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I'm so proud to be Homeless Link's new Chair of Trustees and cannot wait to work together with staff and members on our shared goals.

In partnership with Housing Justice and on behalf of the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities, Homeless Link are delighted to announce £3.8 million of Homelessness Transformation Funding has been awarded, £1 million of which is for Capital and £2.8 million for Revenue.

The idea of support ending seems to run contrary to Housing First’s core principle. However, in an insecure environment, and in the face of rising demand, services need to be prepared to handle transitions and even endings.

New guidance published on how services can better support young trans people in homelessness settings.

NACCOM’s Community Researcher group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. In this blog, we discuss early reflections from our research and calls for change from the Community Researcher group.

Dr Stephanie Barker, a psychologist working with Basingstoke Homelessness Psychology Services, tells us about OutcomeHome (OCH), a not for profit social enterprise based in Southampton providing psychological and peer services specifically for homeless people and others who are multiply excluded

People at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness are far more likely to have significantly and chronically compromised health. The latest health service reforms - including the appointment of inequalities leads and creation of new partnership and governance structures - give members a prime opportunity to build on relationships and influence local health strategies to ensure people experiencing homelessness receive the timely healthcare that they need and deserve.

Ahead of our Homelessness & Migration: Working towards better solutions together conference on Wednesday, Bethan Lant from Praxis explains the environment for homeless migrants over the last year of the pandemic.

Our new survey found two thirds of adults wouldn’t feel confident in knowing the best way to help some sleeping rough. Raising awareness of StreetLink can change this.

Miranda Keast from the Museum of Homelessness tells us about the Dying Homeless Project, which was set up to remember people who have died while homeless with love and dignity, and to provide a space and network for us to support each other in grief and campaign for change to prevent future unnecessary deaths.

This week sees the launch of the CSJ report Close to Home: Delivering a national Housing First progamme in England, calling for the roll-out of a national Housing First programme for people whose homelessness is compounded by multiple disadvantage.

It’s Dying Matters Week: a chance to open up and talk about death and bereavement. Miranda Keast tells us about a new piece of work developing resources for the sector around death and bereavement of people experiencing homelessness.

Last November, Jo's blog on SWEP and winter provision was pretty clear that most areas were planning provision of single site accommodation to reduce the high risk of COVID-19 transmission amongst those in need of emergency housing.

In the next blog of our Black History Month series, we hear from Dionne Williams about her lived experience of, and perspectives on, homelessness.

As we begin to return to pre-Covid ways of living through the lifting of restrictions and a reliance on vaccination success, it begs the question what has changed for homelessness provision? What role must we play to keep people safe, both now and in the future?

For the past five years or so StepChange Debt Charity has been campaigning for better legal protections for people struggling with problem debt. In this blog, Peter Tutton tells us about the new statutory Breathing Space scheme, available to people in England and Wales, opened for applications on the 4th May 2021.

Riverside, Stoll, Alabaré and Launchpad are the four main providers of supported housing for veterans in the United Kingdom. Director of Operations at Riverside, Lee Buss-Blair, tells us how they have been working together to highlight the growing crisis they face and the significant risk of collapse of specialist housing for homeless veterans.

Ben Laryea, CEO at Ekaya Housing Association, reflects on the events of the past few years, from George Floyd to the impact of the pandemic and everything in between, and explains how it only solidifies his belief that the work of BME housing sector is as relevant today as it was when built out of the riots forty years ago.

It's time for the Vagrancy Act to be repealed. A debate in Parliament is a step in the right direction.

A brand new podcast series starts with an explanation of the importance of relationships when supporting people experiencing homelessness.