London

Homeless Link's work in London includes providing support to agencies and working with local authorities, regional bodies and central Government to addess homelessness and rough sleeping in the capital.

Homeless Link's Membership in London

Homeless Link has over 130 members in London with a membership presence in most boroughs. The nature of membership varies from large homeless charities employing over 800 staff through to projects run entirely by volunteers. Information about some of their current work is often included in London Link.

Regional Data FOR London

These links and websites give statistics about the number of non-priority homeless people, rough sleepers and statutory homeless people in London:

• Homeless Link’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping: Some Key Facts
• The Communities and Local Government (CLG) website gives recent figures on street counts of people sleeping rough. Figures from London street counts and estimates are also available. 
• The CLG website also has information on statutory homelessness and other related statistics.
• The Broadway website has a list of recent rough sleeping reports.
• The Government Office of London website gives wider information about individual London boroughs.
• Homeless Link's Local Homelessness Statistics Tables and National Summary Table show a wide variety of the latest figures on statutory and non-statutory homelessness, planned moves and numbers of services.
• The latest London Local Authority statutory and non-statutory April-June 2010 homelessness stats.
• CHAIN rough sleeping statistics 2009-2010 now available on Broadway's website.

See the Homeless London website for details of over 1,700 services for homeless people across London.

See also the State of the Sector Survey for information about the finances, staffing and clients of London's homelessness services.

The GLA's 2009 London Borough Stat Pack contains borough level data on a range of topics including housing, health and migration.

London Councils Commissioned Work

London Councils have funded Homeless Link until January 2013 to provide support to 20 frontline homelessness services. This work is in partnership with the London Drug and Alcohol Network (LDAN) and Shelter.

The support is around improving capacity building, developing higher quality services, sharing good practice and knowledge, encouraging partnership working, and focusing on the needs of certain target groups e.g. young people and women fleeing domestic violence. Support is provided to all the agencies listed under the different projects in the Homelessness Theme of the London Councils website.

For further information contact Jane Bancroft who leads this work for Homeless Link.

London Councils Monthly Bulletin - Contact Jane Bancroft to obtain the latest edition.
 

spotlight events

Spotlight events are good practice sharing and networking events open to Homeless Link members.

The next spotlight event, the theme will be Youth Homelessness - 7th March 2012. PLACES FULLY BOOKED. For more information about the event email Jane.Bancroft@homelesslink.org.uk.

Sub-Regional Work

There are five housing sub-regions in London. Homeless Link is closely involved in the work of the East London Housing Partnership and produced a Rough Sleeping Strategy to complement No One Left Out - Communities ending rough sleeping, the Government strategy launched in November 2008.

The London Delivery Board

The London Delivery Board was set up in February 2009 to end rough sleeping in London by 2012.

Homeless Link provides support to the Board and a number of its sub-groups, including the Homelessness Round Table and the Homelessness Practitioners Group. Both of these sub-groups are made up of members of Homeless Link.

Funding for London's Homelessness Agencies

Homeless Link has compiled a list of some Trusts and Foundations that fund homelessness organisations both in London, the South East and across England (last updated June 2011).

For more information see the pages on Homeless Link and the London Delivery Board and on how Homeless Link is helping with Ending rough sleeping in London.