Women
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Myth Busting Women’s Homelessness
Myths or assumptions about women’s experience impact on most aspects of homelessness, from who is represented in the data, how services are commissioned and designed, and how the public treat women who are visibly homeless.
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How can services improve their support for women?
When services are designed without considering how to cater to the diverse needs of people they support, those needs are often hidden.
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Promising practice from the frontline
Exploring gendered approaches to supporting women experiencing homelessness and multiple disadvantage
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Insights and Impact from the Ending Women’s Homelessness Fund
The Ending Women’s Homelessness Fund (EWHF) was established by Homeless Link to fund grantees to develop new initiatives or enhance their existing work to improve support for women experiencing homelessness and multiple disadvantage.
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Learning from the Ending Women’s Homelessness Fund
Case studies from March to July 2020.
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Supporting young women: learning from the sector
The following presentations were delivered in December 2020 at the Homeless Link young Women’s Network Event, drawing learning from our youth and women’s homelessness work.
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. At Homeless Link, we reflect on the good practice and resources that can help support your service and develop understanding of these issues further.
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‘Making Women Count’ – challenging the systems that keep women’s rough sleeping unseen
Lucy Campbell, Head of Multiple Disadvantage at Single Homeless Project, tells us about the work they are doing to challenge the systems that keep women’s rough sleeping unseen.
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International Womens Day: Celebrating The Achievements Of Women Who Experience Homelessness
This International Women's Day, celebrate the achievements of women who are facing homelessness, raise awareness of challenges that are still there and take action. All from one blog!
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Update on Leicester’s Respite Rooms Project
Read about the inspiring work of Leicester’s Respite Rooms project in this guest blog. They are on target to support 80-100 women in their first year of operation.
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Why it's important to have a gendered approach to Housing First
Reflections on the learnings of the second year evaluation of Westminster VAWG Housing First
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Finding new ways to provide gender-informed support
To provide the best possible gender-informed support for women experiencing homelessness during the pandemic, The Society of St James formed crucial partnerships with humanitarian organisations.