ABOUT projekt UDENFOR
Projekt UDENFOR enters where the fine mesh of the public social safety net does not suffice.
It is – and has since the foundation of the organisation through projekt Posefolket (The Bag People) in 1996 by dr. med. Preben Brandt – been the basic ideology of projekt UDENFOR’s work with the most vulnerable citizens.
Through outreach, reaching for and calling attention to the group of homeless citizens, living an isolated life on the streets, projekt UDENFOR is constantly working actively on improving the conditions of the individual vulnerable person that we meet on the streets and to generate appreciation for the excluding factors of society in order to reduce them. Therefore, the daily work of the organisation balances ‘on two legs’ – street-based work and collection of knowledge, communication, activities creating debate and research.
As such, all projects and activities launched by projekt UDENFOR, include both specific and practical street-based initiatives as well as a dimension of knowledge and communication.
ARTIKLER
New report
The Erasmus+ project "Dignity and Well-Being - exchange for change" analyses how to ensure better quality in efforts to help homeless people with with mental health problems. Project UDENFOR has participated in the project together with other European countries. The final report is written in the form of a manual. Read it here.
I shall never quite understand what it is like to live on the street
"I have more than eight years of experience from working with people who suffer homelessness. I have established countless relations, listened to endless numbers of life stories and often from the sidelines watched a merciless downfall from alcohol and substance abuse. I have followed several persons during their later years and have buried a few. But despite the harsh insight it still doesn´t give me the right to say that I know what life as a homeless person is like." Justine Mitchell, manager at Hug & Food
WE MUST ACT NOW, SO THAT WE DON’T LOSE THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE
The national survey of homelessness in Denmark 2017 is disappointing to reading, because homelessness in Denmark is continuously rising. According to the report, published on September 1st 2017 by The Danish Center of Applied Social Science, the number...
An increasing number of women are rendered homeless
The national survey on homelessness in Denmark 2017 from VIVE (The Danish Centre for Applied Social Science) shows a continued growth of homelessness among women. After some years of a stable count of round 22% the proportion of women has, in the...
FEANTSA FOCUSES ON LGBTIQA+ AND HOMELESSNESS IN EUROPE
projekt UDENFOR welcomes FEANTSA’s magazine ’LGBTIQ Homelessness’. The initiative offers sound research insights and a number of references that can be used for praxis within or further study of an area which is fortunately becoming more and more visible. Read more and download the magazine here.