Last updated: 10 July 2026

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. Yet in many areas joint working remains under-developed, dysfunctional or absent. Too often this results in inefficient ways of working as efforts are duplicated or confused, while the needs of people who are homeless remain unmet.

Homeless Link has developed these practical resources to help organisations across the voluntary, community and faith sectors to take an active role in establishing effective local partnerships.

We'd like to thank the Local Government Association for jointly producing the guidance on 'Working Strategically with Local Authorities'.

Partnership self assessment framework

Homeless Link has developed this toolkit for strategic leaders to better understand local challenges and will form the basis of Local Action Plans to strengthen local collaborative working at both strategic and operational levels

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Supporting local partnerships

Until 2026 Homeless Link's National Partnerships team supported local partnerships across the country. Unfortunately changes in our funding mean this is no longer possible as a free service. Set out below are case studies of some of the interventions we made. Support to partnerships may still be available through our paid consultancy service, contact Jeremy White - see below.

Examples of partnership building

Hull City Council

Homeless Link to help explore opportunities for strengthening the relationship and understanding between non-commissioned organisations and Hull CC. Read the case study.

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Stoke on Trent & Liverpool City Councils

Homeless Link facilitated stakeholder engagement in both these cities around bids to the Rough Sleeping Initiative

Basildon Homeless Forum

Homeless Link established a new forum bringing together all the local stakeholders

Reading BC

The Homeless Link Partnership Managers lead the stakeholder engagement for Reading to assess local provision of services.

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Northampton

Homeless Link (HL) supported Northampton to mediate and build more positive relationships between the local authority, community groups and faith groups.

Redditch and Bromsgrove

Provided support and guidance in the establishment of high quality Housing First programmes

East Sussex Homelessness Forum

Invited by the local MP to strengthen collaboration between local organisations working on homelessness

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Jeremy White

Head of National Consultancy Development