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Homeless Link's detailed response to the Autumn Budget 2024 and the impact it is likely to have on the homelessness sector.

Following new statistics from CHAIN that show record numbers of rough sleepers in London, Homeless Link has issued the following response.

Increased funding for homelessness is welcome but clarity is urgently needed to avoid a further surge in rough sleeping as services are forced to close their doors.

Funding available via Comic Relief Community Fund to help support the delivery of services and activity that benefit local communities

An update from our meetings with Ofsted about the regulation of services and an opportunity to feed into our ongoing discussions.

In this final episode of this series of the Going Beyond podcast, we speak to Helen Emmings from the Nelson Trust and Nicky Pearson from Medway Council. We speak about the barriers women experiencing homelessness face in accessing support in the sector, and discuss best practice for ensuring services are gender-informed.

Morgan Harries, our Partnership Manager for the East & East Midlands, shares the importance of World Homeless Day to homelessness organisations in Leicestershire.

A case study on how CTI can help a mental health service have a real impact on clients from the first point of contact, building trust through to transition.

76 organisations sign letter to the Chancellor raising the alarm of the funding cliff-edge facing homelessness services.

Funding to deliver housing models supporting those in the migration, asylum and trafficking systems

A joint blog from Homeless Link and the Centre for Mental Health describing the outcome of a roundtable earlier this year - looking at the links between homelessness and poor mental health.

In Episode 4 of Series 5 of the Going Beyond Podcast, we speak to Alex Laing, Head of Programmes at Oasis Community Housing, who oversees their crisis services and Cal Distin, Co-Production Worker at Oasis Communtiy Housing.

Homeless Link responds, raising the looming funding cliff edge for homelessness services.

The Pudsey Next Steps funding programme

In Episode 3 of Series 5 of the Going Beyond Podcast, we speak to Tracey from Winchester City Council, Tara from Vision Housing at the Forward Trust, and Tim and Caprice from Greater Manchester Better Outcomes Partnership.

What was said about homelessness at Labour's Conference in Liverpool and what does it mean for us going forwards? l

In this blog Sirea Jabar, one of our Partnerships Managers, explores the challenges of Personal Independent Pay (PiP) claims and how to support people with their claims.

In this series, we discuss the barriers people experiencing homelessness face in accessing support within different areas of the sector, including Adult Social Care, Local Authority Housing Options, the Private Rented Sector, and supported accommodation.

The upcoming budget needs to avoid a short term funding cliff edge but also lay the foundations for a radically improved funding system. Find out what Homeless Link are doing to shape the debate and how members can get involved.

The UKHSA has produced some useful resources on understanding Mpox, including information about having conversations about Mpox with at-risk individuals, and what to do should a case be suspected.