Refine your search
-
Spotlight on: frontline worker wellbeing
Rachel Marshall, Policy and Best Practice Manager at St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity shares what their latest survey found out about frontline worker wellbeing and shares some practical resources that can support staff in their roles.
-
Excellence Awards 2023: Winners announced!
Today we are thrilled to announce the winners of our annual Excellence Awards for 2023.
-
Ending Veteran Homelessness in the U.K.
Member Blog
Lee Buss-Blair, Director of Operations and Group Veteran Lead – Riverside introduces Op Fortitude, a new government initiative aimed at ending veteran homelessness.
-
Thrive together fund
A new fund combines grants and loans to support small and medium sized homelessness charities and social enterprises.
-
Rough sleeping in London soars by 21%
Homeless Link responds to the CHAIN annual report for 2022/23, calling for action to counter the 'categorically terrible' rise in rough sleeping in London.
-
New resources to prevent young people from falling into homelessness
These resources have been designed to provide snapshots of good and promising practice. We know the time-pressures and challenges faced by local authorities and services; our briefings provide short overview of actions taken, positive outcomes and challenges overcome
-
Why we are working with the Royals
Homeless Link is a sector partner in Homeward, the new partnership to end homelessness from the Royal Foundation. Rick Henderson explains why.
-
Supporting and building local partnerships to end homelessness: insights into the work of Homeless Link’s Partnerships Managers Part One
In this first in a series of insights into the work of the Homeless Link Partnerships Managers, Catherine Storey shows us how she works to ensure the voice of those with lived experience is central when developing strategy and policies.
-
World Refugee Day: Hope amongst chaos
Homelessness services are well aware that refugees often struggle with accessing decent housing. Every year on 20th June, we mark World Refugee Day. An international day when we celebrate the strength and courage of people who have fled their home country due to violence or persecution. This day gives us the opportunity to focus on how we should build empathy and understanding for those who have made the difficult decision to seek sanctuary in the UK.
-
32 homelessness charities sign letter to Rishi Sunak
The open letter, signed by 32 organisations from across England, raised concerns that the Government won't meet its target of ending rough sleeping in England by 2024.
-
Take Pride in special homelessness services
During Pride month, we at Homeless Link want to focus on acceptance, equality and celebrating the work of LGBTQIA+ people, education in LGBTQIA+ history and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQIA+ community.
-
Excellence Awards 2023: Shortlist Announced!
We are excited to announce the shortlisted entries for this year's Excellence Awards, celebrating the best of the homelessness sector.
-
Calling all policy and system change workers – the Policy Influencing Network is for you
We want to bring together policy and system change workers from across the homelessness sector together to network, build skills and learn from one another. Policy Manager Cat Tottie shares the vision for the Policy Influencing Network.
-
Embedding a trauma-informed approach in the homelessness sector: our journey so far
Member Blog
Luke Elton from Oasis Community Housing describes the steps his organisation has taken to truly embed a trauma informed approach to their work.
-
The I reports on councils de-commissioning homelessness funding
A number of hostels for people experiencing homelessness in England are being forced to close their doors for good as cash-strapped councils take the decision to slash homelessness funding.
-
Climate change & SWEP
Guest blog from the Museum of Homelessness about the importance of considering climate change in relation to SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol).
-
Time for a youth homelessness strategy?
Guest blog from the New Horizon Day Centre calling for organisations to join the campaign for a strategy for youth homelessness.
-
First and second dose of COVID-19 vaccine will end on 30th June
The Health and Social Care Secretary has announced that the offer of a first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for those at lower risk of severe COVID-19 will end on 30th June 2023.
-
Sharon Daley: Homeless Link's new Finance & Resources Director
Meet Sharon Daley, Homeless Link's new Finance and Resources Director.
-
May 17th is IDAHOBIT: International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia
IDAHOBIT is a time for us to celebrate LGBTQIA+ people, raise awareness and drive positive change.