Improving Homelessness Services
Resources
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Our Manifesto to End Homelessness
With a general election looming in 2024, we have published our manifesto to end homelessness. Drawn from from our unique position as the membership body for over 800 homelessness organisations across England. It builds on work with our members, on engagement with specialists and experts and on the rich body of evidence on what works to end homelessness, outlining our core ambitions of the next government.
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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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Literacy 100 Charter and Report
Literacy 100 have published this report which looks at how poor literacy can cause homelessness and be barrier to escaping homelessness. The charter is for organisations to adopt.
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Understanding young people’s development
A resource exploring how practitioners can facilitate safe transitions into adulthood with young people accessing homelessness services.
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Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Leadership: leading a diverse and inclusive organisation
Part of our Leadership Support programme, this 2 hour webinar on equity, diversity & inclusion in leadership gave managers, senior leaders and CEOs from voluntary community homelessness sector organisations an opportunity to hear from others working in the sector about their experience of improving diversity and inclusion within their organisations.
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London PLUS: OP FORTITUDE webinar
A recording of a webinar jointly delivered by Homeless Link's London Plus programme and OP FORTITUDE explaining their offer.
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Launching the Homelessness Practice Incubator Project
Homeless Link are looking for your ideas for great practice in homelessness that can we can help capture, evaluate and share.
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New resource to improve support for young people experiencing homelessness
Bringing together practice from children's welfare and homelessness, this guide aims to help homelessness practitioners to understand how brain development and the impact of trauma on the developing brain may affect a young person’s support needs and behaviour.
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Final episode of the new series of Going Beyond podcast-airs
In Episode 5, we speak with Dr Stephen Weatherhead, clinical psychologist and co-director of NeuroTriage. We talk about the prevalence and impact of brain injury for people experiencing homelessness, and how best to support these individuals.
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Key findings of the 2022 Annual Review of Single Homelessness: More demand. Less supply. More complex needs.
Unpacking the results of this year's annual review, Sophie Boobis looks at some critical trends and key findings in the homeless sector.
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Episode 4 of the new series of Going Beyond podcast, discussing self-neglect & Homelessness
In Episode 4 of the Going Beyond podcast, we are joined by Barney Wells, trained mental health social worker who set up the social enterprise EASL (Enabling Assessments Service London).
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Going Beyond podcast episode 3 explores hoarding with Hannah Scott and Fraser MacKinnon from P3 Charity
In Episode 3 of the Going Beyond podcast, we are joined by Hannah Scott and Fraser MacKinnon from P3 Charity.