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What does International Women’s Day mean for women’s homelessness?
On International Women’s Day, Homeless Link and AVA come to together to ask the question — how can the homelessness sector support women? -
Rough sleeping snapshot estimate shows progress, but challenges still ahead
Rough sleeping snapshot estimate shows progress, but challenges still ahead to ensure a continued decrease in the numbers of people sleeping rough in England. -
No Homeless Veterans Campaign: survey responses needed
Homeless Link is working to deliver the second stage of the No Homeless Veterans campaign alongside the National Housing Federation. -
How StreetVet’s Hostel Accreditation Scheme is helping keep people and their pets together
Only around 10% of homeless hostels accept pets. Laura Sayer from StreetVet writes about how they are attempting to change this picture. -
Developing opportunities through Social Investment
Homeless Link’s Social Investment Fund was created to provide a resource for those working to reduce homelessness in England. -
Can social investment funds create new ways of working?
With grant finance becoming less and less certain, social purpose organisations are having to consider new ways of ensuring they can continue to provide essential support to the most vulnerable members of our community. -
In the wake of the Kerslake Commission, a new accredited qualification is being piloted for the homelessness sector
In the wake of the recommendations of the Kerslake Commission into rough sleeping, this week the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Homeless Link welcome the first two groups of learners onto their new joint Level 3 qualification in Supporting Homeless People. -
Why has Homeless Link set up a social investment fund?
Like many of you, when I first started hearing the term - social investment, my immediate reaction was that this was a way of privatising the voluntary sector.