Accommodation
Resources
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Applying trauma-informed care in supported housing services
An animation and scenario examples showing the difference trauma-informed care can make in supported housing services.
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Providing pet-inclusive services
Guidance on the importance of being a pet-inclusive service, including a video discussing common misconceptions of pet-ownership and homelessness, with practical solutions to pet-inclusivity.
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Becoming a Registered Provider of Social Housing
Guidance on the stages of applying to be a Registered Provider of Social Housing, including details of what documentation is required at each stage.
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2024 Review of Support to End Homelessness
Our annual review of services addressing single homelessness in England provides vital evidence of the support provided by these services to inform policy and practice.
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Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act consultation: Homeless Link response
Homeless Link's response to Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act consultation
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Cuckooing and homelessness
A guide to cuckooing and why it is something that homeless services need to be watching out for.
News
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New statistics show rising London street homelessness
The quarterly figures from CHAIN for October-December have been published. 4,841 people were recorded as sleeping rough in the capital an increase of 5% on the same period in the previous year.
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News
Launch of new animation shows the importance of trauma-informed care in supported housing services
Today, we launch our new animation to show the difference trauma-informed care can make in supported housing services.
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The Power of Language: Why words matter in Supported Accommodation
A blog from the Ferry Project about how trauma informed conversations and motivational interviewing can deliver better outcomes for people experiencing homelessness.
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Government announces £84m of new homelessness funding
Government announces £84m of new homelessness funding. Homeless Link welcomes the funding as a step in the right direction. But asks for longer term commitments.
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Dogs Trust Christmas Parcels for homelessness services
A great initiative to secure gifts for four legged friends. Apply before October 8.
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All-Party Group backs Homeless Link’s campaign in new report
Homeless Link welcomes a new APPG report on ending homelessness, which backs a number of reforms we and our members have been advocating for several years
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Supported Housing Frontline Practice Forum: the intake process
A free interactive session for frontline workers in supported housing services, focused on how we can ensure the intake process (how someone is welcomed into a service) is trauma-informed.
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Supported Housing Managers Practice Forum: the intake process
A free interactive session for managers of supported housing services exploring how changes to policies and procedures during the intake process, can impact how someone settles into their accommodation.
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Applying trauma-informed care in supported housing services
A free webinar to hear about the impact of applying trauma-informed care within supported housing services, featuring a premier of our new animation.
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Commissioners' Forum: Finding buildings for services
A free forum for Local Authority Commissioners of homelessness services, focused on discussing solutions to finding suitable buildings for supported housing services.
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CIH Level 3 Certificate in Providing Homelessness Services
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Homelessness Law, Practice and the Homelessness Reduction Act
Develop your understanding of the statutory duties the people you support may be owed by Local Authorities, including the duties of the Homelessness Reduction Act.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp