Youth
Resources
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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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Ask a CEO with Seyi Obakin OBE
In this 90-minute webinar, we hear from Centrepoint CEO Seyi Obakin OBE about the challenges and joys of leading the UK’s largest youth homelessness charity for nearly 20 years.
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Safeguarding children and young people in homeless settings
Following the publication of our guidance Safeguarding children and young people, this webinar will explore actions individuals and organisations can take to implement effective safeguarding practices.
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Keeping young people safe
Young people’s rights to support and housing are often different to adults. These resources unpick legislative frameworks affecting young people’s housing pathways and explain the different roles agencies, services and individuals have when responding to youth homelessness.
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Psychologically informed approaches with young people experiencing homelessness
Psychologically Informed environments are designed and delivered in a way that takes into account the emotional and psychological needs of the individuals using them. These resources consider what this means for young people.
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Understanding difference and tailoring support for young people experiencing homelessness
Young people’s experiences of homelessness vary. They are shaped by their own experiences of, and other people’s reactions to their circumstances and identity. These resources provide advice and information the services can use to tailor the support they offer to young people.
News
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News
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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Atlas of Homelessness Services in London - 2025 release now online
Unique website showing services for homeless people across London is updated for 2025 by London Housing Foundation in partnership with Homeless Link.
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Youth homelessness needs ambitious funding, not arbitrary discounts
There is a tendency to believe youth homelessness does not exist so it is not properly funded, writes Phil Kerry of New Horizon Youth Centre, as part of Inside Housing and Homeless Link’s Reset Homelessness campaign.
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Ofsted regulations update. Share your experience
An update from our meetings with Ofsted about the regulation of services and an opportunity to feed into our ongoing discussions.
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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. Also including fundraising training.
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Why National Coming Out Day is important for homelessness
Sharing your identity as someone who is LGBTQIA+ can be a positive experience but can also be scary and lead to trauma and homelessness. This blog explains how homelessness staff can ensure services are supportive.
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Innovation Forum - supporting staff wellbeing
Join us for the second of Homeless Link's new series of Innovation Forums. This workshop-style event will introduce you to new and interesting frameworks for supporting staff wellbeing as well as giving you space to generate ideas relevant to your workplace alongside peers from across the sector.
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Lone working
This course will explore best practice and safety when it comes to lone working.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp -
Professional boundaries
Staff can be faced with dilemmas and can sometimes find themselves in tricky situations where they are uncertain of the most appropriate course of action. This course will enable participants to explore these critical issues.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp -
Conflict management: handling violence and aggression
Learn how to safely manage and de-escalate volatile situations and resolve conflict.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp -
Conflict management: handling violence and aggression
Learn how to safely manage and de-escalate volatile situations and resolve conflict.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp -
Wellbeing Programme for staff
Delivered by a qualified mental health professional, this four-part training programme aims to inspire and equip staff with knowledge, confidence and practical tools for managing their own wellbeing and how they can contribute to a workplace culture of positive wellbeing practice.
Online Members £394pp, Non-Members £530pp