EMPATHY IN ACTION:
THE NEED FOR AWARENESSAbout UK Hoarding Awareness Week
The original week was in 2014 was devised by the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) now the National Fire Chiefs council and strongly supported by Cherry Rudge – Rainbow Red as part of APDO UK, Clouds End CIC and other stake holders.It is now sponsored and run by Clouds End CIC.
It is a stakeholder awareness campaign across the political, health and social care communities to raise awareness of the risks associated with hoarding. The week will start on the 12th of May 2025 and is the 11th annual campaign to raise awareness of the issue.
This website is run by Clouds End CIC.
Three key objectives:
- Spread more widely an awareness of hoarding facts.
- Promote greater understanding and acceptance across those who can influence change through education.
- Encourage a stronger tendency for key influencers to support and promote at key moments.
With positive engagement Hoarding Awareness Week will:
- Highlight the need for finding and training those who can support people who hoard in the community.
- Find new sponsors in the corporate world.
- Encourage greater partnership working to assess, support and resolve cases where people who demonstrate a tendency to hoard or clutter are identified.
Key Industries
We are trying to raise the profile of Hoarding Disorder to society as a whole but particularly to make the following groups aware of the risks:
- Central and Local Government
- Social Housing landlords
- Adult Social Care Agencies
- Mental Health Agencies
- Local Authority housing providers
- Any agency or organisation that, during the nature of their business activities, comes across people that display a tendency to hoard or clutter
- Any agency or organisation that positions themselves to help people that display a tendency to hoard or clutter
- Blue light services, such as the Fire Service & Police Force.