Exhibition: The Homeless Period Project

Community, Exhibitions, Free, In Person

Friday 7th 10:00am – Sunday 9th March 2025 4:00pm

God's House Tower, Town Quay Road, Southampton, SO14 2NY

The Homeless Period aims to amplify the voices of marginalised groups by utilising creative methods such as photovoice and in-depth interviews with participants experiencing homelessness, to listen to and understand their perspectives and barriers to accessing basic menstrual care. The participants’ words and images are paired for a powerful display, demonstrating an urgent need for change around menstruation stigma and policy.  

 

About the team:

The research team consists of a team of researchers, counseling and assistant psychologists: Dr Stephanie Barker, Gabriella Orsini, Frances Greenway, and Jennifer Tarabay, all from the Centre for Homelessness Research and Practice (CHRP) based in the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton.

 

A bit more about CHRP:

The Centre’s mission is to integrate research, training and practice to better serve people experiencing homelessness.  CHRP carries out real-world research exploring a psychological approach to homelessness. The aim is to be collaborative, partnering with practitioners and policy makers to ensure research informs practice and practice, in turn, informs research. A range of evidence-based methods are employed, both quantitative and qualitative, including evaluation, co-production, and literature reviews.

This research is funded by the British Academy’s BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Programme.