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From the 18th November 2024, with immediate effect, the Home Office has confirmed that evictions of individuals from asylum accommodation will pause for a period of up to, but no more than, 3 days when Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) is activated by a Local Authority.

We're delighted to welcome Fighting Homelessness CIC as a new member of Homeless Link!

In Episode 1, we speak to Jordan from Arc Inspire and Tim from HomeLess Made. We speak about their models of social enterprise and how they work with participants, including how they manage tensions, and transitions into paid employment.

For Safeguarding Adults week, Gill Taylor, Strategic Lead for the Dying Homeless Project and independent Safeguarding Adult Review author, talks about the Radical Safeguarding Toolkit and encourages practitioners to challenge the status quo of harm and discrimination, and move towards anti-oppressive practice.

Youth funding opportunity available via The Steel Charitable Trust

We take a look at the findings from the final evaluation report for the Government's Housing First Regional Pilots, which builds the evidence base for the approach.

Homeless Link has coordinated a letter to the Chancellor laying out the sectors' acute concerns on the impact of the increased National Insurance contributions.

Read about a national partnership project which considered how to improve care for people experiencing homelessness with diabetes, with links to resources and free e-learning to support frontline workers.

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.