Multiple Disadvantage Resources

People facing multiple disadvantage may experience several overlapping problems at the same time, such as mental ill health, homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, offending and family breakdown.

People with these needs tend to fall through the gaps between services because no one takes overall responsibility for helping them to break the cycle they are in. Mainstream support services have proven ineffective in responding to people facing multiple disadvantage, who find themselves struggling to navigate a ‘maze’ of services that are overly complex, inflexible and insufficiently coordinated to meet their needs.

As a result, they can find themselves living vulnerable and often chaotic lives, experiencing poverty, stigma and discrimination. Stuck in a ‘revolving door’ of care, their problems can become more entrenched, at an escalating cost to themselves, local communities and the public purse.