial
The Piazza Grande Participation Model
Leonardo Tancredi
Connected Homeless People
Monique Maitte
Straatvogels1: Homeless People on Twitter in the Netherlands
Luc Tanja
Social Work with Homeless People and IT in the projekt UDENFOR Homeless Organisation
Tabita Nyberg Petersen andBibi Agger
Citizen Advocacy: People Standing up for People
Margaret-Ann Brünjes
Nothing About Us Without Us! The Own Keys Project – People Who Have Experienced Homelessness Develop Services
Carole Brady, Raija Maunula and Vlada Petrovskaja
Empowering People, Improving Services: Participatory Audits in Homeless Services
Maarten Davelaar, Jodi Mak and Carmen Salvador
Schrägi Vögel Cooperates
Karl Flückiger
Participation – Theory and Reality in Warsaw
Adriana Porowska
Participation: From Unawareness to Practice
Marta Olaria
“Marcando LÌmites” (Setting Boundaries)
Miquel Fuster