Beam - helping people who are homeless get back into work
in Features1 Nov 2018 - 5:46pm
Beam was awarded first place for Innovation in Technology at the Homeless Link Excellence Awards. In this latest feature, Alex...
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Providence Row Rise Bakery
in Features2 Oct 2018 - 4:51pm
Providence Row was awarded first place for Social Enterprise of the Year at the Homeless Link Excellence Awards. In this latest feature, Dom Gates,...
Hope into Action get migrant workers off the streets
Matthieu Lambert in Features10 Aug 2018 - 5:26pm
Hope into Action was awarded first place for Innovation in Housing at the Homeless Link Excellence Awards. It this latest feature, we highlight their new pilot project launched last month to get migrant workers who are sleeping rough back into...
Social investments awarded to youth homelessness organisations
Jaishree Mistry in Features13 Jun 2018 - 11:19am
Two Homeless Link members have become the first to draw upon our Social Investment Fund to support their long-term sustainability.
Evaluation of the StreetLink project: report published
Gareth Thomas in Features13 Apr 2018 - 1:32pm
Last year, four years on from the launch of StreetLink England, we felt the time was right to commission an independent evaluation of the project against its original objectives to improve the response to individual rough sleepers and the wider local...
Homeless Couples: is it time for a new approach?
Lisa Raftery in Features13 Nov 2017 - 3:44pm
Our work with frontline services reveals that there are significant barriers to supporting couples together.
Homelessness and Healthcare: the right to register
Andy Meakin in Features6 Oct 2017 - 3:13pm
The London Homeless Health Programme and Groundswell have been working to improve access to all doctors' surgeries for people who are homeless in London. ...
Women experiencing homeless with no recourse to public funds
Pippa Hockton in Features24 Jul 2017 - 5:31pm
On 29th March 2017, Homeless Link ran a Spotlight on Supporting Women with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF).
Hosting destitute migrants – the final safety net?
Vicki Harris in Features19 Jul 2017 - 3:12pm
For homeless and destitute migrants that are ineligible for any welfare support, is there any way they can be supported to move away from a life on the streets?
How innovative legal help is supporting destitute migrants
Addison Barnett in Features14 Nov 2016 - 9:00am
More than one in ten rough sleepers in London in 2015 were people from non-EU countries, most of whom had no recourse to public funds. Addison Barnett, Street Legal Project Manager, explains how they are delivering an innovative legal advice project...