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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

From June this year, more young people have been able to benefit from greater financial support for their housing costs, helping them move on from homelessness for good. Billy Harding, Senior Policy and Research Officer at Centrepoint, talks about what this change means for young people and the campaign that made it happen.

To mark LGBTQI+ history month, CEO at Micro Rainbow Sebastian Rocca writes about why some LGBTQI+ non-UK nationals experience homeless and the best way to provide people with meaningful support.

As part of LGBTQ+ history month, Harry Jefferson from Stonewall Housing, writes about the needs of older adults and how services can better support them.