Guest speaker Ruth Ehrlich from Shelter on the evictions moratorium and risks of increasing homelessness. Policy, welfare and practice updates from Homeless Link.
Recorded: Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Guest speaker, Jez Stannard from Public Health England, spoke about drug and alcohol treatment funding. Policy and practice updates from Homeless Link.
Recorded: Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Guest speakers Jenny McAteer and Jo Brown from Groundswell on involving people with lived experience of homelessness as active participants in their work during COVID-19. Homeless Link policy and practice updates.
Recorded: Wednesday, 24 June 2020
With guest speaker Olivia Butterworth from NHS England & Improvement. Homeless Link shared findings from Public Health England's report on the impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and inclusion health groups.
Recorded: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Guest speaker Ollie Hilbery from MEAM shared findings from a rapid review of flexible local responses during the pandemic. Homeless Link highlighted increased heatwave risks with COVID-19 and called for services and local authorities to make plans.
Recorded: Wednesday, 10 June 2020
This webinar focused on policy: Minister Luke Hall's letter to local authorities about next steps from Everyone In, and Homeless Link's policy paper on youth homelessness and COVID-19.
Recorded: Wednesday, 3 June 2020
This webinar took stock of the response to COVID-19 between March and May, covering MHCLG actions, announcements and funding on homelessness, along with sector responses.
Recorded: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Guest speaker Jeremy Swain from MHCLG spoke about Everyone In and Dame Louise Casey's Rough Sleeping Taskforce.
Recorded: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Guest speakers Jessie Seal and Kassahun from NACCOM spoke about how the pandemic was affecting people with no recourse to public funds.
Recorded: Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Guest speaker David Ford of Expert Link spoke about the experiences of, and feedback from, people homeless during the pandemic. Homeless Link shared practice updates and information about COVID-19 emergency funding for the sector.
Recorded: Wednesday, 6 May 2020
This webinar focused on transition planning for the sector looking to the post-lockdown period and move on from emergency hotels.
Recorded: Wednesday, 29 April 2020
This webinar covered Homeless Link's key policy asks of Government to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, along with updates on guidance and practice.
Recorded: Wednesday, 22 April 2020
This webinar will provide participants with an overview of the current situation as homelessness services prepare and respond to COVID-19
Recorded: Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Featuring guest speakers Alex Bax from Pathway, and Olivia Butterworth and Frances Newell from NHS England & Improvement on the homelessness sector response to COVID-19.
Recorded: Wednesday, 8 April 2020
This webinar covered policy and practice, primarily the MHCLG's Everyone In directive, including local implementation and challenges. We also discussed how to support drug and alcohol dependency and treatment for people in the emergency hotels.
Recorded: Wednesday, 1 April 2020
This webinar updated listeners on the current guidance and sector responses (including local multi-agency taskforces and the pan-London approach) as homelessness services responded to COVID-19 and lockdown.
Recorded: Wednesday, 25 March 2020