Homeless Link's work in the East Midlands

These pages cover Homeless Link's work in the East Midlands and regional resources. Homeless Link's work in the region is focused on improving services for homeless people and particularly on making hostels and other services "Places of Change". Read more

Mohammed Sabeel is the Regional Manager for the East Midlands. You can email Sabeel mohammed.sabeel@homelesslink.org.uk or phone him on 07798 631287.

What's New?

• Communities and Local Government has announced £70 million investment to expand the Places of Change programme to more hostels and day centres across the country. Homeless Link has organised a number of briefing sessions to give guidance around funding applications for the new Places of Change programme.

• Homeless Link has been commissioned by Communities and Local Government (CLG) to support and administer a £450,000 grants scheme to help services working with homeless people provide positive activities. The Activating Places of Change grants are only available to services that have received funding under the CLG's Hostels Capital Improvement Programme (HCIP).

Events and training

• Homeless Link ran Free Best Practice Conference in Birmingham on 19 March.

See our regional events and training page and our national events and training pages.

East Midlands Regional Homelessness Forum

The Regional Homelessness Forum was launched on March 17, 2005. It is aimed at bringing together people in the region with a stake in homelessness issues with a view to a cohesive and co-ordinated approach to investigating and resolving the causes of homelessness in the region.

The Forum held its first ever event on 1 February 2006.