Supporting the sector
This work includes ensuring the sector have relevant and timely knowledge and information to enable them to provide effective services and holistic support, developing and supporting implementation of approaches and interventions that meet the needs of people accessing and working in services, and developing understanding and capacity to implement new models in homelessness service design.
The team have been at the forefront of sector innovations including trauma-informed care and Housing First.
-
Service design
Developing and supporting implementation of models of homelessness provision and increased access to housing -
Service delivery
Building capacity so services and support are holistic and meet the diverse needs of those accessing them -
Prevention
Preventing new homelessness by improving cross-system practice and repeat homelessness by upskilling the sector -
Partnerships
Ending homelessness requires coordination between many different agencies, including charities and housing associations, community and faith groups, local authorities and other public services, as well as people with lived experience.
Sector updates
-
News
Building an evidence base for trauma informed care in homelessness services
Ten Homeless Link members are working together to capture learning as they implement a whole organisation approach to trauma informed care.
-
News
All-Party Group backs Homeless Link’s campaign in new report
Homeless Link welcomes a new APPG report on ending homelessness, which backs a number of reforms we and our members have been advocating for several years
-
News
Using In-Form to understand the relationship between health and homelessness
Cate Standing-Tattersall from the Homeless Link Research Team tells us about a groundbreaking new research project and how your service can be part of it.
Our people
Meet the National Practice Team
-
Jo Prestidge
Head of National Practice Development
-
Alex Smith
Senior National Practice Development Project Manager (Housing First Lead)
-
-