Funding for Rough Sleeper Initiative welcome. But longer term approach needed.
in Blogs15 May 2021 - 8:38am
Homeless Link's response to government funding anouncement.
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£1 million Capital stream of the Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund now open
Belinda Moreau-Jones in Blogs14 May 2021 - 10:45am
Funding to improve and adapt services, helping transform people’s lives by offering a route off the streets and, ultimately, to reduce rough sleeping.
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Learning from Advantaged Thinking to provide person-led support
Colin Falconer in Blogs11 May 2021 - 11:00am
Leading consultant on Advantaged Thinking, Colin Falconer, is working alongside Homeless Link as we develop our resources on strengths-based working.
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Dying Matters: Have your say
Miranda Keast in Blogs10 May 2021 - 10:30am
It’s Dying Matters Week: a chance to open up and talk about death and bereavement. Miranda Keast tells us about a new piece of work developing resources for the sector around death and bereavement of people experiencing homelessness.
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Join the National Advisory Council
Amanda Dubarry in Blogs28 Apr 2021 - 10:00am
The National Advisory Council is a forum of senior members of homelessness organisations, working together to share ideas and issues within homelessness, which in turn helps Homeless Link to shape their policy and campaigning work around ending...
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What, how and why we need to address LGBTQ+ youth homelessness
Bex Shorunke in Blogs27 Apr 2021 - 10:30am
Bex Shorunke, Senior Media Officer at akt writes about the importance of recognising the diversity of young people experiencing homelessness and the specific experiences of young people from LGBTQ+ groups found in their new research.
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Practitioner Insights: Reflecting on the ‘Stress, Vicarious Trauma and Managing Wellbeing’ training by Homeless Link
in Blogs23 Apr 2021 - 10:00am
Being a listening ear for people is a privileged position but it can also be exhausting and can even lead to vicarious trauma. James from Kineara shares his reflections about the impact of vicarious trauma, the...
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Homelessness statistics foreshadow troubling rise in evictions
Rob Cartridge in Blogs22 Apr 2021 - 10:50am
On 22 April, the Government released its homelessness and temporary accommodation data for October to December 2020, which reveals a significant level of...
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This is not how we end rough sleeping: Scrap the new Immigration Rules
Jennie Corbett in Blogs21 Apr 2021 - 2:15pm
Long-awaited guidance has shed light on the new rough sleeping Immigration Rules, but despite attempts to mitigate their worst aspects, Homeless Link remain deeply concerned about the impact they will have on vulnerable non-UK nationals and community ...
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Immigration rules undermine efforts to end rough sleeping
Louise Weaver in Press notices21 Apr 2021 - 2:07pm
Homeless Link responds to Government guidance, published today, on considering refusing or cancelling permission to remain in the UK on the grounds of rough...
