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People experiencing homelessness will now be offered a free flu vaccination on the NHS, beginning in Autumn 2026.

We’re delighted to announce that our accredited qualifications covering frontline practice, outreach work, and service management, are now open for applications, with funded cohorts starting this July.

In the third of a series of blogs on new regulations in the homelessness sector, Homeless Link Associate Consultant Becky Elton explains how the Competence and Conduct Standard will shape how providers train, support and manage staff across housing management.

Twelve homelessness services from across the UK have been named as winners in Homeless Link’s national Excellence Awards 2026, with a further eight organisations highly commended.

MPs will have a chance to hear the key findings from Homeless Link's soon-to-be-published flagship Support to End Homelessness report

Rachel Bryan, Homeless Link’s National Workforce Ambassador; writes about attracting people to the homelessness sector, creating guidance and resources addressing the range of workforce challenges faced by services and staff, and supporting workforce development.

Co-creation should be at the heart of practice development. With that in mind, over the past year, Homeless Link in partnership with Expert Link and Housing Justice has worked with over 35 different services to produce a set of good practice principles for Day Services. Developing the principles in a collaborative way involved 7 months of consultation and discussion including 10 service visits, 3 focus group and 3 co-creation sessions.

In the second of a series of blogs on new regulations in the homelessness sector, Homeless Link Associate Consultant Becky Elton explains how Awaab's Law impacts supported housing providers.

LandAid Deputy CEO Tim Hudson on what the government needs to do to turn the ambitions of the National Plan to End Homelessness into effective action that ends and prevents homelessness.

Small grants of up to £5k available via The Grocers' Charity

In the first of a series of blogs on new regulations in the homelessness sector, Homeless Link Associate Consultant Becky Elton explains the implications of new access to information requirements.

MHCLG has published guidance on Long-Term Rough Sleeping Partnership Plans alongside a wider toolkit for local authority homelessness strategies and action plans.

Homeless Link are reviewing the Equality and Human Rights Commission draft code of conduct to update our spotlight.

In this episode, we discuss the benefits of learning English and taking part in learning more broadly for people experiencing homelessness, the barriers to accessing and sustaining provision, and how we can make learning more accessible.

As of this month, the Crime and Policing Act 2026 creates a specific cuckooing offence.

Andrew Moore, Cambridgeshire Housing First Service Manager, discusses the benefits of having a space to collaborate on and advocate for Housing First and invites Housing First leads to join the Community of Practice.

Information for homelessness service organisations about how to work with people with lived experience to shape positive change.

Only a Pavement Away explore how the ambitions of National Plan to End Homelessness can be turned into actions, focusing on supporting people back into employment to help them secure a long-term home

Funding available help homelessness organisations become safer and more inclusive for LGBT+ young people from Henry Smith Foundation

Homeless Link Director of Social Change Fiona Colley on how homelessness services can use recent local elections to build productive relationships with councillors