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BSMS Homelessness Conference

Saturday 8 February 2020, 9am-4:30pm

Checkland Building, University of Brighton Falmer
campus, BN1 9PH

£5 entry fee

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Homelessness has increased dramatically in recent years, causing huge strain on the NHS, social services and the housing sector. It has huge impacts on those affected, with significantly higher numbers of mental and physical health problems amongst homeless people and rough sleepers. Why has homelessness increased so much? Why does rough sleeping affect peoples’ health so negatively? How can we help?

Please join us for the first BSMS Homelessness Conference, which will explore reasons why and how people become homeless, chief concerns for those working in homelessness and why health should be our main priority. This will be an introduction to homelessness and its surrounding issues, covering areas such as drug and alcohol abuse, domestic abuse and refugees. We hope to see you there.

The conference is hosted by BSMS HoMed. HoMed is Brighton & Sussex Medical School's homeless medicine society, which aims to improve healthcare for homeless people and other vulnerable groups by improving the understanding and skills of future doctors. We do this through educational events, volunteering and fundraising.

If you have any queries, then please email us at bsms.homed.conference@gmail.com and include your name and ‘Question’ in the subject heading..

Book tickets here >

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Posters

Please enter our poster competition for an opportunity to win a prize and an opportunity to present your poster at the International Winner of Winner Competition hosted by Doctors Academy.

Structured abstracts of 250 words may be submitted to bsms.homed.conference@gmail.com and must be received no later than 23:59 on 31 January 2020. Please include your name and ‘Poster’ in the subject heading.

You will be required to bring your A3 poster to the conference, which you will present to our panel of experts during the lunch break. The winner will be announced during the afternoon address.

All applicants must be in full time education.

Bursary

We think our conference is going to be great, so we want everyone to be able to attend. This is why we have introduced the Student Travel Bursary. If you are a university student living outside of Sussex during term-time, you may be eligible for £5 to £20 off your travel.

Please email bsms.homed.conference@gmail.com with the following information to find out if you are eligible:

Your term-time postcode
Your expected cost of travel (e.g. train ticket)
Proof of Student Status at a university outside of Sussex
Why you want to come to the conference

Please include your name and ‘Travel Bursary’ in the subject heading of your email. Tickets are only £5, which includes your entrance fee, lunch and refreshments and a great networking opportunity. You can buy them here: https://doctorsacademy.org.uk/coursenw/BSMSHC/.

This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in homelessness who want to find out more. It is a really varied day with subjects ranging from emergency medicine, refugees, domestic abuse and LGBT.