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Homeless Link responds to The Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement, warning that the the lack of focus on increasing welfare in line with inflation means the measures announced will do little to prevent a rise in homelessness.

New research commissioned by Homeless Link explores how social enterprise and organisations with trading activities can ensure that the way they work is fair for those involved.

From April 2022, Homeless Link will be taking over the management of the Combined Homelessness and Information Network system.

Learning from the Immigration Advice for Rough Sleepers Fund has shown the importance of integrated immigration advice and homelessness services.

Since September 2020, The Passage has been piloting its Modern Slavery Navigator project. In this blog, Dr Julia Tomas explores the findings of The Passage's Modern Slavery Service Annual Report 2020/2021.

Leading consultant on Advantaged Thinking, Colin Falconer, is working alongside Homeless Link as we develop our resources on strengths-based working.

Groundswell and St Basils have joined forces to co-produce an information campaign to encourage uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among young people experiencing homelessness. Becky Evans, Fundraising and Communications Manager at Groundswell tells us more.

We have joined Centrepoint, National Housing Federation and Shelter to call for investment in long-term solutions to end homelessness.

This National Co-production Week we’d like to take the opportunity to tip our caps to the many Homeless Link members leading the way in co-producing services.

To provide the best possible gender-informed support for women experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, The Society of St James formed crucial partnerships with humanitarian organisations.

Wednesday’s Budget announcements showed Government has been listening to some of the sector’s key demands, with key wins for young people experiencing homelessness and Universal Credit (UC) claimants.

We have worked with our members to build a bank of job descriptions to help you recruit for key roles in the sector.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government select committee has today (31 March 2021) published a new report on homelessness and renting, Protecting the homeless and the private rented sector: MHCLG’s response to Covid-19.

During Safeguarding Adult’s Week 2021, we are pleased to share a new resource based on the learning and recommendations from Safeguarding Adults Reviews, and refreshed resources on the legal frameworks to protect those at risk, so that we can work together to reduce serious harm and death of those sleeping rough.

Melissa Kerschen, Senior Comms Manager at Glass Door Homeless Charity, shares their experiences of access to the Covid-19 vaccine at their central London hostels.

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.

This Much We Know Podcast: a podcast all about Social Enterprises in the homeless sector

Listening to Michael Gove’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference gave us the opportunity to understand how he views his new role as the Minister in charge of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. But worryingly, homelessness didn’t get a mention.

All of us working in homelessness know that health is a critical issue for those who are precariously housed, or not housed at all. We know that within the homelessness population there are high rates of mental ill-health, high rates of physical health issues like COPD and lives are all too often cut short by decades. Yet still, too many people cannot access the healthcare services they need, when they need them.

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 importance of resilience, and other “difficult to hear” realities.