Understanding Homelessness
Resources
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Exploring Women's Homelessness - what we know
A literature review on women's homelessness.
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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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Homelessness Provision for the Future
Two major research reports from September 2021 looking at the state of the homelessness sector and best practice as we emerge from the pandemic. Working Together: the homelessness sector’s path beyond COVID looks at the lessons of pandemic and Homelessness Provision for the Future looks to the future.
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Shaping the Future Together: Homeless Link’s strategy to end homelessness
This new Strategic Plan presents a roadmap for achieving that change. We want our members – the beating heart of all we do – to come on this journey with us.
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2020 Annual Review of Support for Single Homeless People in England
For the past 13 years, Homeless Link has produced an annual review of the available support for single homelessness in England.
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What are the solutions to homelessness?
The pandemic showed us how homelessness can be tackled. Homelessness is not inevitable. This page shows the steps that should be taken to end homelessness for good.
News
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Morrisons Foundation Connecting Communities grants
The Morrisons Foundation's Connecting Communities grants offer up to £20,000 to charities who provide place-based services. The funding is for capital projects to breathe new life into local spaces, bring people together, and to help local services remain open.
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Aviva Foundation: Financial Futures Fund
The Financial Futures Fund works in partnership with organisations across the UK to improve financial resilience. The purpose is to fund long-term solutions that help people feel more secure, confident, and in control of their financial future.
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Lloyds Bank Foundation: Good Place to Live - New Beginnings Fund
Lloyds Bank Foundation's Good Place to Live: New Beginnings Fund will provide unrestricted grants of £100,000 to £200,000 over four years to organisations preventing homelessness.
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Annual review of support to end homelessness emphasises need for transformational change to funding
Homeless Link launches its annual research report exploring trends in support for single homelessness in 2025.
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Putting Lived Experience at the Heart of Ending Homelessness
This page contains information about Voices for Homeless, a peer-led group that champions the voices and experiences of people with lived experience of homelessness, including it's work so far, upcoming projects, and useful recommendations for co-production.
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Rural idyll or hidden deprivation
In this blog, Viv from our National Practice Development team explores some of the challenges of supporting people experiencing homelessness in rural areas.
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Webinar: The National Plan to End Homelessness
A free webinar with a presentation from MHCLG on the new Homelessness Strategy and what it will mean for the homelessness sector.
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Homelessness: an introduction
This course is ideal for anyone new to working in the homelessness sector, or for those who are looking to improve their awareness of homelessness.
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Homelessness: an introduction
This course is ideal for anyone new to working in the homelessness sector, or for those who are looking to improve their awareness of homelessness.
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Outreach contact and support training
This training aims to help outreach workers deliver effective support interventions and achieve positive outcomes for people sleeping rough.
Online Members £145pp, Non-Members £185pp