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Introducing HATCH: Improving Safety for Children in Hoarded Homes

We are pleased to invite you to a free one-hour seminar to mark the release of the Hoarding Assessment Tool in Children’s Homes (HATCH), a free practical resource designed to support professionals in identifying when hoarding behaviours may be impacting children’s safety and wellbeing in the home. Developed by our Family Case Worker, Amy Coulson, the HATCH tool offers a sensitive and accessible way to recognise early signs of risk, open supportive conversations and help ensure that children have safe and healthy spaces to grow. During this session, you’ll hear from Amy and our director, Kayley Hyman, as they discuss:
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BBC Breakfast feature on Hoarding Disorder

Yesterday morning our director Kayley Hyman appeared on BBC Breakfast to continue the conversation around hoarding disorder being debated in UK Parliament for the very first time. Following the success of the BBC News feature that ran earlier this year, which followed our partners Clouds End CIC as they first approached MP Paulette Hamilton for her support in establishing national guidelines to support, the House of Commons officially held their first ever debate centred around hoarding disorder on Wednesday 22nd October.  This has inevitably created a national discussion around what hoarding disorder really is, which Kayley was privileged to be
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