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Guidance
Rough Sleeping Snapshot Estimates Toolkit 2024
01 August 2024
Local authority leads and snapshot estimate coordinators should follow this guidance to plan and execute their annual rough sleeping snapshot estimate, and have it verified by Homeless Link ready for online submission to MHCLG no later than Friday 6th December 2024.
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Guidance
Service responses to hot weather
17 July 2024
Case studies from different London boroughs who adapted their support for people sleeping rough during periods of extreme heat.
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Webinar
Tracking progress towards ending rough sleeping: a webinar on insights and new indicators
25 June 2024
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Guidance
Supporting individuals during hot weather
31 May 2024
Information and guidance on supporting people experiencing homelessness during hot weather, including recognising heat-related illnesses and how to keep cool in the heat.
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Guidance
Applying for a Voter Authority Certificate (Photo ID for voting)
28 May 2024
This briefing outlines the process of applying for a Voter Authority Certificate. It is important that frontline workers in homelessness services and local authorities are aware of the process of application, so they are able to support individuals to exercise their right to vote.
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Guidance
Rough sleeping outreach guidance
25 March 2024
Guidance for frontline staff and managers working in rough sleeping outreach services, which outlines how to put Homeless Link's principles into practice.
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Research
Research exploring holistic Housing First outcomes
01 February 2024
New research into the long-term impacts of Housing First across health, mental health, offending behaviour, substance use and beyond.
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Policy document
Criminal Justice Bill submission 2024
17 January 2024
Homeless Link's submission of evidence on behalf of our members to Parliament's scrutiny committee of the Criminal Justice Bill 2024, looking at replacing the vagrancy act.
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Guidance
Principles for Rough Sleeping Outreach
15 January 2024
This document details the core principles required for designing and delivering rough sleeping outreach services in England.
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Policy document
Our Manifesto to End Homelessness
27 October 2023
With a general election looming in 2024, we have published our manifesto to end homelessness. Drawn from from our unique position as the membership body for over 800 homelessness organisations across England. It builds on work with our members, on engagement with specialists and experts and on the rich body of evidence on what works to end homelessness, outlining our core ambitions of the next government.
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Guidance
SWEP and winter provision toolkit
24 October 2023
A toolkit to help local authorities and homelessness service providers develop suitable responses during the winter and periods of severe weather.
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Guidance
Rough sleeping verification
21 August 2023
Read the write up of findings from our focus group on rough sleeping verification and other pathways into rough sleeper services.