Improving Homelessness Services
Resources
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SWEP and winter provision toolkit
A toolkit to help local authorities and homelessness service providers develop suitable responses during the winter and periods of severe weather.
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National Homelessness Skills Framework
A Skills Framework for frontline roles in the homelessness sector which includes types of roles, services, and the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for each role.
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Recommendations for using personalised budgets
Read our learnings and recommendations from our focus group which discussed the use of personalised budgets in homelessness services.
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How to make your homelessness service trauma-informed
A practice development framework to support organisations to implement trauma-informed care in practice.
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Providing inclusive services for trans people
Resources for homelessness services on how to meet the needs of trans people, and adapt services to make them more inclusive.
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Applying for a Voter Authority Certificate (Photo ID for voting)
This briefing outlines the process of applying for a Voter Authority Certificate. It is important that frontline workers in homelessness services and local authorities are aware of the process of application, so they are able to support individuals to exercise their right to vote.
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Lived experience videos highlight key homeless health issues
New videos on suicide support, health conversations and dental care.
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Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act - Update
Our policy team are in close contact with MHCLG about the delayed consultation. Find out the latest position in this blog.
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Public Spending Review brings opportunity and risk
Homeless Link's Director of Social Change Fiona Colley reflects on what the Chancellor's recent announcements could mean for the funding of the homelessness sector.
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Celebrating homelessness services: Winners of Excellence Awards 2024
We are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Excellence Awards! Five services have been honoured for their innovative and impactful contributions to supporting people experiencing homelessness. An additional six organisations have been highly commended for their outstanding work
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Beam: Helping end homelessness with the power of tech and community
Guest blog from one of the founders of Beam, Alex Stephany, explores the history and explains how they use a hybrid crowdfunding-caseworker model to eliminate financial and personal barriers to leaving homelessness.
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Turning the tide on rural rough sleeping
In this guest blog, Rory Weal, Strategic Policy Lead for rural homelessness at English Rural, and a speaker at our upcoming Rough Sleeping Conference sets out the importance of taking a tailored approach to the unique challenges of helping those sleeping rough in rural locations.