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Breaking the stigma of homelessness
At Springplank, we notice a stigma surrounding homelessness. However, the situation has changed in recent years. A larger part of the target group is now economically homeless. This is a different type of person from the ‘long beard, can of beer and syringe in the arm’ stereotype that many people know. Today's homeless person looks like you and your neighbours, but has had one setback too many. The target group has changed and that means the approach has to change too. Springplank's vision is to ensure the transformation of homeless people into people without jobs and homes, who participate in the city again. The stigma has to come off, while we remain low-threshold and the target group is central.

| Projects on Breaking stigma homelessness

Stop de Stilte

Stop the Silence is a campaign, sponsored by donations from our partners, where we break the stigma of homelessness. Want to know more about what Stop the Silence means and how you can contribute? Then go to www.stopdestilte.nl

Rabauw and Heymarketing

In collaboration with Rabauw and Heymarketing, we are developing two beers (one with alcohol and one without). For Springplank, this project contributes to breaking the stigma surrounding homelessness. You may be thinking, alcohol, isn't that just stigmatising? We do not think so. There is a new group of homeless people with minor problems. This group is rising and the heavier group of homeless people is actually getting smaller. We want to tell the story of this rising target group and we do so by depicting one of our candidates on the beer. Want to know more about this project? Send us a message or keep an eye on the website and our socials!

Heuvelgalerie donation

In the Heuvel gallery in Eindhoven, there is a lot of nuisance from homeless people. This concerns the group of homeless people with bigger problems. As part of this, there have been several consultations with Springplank's Outreach team. One of our outreach workers, Marieke, also regularly drops in at the Hill to see how things are going. As the contact is enjoyable and the Hill Gallery tries to approach it in a positive way, they have made a donation to Springplank. The donation is specifically about the coins thrown into the ‘bathing lady’ in the Hill by passers-by. After about 1.5 years, this amounts to 1,000 euros and they are donating it to Springplank!