Street Outreach
Resources
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Rough sleeping outreach guidance
Guidance for frontline staff and managers working in rough sleeping outreach services, which outlines how to put Homeless Link's principles into practice.
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Principles for Rough Sleeping Outreach
This document details the core principles required for designing and delivering rough sleeping outreach services in England.
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Rough sleeping verification
Read the write up of findings from our focus group on rough sleeping verification and other pathways into rough sleeper services.
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Outreach Learning Forum: Resources
Presentation recordings & slides from the Outreach Learning Forum: a series of interactive, online sessions aimed at rough sleeping outreach workers, to increase knowledge of how to support individuals with complex needs. Topics covered include: learning disabilities, brain injury, self-neglect and mental health.
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Preparing for hot weather
This webinar showcases new heat-related health guidance to support people experiencing homelessness, including information on hot weather SWEP.
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Ending Rough Sleeping Data Framework: Webinar
This webinar with Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI) discusses the new Rough Sleeping Data Framework & provides concrete examples of how it is already working well for the local authorities that have piloted the framework.
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Free online training from Homeless Link
Checkout our free online bitesize e-learning packages for people working in frontline homelessness services.
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Putting principles into action: supporting staff in rough sleeping outreach services
Introducing free resources and E-Learning to support people working in rough sleeping outreach services.
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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.
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Atlas of Homelessness Services in London - 2024 release now online!
The new edition of the most comprehensive homelessness website in London pulling together services and data has now been published. There is some exclusive new data as well as updates across 33 London Boroughs
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Meeting people where they are: outreach principles to support people sleeping rough
Homeless Link have developed a set of 8 principles for designing and delivering rough sleeping outreach services in England.
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New research reveals how Local Authorities can, and should, do more for migrants with no recourse to public funds.
NACCOM’s Community Research volunteer group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. Following the publication of the project report, the Community Researchers share their thoughts on its findings and recommendations.