Knowledge Hub

These recordings are for frontline staff of homelessness organisations who are looking to build on their knowledge, skills and understanding of supporting people with challenging behaviours.

A resource exploring how practitioners can facilitate safe transitions into adulthood with young people accessing homelessness services.

This page contains guidance for organisations looking to put together policies and procedures to manage the risk and impact of suicide.

This podcast and posters provide homelessness workers with advice on a range of ways to improve clients’ A&E experiences.

This page contains resources on how to better support people experiencing suicidal thoughts including leaflets and recorded presentations as well as a card to give directly to someone who may be at risk of taking their life.

People experiencing homelessness are at a higher risk of ending their lives by suicide than the general population. Homeless Link partnered with Groundswell, Pathway and EASL to develop these resources in order to prevent as many deaths as possible.

This guidance outlines the process of making a claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), focussing on supporting individuals affected by mental health.

Presentation recordings & slides from the Outreach Learning Forum: a series of interactive, online sessions aimed at rough sleeping outreach workers, to increase knowledge of how to support individuals with complex needs. Topics covered include: learning disabilities, brain injury, self-neglect and mental health.

Policies and practices gathered from other organisations that can be used as inspiration and guidance for other services.

New research into the long-term impacts of Housing First across health, mental health, offending behaviour, substance use and beyond.

Literacy 100 have published this report which looks at how poor literacy can cause homelessness and be barrier to escaping homelessness. The charter is for organisations to adopt.

People experiencing homelessness are often excluded from mainstream statutory mental health services. New guidelines were released in January 2023 to support clinical psychologists working with and in homelessness services.