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London Link December 2007
News | In the Media | Policy and Research | Briefings | Consultations | Resources | Funding | Diary Dates | Homeless Link Training | Jobs |
Merry Christmas from Homeless Link
Seasons Greetings from all of us at Homeless Link. Warning: Scary reindeer alert.
News
- Winter shelters and Christmas day centre opening times for 2007-08
- Can the cans - EDM calling for curbs on super strength lager
- Adult awards - nominations open for Adult Learners Week Award. Closes 25 January.
- Winners and losers - Supporting People allocations for 2008/09
- Creating the future - Academy for Sustainable Communities awards open now Closes 25 January
In the Media
- On the up? - Conservative report claims homelessness is rising
- Giving to save - commentary on US scheme giving flats to entrenched rough sleepers
- No longer filthy rich, now homeless - ex-newsreader becomes homeless
- Communal enterprise - profile of largely self-financing commune for homeless people
- Street credibility - innovative project supoprting sex workers
Policy and Research
- Reaching out - report on Broadway & Shelter consultation with street homeless people
- ROTA report - report into BAME homelessness in London
- Heart in to home - evaluation of St Mungo's & Relate's pilot scheme offering relationship counselling
- Substantive evaluation - evaluation of DIP teams
- Assessing upstream - evaluation of homelessness prevention across 10 local authorities
- Doctors for the undocumented - health care for undocumented migrants in the EU
- International perspective - review of homelessness & social housing across Europe
- Disabling hate crime - 71% people with mental health problems have been victimised
- Out in the open - report into gypsy & traveller homelessness
Briefings
- Places of Change Programme - key points and frequently asked questions
- The London Story - overview of London Skills and Employment Board pre-strategy consultation
- Indicating succcess - how homelessness services can contribute to the national LAA indicators & list of grants moving to LAAs
- Healthy involvement - briefings for homelessness professional on engaging with the health service
Consultations
- Skills in London - London Skills and Employment Board pre-strategy consultation & briefing Closes 21 January
- Financial Health - strategic review of Department of Health funding to third sector
Resources
- Igniting the sector - SPARK project encourages social enterprise within the homelessness sector
- Top class trustees - BME trustee development programme. Next programme start 22 January.
- UR4Jobs - useful information for Eastern Europeans on living & working in the UK
- Working well - good practice guide to work placement schemes
- Funding futures - Performance Hub briefing on possible futures funding trends
Funding
- Places of Change - overview briefing and presentations from London sessions
- Enterprising income - SPARK project awards for homelessness social enterprises
- Comic cash - Red Nose day programmes funding available.
- Open lottery - lists of Big Lottery funds currently open for applications
- Travellers Aid - up to £250 to benefit gypsy or traveller communities or individuals
- Poverty payments - City Parochial Fund grants to tackle poverty in London Deadline 7 February
- Inclusive priorities - grants of up to £15 000 for small community groups to promote inclusion Deadline 7 February
- Marginalised money - grants for smaller organisations working with marginalised people
- Payments to promote - up to £10 000 for projects promoting skills, creavitity or improved quality of life
Other agencies
- Connecting voices - poetry, music and visual arts benefit for Housing Justice UNLEASH 31 January
- Understanding domestic violence within a cultural context - workshop on South Asian cultural and religious awareness 25 January
- Homelessness Sunday - run this year as part of Poverty & Homelessness Action Week 27 January - 3 February 2008
- Home, Homelessness & Community - discussion event 1 February
- Local Area Agreements - Sitra conference 7 February
Homeless Link Training
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January 2008
23 January 2008, London, Mental health and homelessness
31 January 2008, London, Managing conflict, violence and aggressive situations
February 2008
5/6 February 2008, London, Train the trainer
12 February 2008, London, Supporting staff after a major incident
13 February 2008, London, Welfare benefits overview
20 February 2008, London, Managing twenty-first century hostels for homeless people
21/22 February 2008, London, Resettling homeless people with Mike Seal
March 2008
5 March 2008, London, Working with the homelessness law
6 March 2008, London, Arrears prevention: setting people up to sustain tenancies
20 March 2008, London, Difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour
18/19 & 25/26 March 2008, London, Cognitive behavioural therapy: principles and practice
21 March 2008, London, Day centres: places of acceptance, empowerment and change
At Homeless Link
None at present
At Other Agencies
Details on Homeless Link Jobs Page :
- Senior Research Co-ordinator, Crisis Closes 9 January
- Research & Information Assistant, Crisis Closes 9 January
- Streetlink Manager, The Passage Closes 4 January
- Services Manager, SPEAR Closes 9 January
- Chair & Board Members, Housing Justice