Meeting Diverse Needs
Resources
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Commissioning Homelessness Services: Building Good Practice
Insights from discussions held within our Commissioners' Forum Community of Practice series, covering five good practice areas: co-production, addressing the increasing complexity of need of service users, finding buildings for services, substance misuse in commissioned services, and the impact of the Supported Housing (Regulation and Oversight) Act on commissioning.
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Multi-disciplinary team meetings
Guidance on working in collaboration with other agencies in multi-disciplinary team meetings or MDTs for people experiencing homelessness and multiple needs including examples of innovative approaches.
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Supporting Non-UK Nationals
Whilst the vast majority of people experiencing homelessness are born in the UK, Non-UK Nationals are disproportionately represented amongst people experiencin…
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Gambling and homelessness
Guidance on understanding gambling addiction, including the relationship between gambling and homelessness, signs to look out for, and ways frontline workers can support.
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Going Beyond: Homeless Link's practice podcast
Our podcast focusing on practice in the homelessness sector.
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Bitesize Learning: Managing challenging behaviour
9-part bitesize e-learning and further resources for frontline staff in homelessness services who are looking to build on their knowledge, skills and understanding of supporting people who exhibit challenging behaviours.
News
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Grants up to £100,000 from The Triangle Trust - 1949 Fund
The funds are for women and girls led organisations that work only with women and girls or work primarily in housing, employment or family support, and proposed projects must be solely for women aged 17-30 who have been in the criminal justice system or at risk of entering it. Experience working with women in the criminal justice system, gender and trauma informed expertise, and a focus on lived experience are required for applicants.
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Homeless Link partners with Sheffield City Council to strengthen homelessness prevention across the city
Homeless Link is delighted to announce a new partnership that aims to strengthen homelessness prevention and rough sleeping support across Sheffield.
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Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) draft Code of Practice
Homeless Link are reviewing the Equality and Human Rights Commission draft code of conduct to update our spotlight.
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Updates on asylum move-on period
Important information for services about the rights of people leaving asylum accommodation, in the light of the latest government announcements and court cases.
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Why Identity Matters: Reflections for South Asian Heritage Month
Partnership Manager, Sirea Jabar explains why her own experience has demonstrated that identity matters in the services offered to people facing homleessness.
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New regulations to remove local connection rules for care leavers and victims of domestic abuse to access social housing
Starting today (10th July 2025), new regulations have come into effect to exempt care leavers under 25 and victims of domestic abuse from any local connection or residency tests for social housing applied by Local Authorities in England.
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Practice Forum: meeting the communication needs of neurodivergent people experiencing homelessness
Come along to the third of our 3-part free practice forum series which will focus on meeting the communication needs of neurodivergent people experiencing homelessness.
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Practice Forum: understanding executive functioning for neurodivergent people experiencing homelessness
Come along to the second of our 3-part free practice forum series which will focus on understanding executive functioning for neurodivergent people experiencing homelessness.
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Practice Forum: running effective multi-disciplinary meetings and case conferences
Come along to this interactive practice forum and learn more about how you can apply innovative models of case conference.
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Practice Forum: meeting the sensory needs of neurodivergent people experiencing homelessness
Come along to the first in our 3-part free practice forum series which will focus on how homelessness services can meet the sensory needs of neurodivergent people experiencing homelessness.
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Practice Forum: Providing Inclusive Homelessness Services - Trans inclusion
A free interactive session for frontline workers and managers to explore trans inclusion in homelessness services.
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Practice Forum: Providing Inclusive Homelessness Services - embedding knowledge
A free interactive session for frontline workers and managers to consolidate learning from the practice series.
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