Future Proofing Services

The success of the homelessness sector in tackling homelessness and moving people off the streets to independent living are a credit to the determination, resilience, innovation and abililty to adapt to change of our members.  These are attributes we need now more than ever with the imminent public spending cuts and the government’s proposals on welfare reform and the risk that these will result in rising unemployment and homelessness. 

We have known for a while that tough times lie ahead for the third sector in general, and in particular for homelessness as demand for our services increases in light of the economic downturn.  Some valuable services will not survive.  Others will merge or retrench,  seeking to minimise the impact on the people they serve.  But many will survive and prosper as they find new ways to evidence the value of their work, link more closely with the local community, and make efficiencies in the way they work.

This section of our website is dedicated to supporting our members through the cuts. We aim to provide the following information:

• details on our key asks to government under the current spending review and our national influencing activity on behalf of our members
• up-to-date news and information on how the cuts might impact on organisations
• signposting to tools that will help organisations to protect their services from the cuts
• discounts for Homeless Link members. 

 We will add more resources on a regular basis.  Please do send in links or recommendations to resources you have found helpful. 

RESOURCES IN THIS SECTION

• How to influence locally
• Strategies to survive the cuts
• Cuts monitoring
• Creating efficiencies and providing value for money (UPDATED:  5 October 2010)
• Business development and social enterprise
• Managing risk and uncertainty
• HR management and employee engagement (COMING SOON)
• Benefiting from good governance (COMING SOON)
• Discounts for Homeless Link members
• In the news (COMING SOON)