NEWS FILTER
National Care Leavers Week 2024
Posted 8th November 2024
NHP celebrated National Care Leavers Week (NCLW) 2024 with an engaging lineup of awareness raising events and activities. Adopting the theme CARE - Celebrate, Amplify, Raise, Encourage - NHP encouraged the community to recognise care leavers,...
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Scotland House Project Success
Posted 15th October 2024
In a landmark event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Who Cares? Scotland hosted its first ever Corporate Parenting Awards, celebrating achievements of organisations dedicated to supporting Care...
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NHP Annual report 2023-2024 is here!
Posted 10th October 2024
We look forward to the future and as we scale, we remain committed to ensuring that the ‘house project spirit’ drives what we do, and that each young person is given the opportunity to belong to something that supports and enables them to...
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Commitment to improve children's services and education in Peterborough
Posted 4th October 2024
"We're partnering with the National House Project to improve outcomes for children as they turn 18 and leave care. This means that children and young people are given practical support with CV writing, budgeting, how to apply for a tenancy".
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House Project Programme Expands to Support More Young People
Posted 26th September 2024
House Project Programme Expands to Support More Young People in Manchester and Fife. A new initiative to support young people transitioning out of care is gaining momentum in Manchester and Fife, as the House Project Programme expands to reach a...
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Kiltwalk 2024
Posted 17th September 2024
Held on Sunday 15th September, the Kiltwalk saw 36 enthusiastic walkers don their kilts and hit the streets, all in the name of raising funds for the provision of white goods for our young people moving into their first home. The event raised over...
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EXploring Innovations in Transition to Adulthood’ (EXIT) Study
Posted 16th September 2024
The evaluation report focused on identifying the key ingredients to develop and sustain innovation at a practice and policy level for care leavers. It highlighted six fidelity elements (co-production, base, relationship practice, learning programme,...
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Newsletter July 2024
Posted 19th July 2024
We have recently moved into new office accommodation that meets our growth strategy. Whilst it has a ‘grander’ surrounding it is both cheaper and has more space, and therefore not only offers better ‘value for money’, but fits with our...
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EXIT Study: Toolkit launched!
Posted 16th July 2024
Care leavers are set to benefit from a new innovation toolkit designed by Warwick Business School. The Implementation Toolkit helps local authorities, care homes, charities and organisations working in the care sector to implement new ideas that...
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IMPACT – Improving Adult Social Care Together
Posted 23rd June 2024
IMPACT’s objectives fitted well with those of NHP and what we wanted to achieve organisationally in order to provide a positive environment for young care experienced adults to feel supported and thrive. On this basis we put in a bid to be an...
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Edinburgh Kiltwalk Fundraiser
Posted 17th June 2024
Our next fundraising venture is Edinburgh Kiltwalk. The event will take place on 15 September 2024 and is an opportunity to enjoy a walk around the beautiful city and coastline of Edinburgh. All of the walks start in the city centre and take you...
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Chester Half Marathon
Posted 20th May 2024
On Sunday 19th May over 30 runners ran the Chester Half Marathon to raise monies for the provision of white goods for our young people moving into their first home. Despite the hot weather all 30 runners completed the course raising over £4000 to...
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CYPNow - NHP Supports Care Leaver Apprentices
Posted 1st May 2024
The National House Project (NHP) has been hosting apprentices since 2021. The organisation, which was incorporated as a charity in 2018, works with local authorities that have set up their own Local House Project (LHP), a scheme that helps young...
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House Projects in Scotland event - March 2024
Posted 22nd March 2024
We were delighted to be joined by Natalie Don, The Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise, Fraser McKinlay, CEO of The Promise Scotland and Heather Coady, an Independent Consultant, who share a passion and commitment to changing...
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Newsletter January 2024
Posted 31st January 2024
Is it too late to wish you all a Happy New Year? Our last newsletter covered the first half of 2023, so we are taking this opportunity to share all the fantastic things that we have been up to in the second half of the year and what we have coming...
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A message from our CEO January 2024
Posted 29th January 2024
Last year we celebrated our 5th Birthday and whilst this was a great opportunity to reflect on our collective and individual achievements, we soon set about setting our vision for the next 10 years, and the strategy to get us there. Increasing our...
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