Homeless Link

Are you tuned in? Getting clients' voices heard

A one day conference for sharing practical approaches to client involvement.

In this conference we will be showcasing effective client involvement practices from across the country and providing practical examples of how you can improve participation within your own organisation.

Client involvement is all about engaging homeless and formerly homeless people in the planning, delivery and evaluation of all services. It is possible with even the most vulnerable individuals. The aim is to work in partnership to continually improve services – be it a brief contact to involving a client longer-term – this conference will look at all of the options.

Making use of the insights, knowledge and skills of people who have experienced homelessness benefits both the project and the organisation as a whole. At the same time, giving clients the opportunity to contribute helps them to gain experience and confidence - empowering them to move away from a dependence on services.

For more information or to book your place please click here.

Alternatively please call 020 7960 3032 or email: kate.alaway@homelesslink.org.uk.

Homeless Link's Annual Conference, 6 - 8 July, University of Warwick

Join us in Warwick for the annual event for the homelessness sector, where we will be looking at different methods to prevent and end rough sleeping and homelessness.

If you work with homeless people or are interested in ending homelessness then this is the event for you.

`For more information or to book your place please click here`_.

Alternatively please call 020 7960 3032 or email: kate.alaway@homelesslink.org.uk.

Migrants - contribution, integration, destitution?

Everyone has the right to shelter in 21st century Europe. This practical one-day event looked at how to tackle one of the key feeder routes to someone sleeping rough.

Migrant populations new to the UK are vulnerable. Without recourse to public funds, and without the right help, there is a high likelihood that they will end up sleeping rough.

This conference explored the short and long-term support options, as well as the housing, health, employment and benefit entitlements of 3 different migrant groups; these groups being those who are most likely to face destitution:

• Central and Eastern Europeans
• failed asylum seekers
• other migrants outside the asylum system.

In November 2008, the Government committed to tackling rough sleeping, with one of the aims targeted at supporting migrant populations. This conference was an opportunity to support this aim and improve the outcomes for these vulnerable groups, by bringing together Local Authorities and voluntary sector organisations to share understanding, solutions and approaches.

For further information and to download the workshop presentations please click here.